That sounds like a lot, do you have private health insurance? If you do (unless you have your heart set on this particular OB) it would be worth checking for one who uses your insurers no-gap policy to reduce you out of pocket expenses as much as you can.

OB charges for antenatal visits, which I think you can only claim on medicare, vary incredibly, I've heard anything from $100 per visit up to $350.

I'm going public, even though we have insurance, but my girlfriend had a private OB, and including the OB costs & private hospital excess they were out of pocket around $1600?