As far as I know the morphology scan at 18-20 weeks is a 'compulsory' (not really, but they like everyone to have it I think) scan and is therefore goes thru Medicare. The other scans, dating scans and the NC one at 12 weeks are optional and while you get some money back from Medicare there is an out of pocket charge.
I have never had to pay for an US but have only ever had the 20 week one
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Your right doudou. I had a scan at 12 weeks through the hospital and I dont have to pay for it. Other places will charge around $100 for a scan.
Aprel- Im sure you will be fine, pregnancy is all about waiting, waiting, waiting! Once you have your scan at 12 weeks, you will then be getting impatient til your next appointment. Good Luck!
$100! I wish! My 7 week dating scan was $150 and my 12 week NTS will be $190.
Aprel - I didn't have scans until 12 weeks for my 1st 2 pregnancies. Both were identified by those scans as missed miscarriages, so for my next pregnancy my GP offered me an early scan at 7 weeks. No miscarriage that time They didn't offer me an early scan this time, but I asked for one anyway and my GP let me do it for 'peace of mind' (call me paranoid now). But like Gypsy said, usually unless you have a bleed or you aren't certain of your dates, they don't offer you one before 12 weeks. You'll be fine. 12 weeks will be here before you know it.
Last edited by *suz1*; May 22nd, 2009 at 11:18 PM.
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I have never paid for an ultrasound. I have always gone public though, through the antenatal clinic at the hospital, so any tests/ultrasounds they want done, I get for free. Mind you, if i had got the NT scan at 12 weeks I would have had to pay for that, because it is considered optional.
I had to pay for all of my ultrasounds with DS I think... The only ones I didnt pay for were growth scans I had done at the end of my pregnancy at the hospital at 35 and 39 weeks.
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They didn't offer me an early scan this time, but I asked for one anyway and my GP let me do it for 'peace of mind' (call me paranoid now). But like Gypsy said, usually unless you have a bleed or you aren't certain of your dates, they don't offer you one before 12 weeks. You'll be fine. 12 weeks will be here before you know it.
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