In vitro fertilization associated costs

Cost of IVF:

University Women's HealthCare $ 8243
Obstetric Anesthesia Consultants P.S.C. $600 (Please see enclosed letter for instructions)
Medications: $1200.00 to $ 4000 +

Included in the IVF payment:
Administrative fee, physician management of cycle, estrogen blood tests, ultrasound evaluations, ultrasound-guided aspiration of oocytes (retrieval), Embryology laboratory fee, sperm preparation, and embryo return.

Excluded from the IVF payment:
Initial consultation, pretreatment semen analysis and laboratory tests such as HIV and hepatitis screening, Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), the Uterine Mapping Procedure, and embryo freezing.

Additional fees may be necessary for laparoscopic ooctye retrieval and other unforeseen supplies not usually required for an IVF cycle. Embryo freezing is not included.

Payment of the $8243 to University Women's HealthCare must be made before your appointment with an IVF Nurse Coordinator. Payment may be made with credit cards (Visa, MasterCard or Discover), verifiable personal check or cashier’s check. We do not have a payment plan for the IVF procedure.

If you believe that your insurance may cover some of the costs of an IVF cycle you should speak to the Fertility Center Financial Counselor at the Fertility Center before your IVF Nurse visit. You may schedule a time to talk with a Financial Counselor when you have one of your pretreatment visits. If we are able to file with your insurance, but the insurance company has not finalized its payments when you wish to begin another cycle, you will be asked to contact your insurance company. You may not begin another cycle until you have cleared your account.

Medication costs: (all charges are approximate)

Some patients use a 2-week Lupron Kit (determined by physician) $210 to $350 per kit or Antagon prefilled syringe $87 each.

Each patient will use between 14 and 60 vials or ampules of one of the following:

Repronex $ 37.60 per vial
Follistim $ 57.40 per vial
Gonal-F $ 60.90 per ampule
Gonal-F Multi-Dose $851.90 per vial
Pergonal $ 42.40 per ampule

Note that some of these medications are interchangeable. If you have access to one of these medications other than that initially ordered, speak to the physician or nurse working with you and they will determine if a change can be made in your protocol. Some pharmacies may charge less than others.

Each patient will use either:
Progesterone oil for injection $ 28.90 per 10-ml vial
Progesterone Vaginal Gel 8% $ 95.00 (18 applicators)
Crinone Gel 8% $155.00 (18 applicators)

Each patient will have one hCG injection at $26.90 to $29.90.