I am surprised: I had an IVF at the end of 2007 and the total price was $11,000: 8,000 for the IVF itself and $3,000 for the meds (with Follistim = Gonal). I was ordering my meds from an online pharmacy that the clinic had recommended.
$10,000 for only meds seem abnormal to me. Hopefully your doctor can explain things and reorientate quickly you towards an other clinic quickly if needed. Good luck!
I went through using injectables and I got mine from a pharmacy in France and it was about 1/2 price.. My RE told me about it... Do some research and look around... from europe you can get the meds much much cheeper!
Well the Gonal-f they say i need 10,000 units the pens are 717.00 each i need 10- 12 wow the pharmacy called and told me the bill is 8200.00 whats the difference. Its still tooooo much for a 10% chance plus 11,000 for the ivf icci and hatching,,,,,I am drained and crying
That seems high to me for the gonal-f dosage.. I guess it depends on your level. maybe they miscalcuated your dosage as I am pretty sure that I did not use that much because from what I remember I used the pen pretty often and out of the three I boxes I had delivered I still have one unopened in my fridge and had to throw some of another out. I am not sure if I used it while I was on my frozen cycle or if it was just my fresh... try getting a second opinion.. I think mine IVF was around $9,000 with $3000 additional for meds. Then another $2000 for the frozen... ICSI was an additional $1200 and freezing was $1000,....My office offered me a printed fee schedule so I was aware of all costs before I got too far into it. I know that PA might be a trek but I had great results from my drs... abington reproductive
I am originally from Scranton and went to the Abington office but didn't have the money at the time, it was about 6 years ago, I moved to new england 5 years ago. This is supposed to be a reputable practice. I just can't believe after i left today tellling the nurse we don't have the money that the pharmacy called me at 8pm to confirm my order and ask how i was going to pay for the 8500.00. wow i don't understand
See I am 43 years old in great health and normal hormone levels and a nice uterus..lol
they told me i have a 10% chance of gettting PG. I told her i only have X amount of money so OMG how did it come to this...I do have three kids and maybe i should just suck it up...my DH has none and will be 47 on the 22 of April. I felt so good about it and now have to wait til Monday,,,,this is horrible!!!!!!
I really have no right to be sad. I have three beautiful kids, two in college one in HS.
I am lucky, but feel sad for my husband, He doesn't have any. all three were born at CMC in Scranton.
My first IVF in Nov somehow with insurance came to $24,000. OMG!!
I can't even believe it when I think about it.
$6500- for Meds
We did do ICSI which was $2500- (not told we don't even need it) The rest was for everything else all sonos & blood work. There was $4500- worth of charges in blood/sono before I even started because for some reason my blood was never right.
I am praying that when I get tested on the 17th of this month that i get the green light.
well the ivf is 8400.00, icsi 2400.00, hatching 650.00. 8500.00 meds OMG How could this go from 10-13000 to all this to about 20,000.00 I told her i had 13,000.00 why would she do this?
I wish you luck....I hope i can still do this, I will be 44 in 1 month thats the cut off
I am so sorry you had to be put through that. When I went through invetro I spent over 20,000 for ivf and meds I also order my meds through mail I had all kinds of meds I had 32 follicles out of those I had 12 good AA grade eggs told dr to put 6 back she tells me oh they are so perfect so I will just put 3 she didnt't want to take the risk of multiples only 1 took and I m/c did it a second time and she just let half of the stuff fall out of the transfer tube nothing happened so I stopped because I didn't have that kind of money and got tired of getting stuck by needles. I don't have that to worry about any more I can try and try again since TR. What ever you decide I pray that you and dh get your lil miracle I feel just what all of you going through when you most desire a child it's not a good feeling if we can just be blessed and not stressed.
More Baby Dust to All!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so sorry about the high price. Can you as your RE to use Follistim instead of Gonal-F? The two meds are almost identical but Follistim is soooo much cheaper. Just a suggestion... Sometimes doctors just do not think about out of pocket costs to patients. Also, you can order some of these meds from Canada and UK to save $$. It takes time to get them but again you will save lots of $$.
If you are not too far from Batzofin Fertilty Services in New York there is a clinical trial that is offering low cost environment is utilized, but fees are charged for IVF. You might want to check them out.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00867763?term=IVF&recr=Open&state1=NA%3AUS%3ANY&rank=1
I know when I went to see my RE last month the nurse was going to talk to us about IVF however I know that our problem wasn't getting pregnant it was staying pregnant so IVF wasn't the answer to our problems.
I wish there was something I could do... I know that some RE's do trials and with those some of the meds are covered.. but you would have to find one close that would be offering that.... I wish you all the best. I know how you feel - I have two beautiful kids with ex - new hubby has none - so we opted for the IVF - it was a lot of testing and appointments so I don't know if there are drs not too far away that would let you get your us and bloods done locally however they admin the process ...
Gosh- i had no idea that IVF was that much. I thought $15K tops. I also do not have infertility coverage and would have to pay for everything out of pocket. I recently did IUI that didn't work and am currently in the 2WW for my 2nd IUI. the first IUI i did clomid and insurance covered that but the 2nd IUI , i did follistism (which was 1 pen for $750) and then 3 days after using, i went for a follow up u/s and dr found i wasn't responding to it. He said there are very few women that don't respond to the FSH in follistism but i am one of them, so he switched me to Menapur.... back to the pharmacist for another $600!! ANd after all of that i only got 2 follies (on clomid i got 4 but had very bad side effects - thin lining, cysts). Not sure if this IUI worked as i have a few more days to wait but i was thinking of going the IVF route given each IUI has cost me between $2K and $3K and i figure i can save that and do IVF for better success rates. i so feel for you. I really hope there is some way you can get this IVF. I know how heart wrenching this is.
Hi , I am so sorry for what your RE did. Here in MA, it is covered by insurance. But a friend of mine used Reproductive Sciences in Lexington, MA and she was quoted a rate of $15000.00. The center helped her with meds and I gave her some of my left over progestrone which further reduced her cost. Why don't you call this clinic. They are very reputable and have high success rates. I know I donated all my meds after my IVF to the clinic so they could give itto patients. I would check with the nurse if I were you. I went to Boston IVF in Waltham and had success
Thank you so very much...Someone made a mistake at my RE's office on Friday nite....It truly was the worst weekend of our lives....so fast forward to now...I will not be taking 900 iu of Gonal-f instead its 450iu a day for 6-8 days with a savings of $7000.00. The whole thing will be 13,000.00 We are so relieved...thanks for all your prayers
Love, Richard and Melanie
Hello,
i hope i can make you feel Better, i did IVF last year, paid 22.000 for 3 times, I started taking a simple low dose of Gonal i calle it liquid gold well i was not responding very well to the meds so they told me that i had to do 750U per day. i had to buy 15 boxes @ 350 each = 5250 on top of that we had to do ICSI 1200 plus all the rest, you know, so after we did all that it didn't work for us, i felt so bad we took a year off and we are going to try againg this month and i am up to the same amout of money with a diferent protocol is calle the antagonist protocol, that is when they don't suppress you, my last one i did i did the Lupron protocol, see what you can do maybe the clinic you are atending they probably have some samples of meds to give you, the clinic i am using they gave me some samples today helping me with a least 3 days out of the 13 i have to buy this time. i am so sorry abut your situation, is so hard to decide, what to do with all the money i spend so far in IVF i could have adopted by now, but i wanted to give my body a chance. i also read the book The Infertility Cure by Randine Lewis,this book help me understand my body and that is why i made the decision to go throug with IVF hope it helps .
Go and have it done in Hungary. Find doctors US educated. The whole shebang cost my daughter-in-law $3,000, and she had a vacation as well. they soak the life out of you here.