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Based on your treatment protocol – the types and dosages of the drugs prescribed for you – and the treatment expenses you are to pay out of pocket, the costs of fertility medication can be around 30 percent or more of the overall treatment costs.
We believe fertility treatment options such as IVF, IUI, and egg freezing should be financially accessible to everyone. In this article, we will look at the average cost of medications for egg freezing, embryo freezing, and IVF treatment process. We will also discuss your options for cutting down those costs.
The fertility medications used for egg/embryo freezing and in vitro fertilization (IVF) are usually injection hormonal drugs. To name a few, menotropin (brand name Menopur), follicle-stimulating hormone (brand names Follistim and Ganirelix), GnRH-antagonists (like Cetrotide and Ganirelix), and a trigger injection that is taken prior to the egg retrieval (such as Ovidrel or Lupron).
The average cost of fertility medication for egg/embryo freezing and IVF cycles can come around $2,000 to $5,000. That is a wide range since the right dosage depends on your biology. For instance, women of advanced maternal age usually require higher doses of fertility medication, which means that they would have to spend more on medications.
The medications usually used during intrauterine insemination (IUI) or timed sexual intercourse are letrozole or clomiphene. Typically, they cost less compared to the fertility medications used in IVF treatment process and egg or embryo freezing process. Even if there’s no insurance coverage, you won’t spend more than $100 per cycle on the two medications.
We try to be as transparent as possible to our patients during their fertility treatment process, and that includes lowering “unexpected” costs of IVF or egg freezing. Following your initial consultation, your fertility doctor will provide you with an estimated cost of buying the medications from your pocket at a local pharmacy.
Remember that each treatment cycle is individualized based on your body’s response to the medication. Hence, your medication protocol may be changed as you proceed with the cycle. However, your fertility advisors are going to let you know the costs that come with these changes before starting the process.
Most of the patients who have fertility treatment insurance coverage (such as essential employees) will also be covered for some medications. At times, they can cover the costs for all medication used for IVF or egg/embryo freezing. As for those undergoing elective egg or embryo freezing, their insurance plan sometimes covers the costs of fertility medication even if it does not provide coverage for the procedure itself.
We recommend contacting your insurance provider for more information about coverage for the IVF process or egg/embryo fertility medication. It will also help you to know whether or not “prior authorization” would be required or not.
Prior authorization is a process by which a healthcare giver asks for approval in advance to make sure expensive medications are covered. It is possible that your insurance plan needs prior authorization but does not cover your fertility treatment.
In such a case, there’s a low chance that they will cover your medications. However, if your plan does not require prior authorization, there’s a higher chance that they will cover some, if not all, of your fertility medication costs.
We understand that insurance can be tricky to navigate. This is why we also house a financial advisor who will contact your insurance company on your behalf. He/She will then give you the low-down of your coverage.
The medications used for IVF process or egg/embryo freezing are bought through a local specialty pharmacy. Although our expert team will give you some recommendations, you are free to buy from whichever pharmacy you think is right for you.
If your insurance plan covers fertility treatment, you may have to buy from a particular pharmacy to make sure you are covered. However, if you are paying for your medications from your own pocket, you may want to contact different pharmacies or carry out some online research first.
Compare the prices to make sure you get the best one. The costs of fertility medications change from time to time. This is why contacting pharmacies is the best way to know the latest medication costs. Make sure you take advantage of mail-in rebates or price-matching deals, if available. If you are ordering online, remember to factor in the shipping cost.
You may even realize that it’s better to purchase different fertility medications from different pharmacies. This may be hard to do but can save you a bundle. Our team can also help lower the costs by informing you if there are any special fertility discounts or coupons that can be used for certain pharmacies.
Note: If you are ordering fertility medications online, make sure that you are getting quality medication manufactured by a legal pharmaceutical manufacturer. Besides, you should make sure you purchase fertility medications made in the United States.
The cost of fertility medications is high as we know it. Thus, purchasing too much of a particular medication can raise your fertility medication costs by a few hundred dollars.
Make sure you don’t buy anything you’re not going to need. You can purchase refills of your drugs as you pass through each stage of your cycle instead of ordering all at once. This means that you will have to be in control of your medication supply. Moreover, it will help maintain close contact with your chosen pharmacy throughout the cycle. This would also necessitate going for a local specialty pharmacy (not an online pharmacy) to make it easier for you to get your medications.
For patients without insurance coverage, our team can order a week’s worth of fertility medication for the initial pick-up. This way, you can just contact your local pharmacy for medication refills as your cycle progresses. It will substantially lower the odds of purchasing medication you don’t need.
Medication manufacturers and pharmacies often offer discount programs to help lower medication costs for certain patients such as low-income patients, those without insurance, veterans, cancer patients, and more. Below are some of the discount programs available:
Coastal Fertility participates with many other pharmaceutical rebate programs that you can explore here.
We understand that fertility treatment costs often pose a barrier for many hopeful parents, especially those who do not have insurance benefits. This is why we have created special programs with transparent costs.
If you have any questions regarding IVF treatment, medications, or costs, simply schedule a consultation today.
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Our fertility clinic focuses on helping you build your family regardless of your sexual orientation or the gender you choose to identify with. We are even taking further steps to make LGTB people feel more welcome at our fertility clinic. Each of our patient-facing staff goes through LGTB training to let family-building clinicians provide necessary support and make you feel highly welcome.
Coastal Fertility Medical Center offers one of the most advanced fertility treatments and is completely transparent regarding the costs of procedures and any other expenses that you may have to pay before commencing your treatment. This differentiates us from some fertility clinics that reduce prices before the signing of the contract but charge you extra later on. We make sure our patients are well aware of any possible extra pricing that may occur over the course of their treatment.
The infertility industry is currently segmented, with each service or treatment being handled by a different provider. Our all-inclusive model simplifies an otherwise complex and difficult process. We are here to revolutionize the infertility industry by offering a one-stop-service model to assist our patients through infertility challenges while reducing physical, emotional, and financial risks.
Our globally respected team of specialists are helping improve IVF technologies to enter into a generation of better outcomes for infertility. Although you’ll have a doctor guiding you, you are also going to benefit from the experience and insights of other doctors during case review collaboration meetings, which take place every week. So, you won’t just rely on the expertise of a specialist but benefit from the knowledge of many reputed fertility experts.
Our team specializes in difficult cases and help patients who may have been considered “hopeless” at other fertility clinics. Thanks to our personalized solutions, expertise, and internal collaboration, weare able to maximize pregnancy success rates that are well above the industry average, even in difficult infertility cases.
We know that every situation is different and that everyone requires different treatments. Unlike facilities that take “a one-size-fits-all” approach for all cases, our fertility specialists use more than 40 customized protocols to raise the chances of success. The customized approach even extends to our fertility laboratory. Our on-site lab director and his highly-experienced team nurture every embryo and egg to increase the odds of success of each cycle.
Coastal Fertility Medical Center offers one of the most advanced fertility treatments and is completely transparent regarding the costs of procedures and any other expenses that you may have to pay before commencing your treatment. This differentiates us from some fertility clinics that reduce prices before the signing of the contract but charge you extra later on. We make sure our patients are well aware of any possible extra pricing that may occur over the course of their treatment.
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Following the Preimplantation Genetic Screening process, which helps ensure there are normal chromosome numbers and detects possible genetic disorders, the most healthy embryo(s) are selected to be implanted into your or your chosen surrogate’s womb. 2 weeks after the transfer of the embryo, your physician will conduct a final blood test to determine the level of hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) in your body. Increased hCG levels usually indicate a positive pregnancy test.
For fertilization to take place, the collected egg and sperm are combined in a petri dish and cultured in an embryo incubator. This dish is closely watched to check whether any of the eggs have been fertilized. Once the egg is fertilized, it is referred to as an embryo or a blastocyst on the 5th day of development. Our in-house embryologist carefully nurtures every embryo to the right time, even if it means working outside the standard business operating hours. For instance: If an oocyte is not mature, our laboratory will wait for it to mature and then ICSI it at the right time.
The egg retrieval is a slightly invasive medical procedure that takes about 20 to 30 minutes. You will be given an anesthetic to make you sleep for the duration of the procedure. Using ultrasound technology, your doctor will harvest your eggs transvaginally with a small, hollow needle connected to an ultrasound probe. Once your eggs are collected, your partner’s semen or donor sperm you have pre-selected is used for fertilization. The sperm are washed and prepared, and the top-quality sperm extracted is used to fertilize the eggs.
Your doctor will create a customized medication schedule that contains information about the fertility medications and hormone injections you have to take. Medication and injections are taken to encourage your ovaries to mature a large number of eggs for fertilization. Since women don’t respond to fertility drugs and hormones the same way, personalized protocols are crucial to the IVF cycle success. At Coastal Fertility, we will monitor you closely, letting you understand the changes occurring in your body and keeping track of how your egg follicles are growing.
On-site consultations typicallyinclude a standard fertility evaluation, consisting of a physical examination, complementary follicular ultrasound, and testing to enable your doctor to know your present fertility status and draw up a treatment plan.
This consultation includes a detailed medical evaluation with a doctor. You and your physician will review your health records and have enough time to talk about your goals and get answers to your questions. We recommend that you jot down all your questions before the visit to allow you to make the best use of the time spent with your doctor.
Your Reproductive Endocrinologist will take all factors into consideration and create a comprehensive plan of care, otherwise known as the treatment plan. This plan will include treatment recommendations from the physician and enable your financial coordinator to make a precise quotation once you meet.
Our globally respected team of specialists are helping improve IVF technologies to enter into a generation of better outcomes for infertility. Although you’ll have a doctor guiding you, you are also going to benefit from the experience and insights of other doctors during case review collaboration meetings, which take place every week. So, you won’t just rely on the expertise of a specialist but benefit from the knowledge of many reputed fertility experts.
The infertility industry is currently segmented, with each service or treatment being handled by a different provider. Our all-inclusive model simplifies an otherwise complex and difficult process. We are here to revolutionize the infertility industry by offering a one-stop-service model to assist our patients through infertility challenges while reducing physical, emotional, and financial risks.
Our fertility clinic focuses on helping you build your family regardless of your sexual orientation or the gender you choose to identify with. We are even taking further steps to make LGTB people feel more welcome at our fertility clinic. Each of our patient-facing staff goes through LGTB training to let family-building clinicians provide necessary support and make you feel highly welcome.
We know that every situation is different and that everyone requires different treatments. Unlike facilities that take “a one-size-fits-all” approach for all cases, our fertility specialists use more than 40 customized protocols to raise the chances of success. The customized approach even extends to our fertility laboratory. Our on-site lab director and his highly-experienced team nurture every embryo and egg to increase the odds of success of each cycle.
Our team specializes in difficult cases and help patients who may have been considered “hopeless” at other fertility clinics. Thanks to our personalized solutions, expertise, and internal collaboration, weare able to maximize pregnancy success rates that are well above the industry average, even in difficult infertility cases.
Upon your arrival, you will check in with a Patient Care Coordinator. We will obtain your insurance information for benefits verification, a copy of your identification and take a picture for your electronic medical chart
Coastal Fertility is the leading provider of fertility solutions located in Orange County. Join us to get free updates on fertility news, treatments, infertility solutions and more.
Coastal Fertility is the leading provider of fertility solutions located in Orange County. Join us to get free updates on fertility news, treatments, infertility solutions and more.