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How much is IVF these days?

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ShakingAfterAllThis · 13/08/2023 15:18

I know this is a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but my IVF journey was 20 years ago now.

What sort of price range all in would a round of IVF cost these days? It looks like my eldest (only 24) will need it and sooner rather than later.
What sort of range are we looking at if we choose to go private at any stage for her? £5k per round, £10k, £20k?

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SErunner · 13/08/2023 15:38

If you budget 10k per fresh cycle and single transfer you might have a bit of spare change left from some of the lower priced clinics. All in with high cost for meds but no other add ons ours was around £6500.

Lauralozzle · 13/08/2023 17:38

We’ve taken out a multi cycle deal, 2 rounds of ICSI and unlimited FETS for those rounds which was £10,200. Doesn’t include medication though or add ons.

I’ve worked out our one round with meds would have cost about £9,000 (that includes extra fees and storage for frozen/blastocyst transfer/time lapse imaging for embryos). It’s obviously more expensive if it works first time with the packages.

Our first transfer from this multicycle hasn’t worked, but we have x2 frozen so are covered for them through the package. Just have to pay for meds. We’ll be near enough breaking even though by the time we go a FET. If we have to use the second frozen we’ll have saved money. If we have to have a second egg collection we’ll have definitely saved money!

Some clinics are a lot more expensive than others and it really does depend on what the issue is/how complex the infertility is. We’ve found out through our NHS round we have a fertilisation problem/DNA fragmentation likely with the sperm/I have lowish AMH with only one ovary that works so not as straight forward as others.

hopingforababy23 · 13/08/2023 17:43

Ours cost 3k plus £500 ICSI fee and £400 additional medications. South West UK

ShakingAfterAllThis · 13/08/2023 17:46

I sadly think DD will be a complex case. PCOS, Endo, 1 ovary damaged by endo, the other by a biopsy. She was told a year ago she had 5 years to try to conceive.

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ShakingAfterAllThis · 14/08/2023 06:34

Sorry, meant to say thank you all for your responses. I didn't know about 'package deals'.

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Rosequartzz · 14/08/2023 09:28

@ShakingAfterAllThis I have endo, adeno, 1 tubal damaged and much older than your daughter so she is still in a VERY good place. Prices can vary for egg freezing/IVF.
Single cycle is typically £3.5 k and then meds can vary. When I have had full stims its been £2k, with lower stims its been £600. Check Access fertility and Gaia for packages offers.
Overseas is extremely cheap. At this stage, if she is not looking to have children just yet I'd say don't wait long for egg freezing. She's so lucky to have you, I wish I had this guidance in my 20s.

wtawtaw · 14/08/2023 09:29

@ShakingAfterAllThis also check out access fertility - they work with most clinics, usually end up cheaper and do offer some money back if it doesn't work, depending on each case.
We went through a package deal with our clinic, it cost us £6999 for 2 cycles, 2 fresh transfers with drugs on top (about £1800 per fresh cycle)

Caubabatko · 22/08/2023 10:49

I'm cycling in Czech Republic. At my current clinic, a cycle including egg retrieval, sperm analysis and preparation, ICSI, extended cultivation, embryo transfer was €2,500 +€100 for mandatory STD tests. I bought stim drugs in the UK and that was another £1,200 - so that'd come up as £3,500 plus travel costs.

But I went private & abroad because I was already over 40 when I started looking - if in 20's I'd pursue NHS funding first!

ShakingAfterAllThis · 22/08/2023 10:53

Thanks. There's no way she could go abroad for treatment due to other complicating factors.
At least we now have an idea what we will be committing to.

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