Video, Pics, and Presentations from the Fertility Science Cafe are now up on the website.
The fertility cafe was a great event, I encourage anyone that has general fertility questions to watch the video and download the presentations.
Videos are also up on my YouTube channel in smaller 10 min segments.

Almost no insurance coverage exists for fertility treatments, even if your plan covers obstetrics. However, a new bill in front of Congress aims to change that. Rep. Anthony Weiner introduced legislation a couple years ago regarding infertility coverage. The bill is now being resubmitted to Congress.
A few highlights of the bill include:
* The bill acknowledges in its opening lines that infertility affects approximately 10% of the reproductive-aged population; that the majority of insurance plans do not provide coverage for infertility treatment; and that “a fundamental part …

It’s no shock fertility treatments aren’t cheap. Babycenter.com estimates the prices/success for many of the common treatments. Here is a quick look table with more details further down the page. These costs are all averages and may or may not be accurate for your particular situation.

Treatment
Success(%)
Cost

Clomiphene
(Fert Drug)
20 to 60
w/ Art Insemination
$50/mo just for pills

Gonadotropins
(Fert Drug)
20 to 60%
2 to 5K/mo

Blocked Fallopian Surgery
10 to 90
up to $10K

Endometreosis Surgery
40 to 60
$3K-7K

Artificial Insemination
5 -25
$300-700/treatment

IVF
28 to 35
$8K-15K

GIFT
25 to 30
$8K-15K

ZIFT
25 to 30
$8K-15K

ICSI
~35
$10K-17K

Surrogates
N/A
$15K-50K