Articles in the Fertility Category
Fertility, General »
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.
Fertility »
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 …
Fertility »
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

