IUI costs without insurance

Learned today that DH's benefits are changing for 2010. Huge cutbacks in IF coverage. Oddly, the program will cover IVF (up to $100,000), but not IUI.

If you've had to pay for an IUI out of pocket, how much did you pay and for which services (iui itself, sperm washing, follow-up sono)?

thanks!

Re: IUI costs without insurance

i dont have an IF coverage at all. my RE's office thought i was doing an IUI cycle first (trying natural with clomid this cycle first). but anyway they said the cost for an IUI cycle including all visits and bloodwork is about $1800. hth!

Re: IUI costs without insurance

$700 for the IUI, they did however cover bloodwork and sonos.

Re: IUI costs without insurance

I think it DRASTICALLY depends if the IUI is with Clomid or with injectible meds (Follistim/GonalF).

Clomid is cheap (about $10 oop) per course.

Follistim is PRICEY (about $1000 oop as per my pharmacist)

Ovidrel shot is about $80 oop.

Each sono is $200 (at minimum I've done 3 per cycle...one at start, one at about CD 11, and one at day of IUI)

IUI $200 (only 1)

Sperm wash $150 (only 1)

Each blood hormone level $75 (those levels you take are 2 of these)

Depending on your MD: you will need varying numbers of each.