Patient information from Sydney IVF

PGD fees

Sydney IVF offers a unique method of payment that requires NO UPFRONT FEE.

This structure will help relieve you of much of the financial burden of IVF treatment.

The Sydney IVF Difference:

  • Your cycle payment is not due until after embryo transfer
  • Unlike other clinics, your out-of-pocket timeframe is 5 days instead of up to 5 weeks
  • We will lodge your paid invoice with Medicare on your behalf - you do not have to visit a Medicare branch and your refund is deposited directly into your bank account
  • You will have your own patient relationship coordinator to explain the process and answer questions

Out-of-pocket costs - Cycle payment is not due until after embryo transfer (ET)

Payment schedule


No upfront fees pay schedule
Link to Medicare register form

 

 

Monitoring of your cycle by your own Sydney IVF doctor, including:

  • Pathology tests at Sydney IVF approved labs
  • Ultrasounds performed by Sydney IVF approved ultrasound service providers.

Egg collection available 7 days a week

  • When the time is right for you
  • Always by your own Sydney IVF doctor (unless unforseen circumstances arise)
  • On-site, eliminating the need to move your embyos.

No extra costs for local anaesthesia

Blastocyst culture is routine

  • Sydney IVF has an unmatched success rate with transfer of blastocysts, fresh or frozen.

There will be some additional costs associated with:

  • Doctor's consultation
  • General anaesthesia (if required)
  • Pre-diagnostic tests
  • Drugs that are not covered by Medicare, such as Lucrin, Provera, Synarel, Orgalutran and progesterone pessaries.

Fees current as of 1st January 2010 for eligible Medicare card holders

Fees for PGD PCR cycle

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method of amplifying a small piece of genetic material to get enough of it to examine. A single cell taken from an embryo can be tested in this way for a particular disease. The most common PCR test we do is for cystic fibrosis, but Sydney IVF has actually tested for over 100 different diseases .

Procedure Upfront payment Cycle payment Out of pocket expense 
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates)
Work-up fee
(one-off payment only)		 $1,590.00 $0 $1,590.00
ICSI PCR first cycle
(per calendar year)		 $0 $11,606.00 $6,231.35
ICSI PCR subsequent cycle $5,721.35

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,595 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover.

Embryo Vitrification $0 $685.00 $685.00

Frozen Embryo Transfer
(previously tested)		 $0 $3,020.00 $1,532.35

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $560 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover.

Fees for PGD translocation cycle

Chromosomes occur in pairs in all cells except sperm and eggs. If part of one chromosome is found connected to a completely different chromosome it's "translocated". For that person there is no net gain or loss of genetic material, so the translocation is "balanced" and there is no problem. But when that person makes eggs or sperm, some of these will have too much or too little genetic material. The same will be true for an embryo that results. The chromosomal translocation will then be "unbalanced" and the embryo will sooner or later usually result in a miscarriage.

Procedure Upfront payment Cycle payment Out of pocket expense 
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates)
Work-up fee
(one-off payment only)		 $1,590.00 $0 $1,590.00
Translocation first cycle#
(per calendar year)		 $0 $11,606.00 $6,231.35
Translocation subsequent cycle $5,721.35

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,595 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover.

Embryo Vitrification $0 $685.00 $685.00

Frozen Embryo Transfer
(previously tested)		 $0 $3,020.00 $1,532.35

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $560 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover.

Fees for PGD CGH screening cycle

Comparative genome hybridisation (CGH) is a method of seeing all the chromosomes in a cell. It is used to check embryos for aneuploidies such as Down syndrome.

Procedure Upfront payment Cycle payment Out of pocket expense 
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates)
CGH first cycle
(per calendar year)		 $0 $11,391.00 $6,121.35
CGH subsequent cycle $5,611.35

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,035 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover.

Frozen Embryo Transfer
(previously tested)		 $0 $3,020.00 $1,532.35

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $560 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover.

 

Please ensure you have a current referral from your GP in order to claim from Medicare.

* Relates to the Sydney City, Canberra and Liverpool clinics. Where non Sydney IVF day surgeries are used payment and claiming options will need to be discussed directly with the day surgery.

# Additional karyotype testing may be required. If necessary this will be billed separately by Sydney Genetics at a cost of $427.00.