Sydney IVF is delighted to announce that we have introduced a new method of payment that requires NO UPFRONT FEE.
The new structure will help relieve you of much of the financial burden of IVF treatment.
The NEW 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 accounts case manager to explain the process and answer questions
Out-of-pocket costs - Cycle payment is not due until after embryo transfer (ET)
Payment schedule
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 specialists.
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 November 2008
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 .
| Treatment |
Upfront fee |
Cycle payment |
Out of pocket expense
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates) |
ICSI PCR
1st cycle |
$0 |
$12,730.00 |
$3,651.02 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,545 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
ICSI PCR
subsequent cycle |
$0 |
$11,185.00 |
$2,106.02 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,545 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
| Frozen Embryo Transfer (previously tested) |
$0 |
$2,935.00 |
$428.88 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $540 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
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.
| Treatment |
Upfront fee |
Cycle payment |
Out of pocket expense
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates) |
Translocation
1st cycle** |
$0 |
$12,730.00 |
$3,651.02 |
Translocation
subsequent cycle |
$0 |
$11,185.00 |
$2,106.02 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,545 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
Frozen Embryo Transfer
(previously tested) |
$0 |
$2,935.00 |
$428.88 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $540 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
Fees for PGD aneuploidy screening cycle
Aneuploidy is the gain or loss of one or more chromosomes. The most common example of this is Down syndrome, which occurs when cells have three copies (trisomy) of chromosome 21.
| Treatment |
Upfront fee |
Cycle payment |
Out of pocket expense
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates) |
| IVF - 5 probes |
$0 |
$12,415.00 |
$2,419.57 |
| ICSI - 5 probes |
$0 |
$12,755.00 |
$2,420.02 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,545 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
| IVF - 7 probes |
$0 |
$13,465.00 |
$2,629.57 |
| ICSI - 7 probes |
$0 |
$13,805.00 |
$2,630.02 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $1,545 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
| Frozen Embryo Transfer (previously tested) |
$0 |
$2,935.00 |
$428.88 |
Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense. Add up to $540 for day surgery* if you have limited or no health fund cover and up to $846.96 if you have not achieved the Medicare safety net threshold.
Please ensure you have a current referral from your GP in order to claim from Medicare.
* The quoted prices relate 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 $415.00.
*** Subject to individual coverage. See your Case Manager for further information.