IVF Cost

Thirteen days after I sent my letter requesting information on the IVF cost, IVF success rate and IVF procedure to the Kinderwunsch Institut in Austria I received the reply below.

I must admit that I hate just being directed to a website without making sure that it will address all of the questions that I have asked. I did find the cost information on the website though and I have copied this below the reply, adding the approximate US$ costs in red. I assume that any international patients would not be entitled to any of the funding that is discussed.

Thank you for your interest in our institute. .. About all other questions, I would ask you to take a look on our homepage www.kinderwunsch-institut.at (there is also an english version), where you can find an answer for most of them. Concerning the prices, please contact our partner “Premium Health Solutions Austria”, they can also offer you flightconnections and accommodations. (http://www.phs-austria.at/en/index.html)

Best Regards

Thomas Semlitsch, MSc

IVF Costs from the website:

The Kinderwunsch Institute works closely together with the IVF fund which is replenished from the Family Hardship Compensation Fund and the Association of Social Insurers. In most cases this fund assumes 70% of the costs of treatment. Unfortunately, the patients must bear the remaining thirty percent themselves.

Counting the support of the IVF fund, a program of treatment costs 468 EUR (approx. US$632) plus incidental expenses and the cost of medicines, i.e. the cost to be borne by the patient is between 800 (approx. US$1,080) and 1200 EUR (approx. US$1,620) depending on the medicines used and the dosage needed.

For those who must assume the entire cost themselves it is 2200 EUR (approx. US$2,970) for IVF and 2500 EUR (approx. US$3,375) for ICSI, plus medicines.

Women for whom endometriosis or polycystic ovaries has been diagnosed as a possible cause of infertility also receive support from the fund. On the other hand, treatment of infertility as a consequence of voluntary sterilization is not supported by the fund.

As the chances of successful treatment clearly decline from age 37, there is an age limit for applying for support from the IVF fund. It is 40 for women and 50 for men.

For more detailed questions concerning costs you may call us at 0043-3136-55111
or send us a mail-in question (their email address is office@kinderwunsch-institut.at)