IVF Cost

After having had IVF treatment at ISCARE in the Slovak Republic, a reader has very kindly compiled the cost information and given an account of their experience at the clinic to share with you.

The web address for the clinic in English is http://www.iscare.sk/?lang=en

ISCARE IVF Costs:

Basic IVF cycle:
1. Egg collection with embryo transfer – 995.8 euros
2. Stop cycle – 166 euros

IVF cycle with soft stimulation
1. Collection and embryo transfer – 763.5 euros
2. Stop cycle before egg collection – 50 euros

IUI
1. Married couple – 50 euros
2. Donor – 150 euros

Cycle monitoring with preparation – 100 euros
Protocol of stimulation – 116 euros

ICSI 1-3 collected occytes – 216 euros
ICSI 4 and more oocytes – 450 euros
AZH – 183 euros
Extended cultivation of embryo –  100 euros

Cryopreservation

Embryo freezing – up to 1 year – 150 euros

Embryo freezing – additional year – 66 euros
KET – 150 euros
Sperm freezing up to 1 year – 50 euros
Sperm freezing – additional year 33 euros

MESA, TESE – 970 euros
Spermcount – 9 euros
IVM – 135 euros

PiGD 1-3 embryos – 880 euros
PiGD 4-6 embryos – 1200 euros
PiGD every other embryo (above 6) – 83 euros

Readers First Hand Experience with ISCARE

Medicine I used: Gonal, Cetrotide, Pregnyl, Utrogestan, Estrofem
Unfortunately I do not recall full price of medicine as I had it partialy covered by insurance:
I payed for Gonal and Cetrotide – 330 euros
Utrogestan 14 euros

In general I was quite happy with the clinic and my doc (Dr. Lubica Petrova). She was very helpful and always answered all my questions.
Clinic is situated in nice villas neighborhood, near down town (15 mins walk). It is nothing fancy, but good standards. Rooms have 2 beds, 2 rooms are sharing 1 bathroom.
Staff was friendly in general (except from 1 scrub nurse-very unpleasant grumpy person), they speak various languages – English, Italian, German, Hungarian, French), we communicated easily.
My only unpleasant experience was before collection when I lied down on the table in operating room, put my feet up in the stirrups and have my private parts exposed for few minutes before anesthesia hit me. There was no preservation of patients decency at any stage. I was wearing long t-shirt style pyjama (you have to bring it yourself). Staff was walking around, male nurses as well, and I felt very uneasy about it.
After oocyte collection I stayed in bed for few more hours.
They collected 7 oocytes (i m 37 years old), 5 were mature and 2 got fertilized and 3 days later transferred.
Transfer wasn’t so unpleasant – maybe because the nursing team was more friendly and females only. My doctor did both collection and transfer herself.
After transfer I got my first the ultrasound picture and they moved me to bed where I stayed few more hours. I received 1 shot of pregnyl immediately after the transfer and was told to drink 4 l of liquids for 2 weeks to avoid hyper stimulation syndrome.
on day 15 i did my HCG blood test, unfortunately it was negative.

Although the person requested anonimity in this posting I am sure if you have any questions she would be happy to help – just post them here or contact me through the “contact us” button at the top of the page and I will forward them to her. I would like to express my gratitude to her for sharing this information, and if there is anybody else who would be happy to share their experiences in this way I will be more than happy to publish them on the site.