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Care Fertility Birmingham Fee Schedule

This will give an indicative costs for various treatments available in our Birmingham Clinic.

Pre-treatment

Consultation

Your consultation will be booked for 45 minutes and your consultant will review your medical history and the results of your fertility investigations. At the end of the consultation, they will recommended an individualised treatment plan or recommend additional tests. If you do need extra tests there will be additional cost and your consultant may not be able to provide a full treatment plan until the test results are known.

Treatment consultation
£249
Pre-Consultation Cancellation Policy

You may cancel your appointment any time before the 14 day cancellation period ends. Once we have provided the services you cannot change your mind, even if this is within 14 days of the date of confirmation of your appointment. If you cancel your appointment before the cancellation period ends, then we will refund any fees paid in full in relation to your consultation. If you cancel your appointment after the cancellation period ends, then we will still refund you in full provided you give us 48hrs notice prior to the date of your consultation. If you do not attend your appointment without giving notice of cancellation then we will not refund any fees paid in relation to your consultation. If you have completed pre-consultation tests, but choose not to attend your consultation, we will provide you with a copy of those test results and will refund any consultation fees in line with our cancellation policy, but you will not be eligible for a refund for cost of the test services provided. Further information is available on our website and in our terms and conditions which are provided at the time of booking.

Recommended pre-consultation screening (If you are providing sperm for treatment)

If you have had an AMH test or scan within the last six months, or a diagnostic semen analysis test within the last 18 months, you can share the results with your clinic, as these tests won’t usually need to be repeated.

Diagnostic Semen Analysis
£205

Recommended pre-consultation screening (If you are providing eggs for treatment and/or having embryo transfer)

If you have had an AMH test or scan within the six months or a diagnostic semen analysis test within the last year you can share the results with your clinic these tests won’t usually need to be repeated

Detailed 3D pre-treatment scan - including antral follicle count
£155
Detailed 3D pre-treatment scan – including antral follicle count
£220
Anti-Mullerian Hormone level blood test
£140
Thyroid stimulating hormone blood test (TSH) - optional
£66
Vitamin D level blood test - optional
£78

Treatment costs

The tables below set out the likely typical cost of treatments provided by Care.

Artificial Insemination with partner or donated sperm

IUI treatment
£1,250

Treatment cost covers; nurse planning; monitoring scans; sperm preparation; insemination; pregnancy scan or post treatment review appointment; counselling support. The cost of donor sperm is not included. See below for information on the costs of buying sperm from the Care bank or transferring sperm bought from a Care partner sperm bank to your chosen Care clinic.

Estimated drugs costs in a medicated or stimulated cycle

50% of our patients pay less than £40 for their drugs in an IUI cycle

For the remaining 50%, the typical cost of medication is £375, which includes rare situations where a patient requires medication costing up to £771. The type of cycle we recommend for you will depend on your medical history and the results of tests carried out as part of your pre-treatment planning.

HFEA fee - only applicable if using donated sperm
£38

IVF

IVF with fresh embryo transfer
£3,855

The cost covers nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists; monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, sperm preparation, egg collection with conscious sedation or local anaesthetic, embryo creation, culture and fresh embryo transfer; pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

IVF with elective freeze of all embryos
£4,495

The cost covers nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists; monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, sperm preparation, egg collection with conscious sedation or local anaesthetic, embryo creation and culture, freezing of all embryos, one year's storage of embryos and counselling support. The cost of frozen embryo transfer is not included.

Estimated drug costs

Our medication is tailored to each patient based on their medical history and blood test results. 73% of our patients have a treatment plan with drug costs between £935 and £1911. Some patients – usually those over 35 – need extra medication. It’s challenging to estimate likely medication costs, but they can range from £935 to £2595. Please be reassured that we will tell you the exact cost of the drugs we recommend before you decide to start treatment.

When treatment with a fresh embryo transfer leads to pregnancy, we prescribe a medication known as luteal support. The typical additional cost of luteal support medication is £112.

HFEA fee
£85
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
£1,395

ICSI is required if the results of the diagnostic semen analysis or previous treatment history indicate it is needed

IVF using own frozen eggs
£3,910

The cost includes nurse consultation, monitoring scans, thawing of eggs, sperm preparation, ICSI, embryo culture, embryo transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

Estimated drug costs

Patients having a transfer with embryos created using frozen eggs are typically prescribed drugs costing between £150 and £410 to prepare their uterus for embryo transfer. When treatment is successful, we prescribe medication up to the 10th week of pregnancy. The cost of this medication is £225.

Our research shows that 33% of our patients do not absorb enough progesterone medication from pessaries. In these patients, we recommend injectable progesterone as “rescue luteal support” up to the pregnancy test and then up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. The cost of this medication is up to £795.

Treatment with donated eggs

Treatment costs include; consultation with a Care donation expert; nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists; scans and in treatment blood tests; sperm preparation; your chosen donated eggs; embryo creation (using ICSI where frozen eggs are used) and culture; embryo transfer; pregnancy scan or post treatment review appointment; counselling support.

With fresh donated eggs
£12,430

If there are fewer than nine eggs in a fresh donation cycle, then a refund of £3000 will be given

Standard set of 6 frozen donated eggs from the Care egg bank
£8,580

We require a part payment of £1050 of your treatment fee to secure the allocation of your chosen eggs and their transfer to your treating Care clinic. We only guarantee the availability your selected eggs for 3 months and if they are not used in treatment within that time, they may not be available. The part payment is non-refundable but can be used against any future treatment.

Large set of 9 frozen donated eggs from the Care egg bank
£11,385

We require a part payment of £1050 of your treatment fee to secure the allocation of your chosen eggs and their transfer to your treating Care clinic. We only guarantee the availability your selected eggs for 3 months and if they are not used in treatment within that time, they may not be available. The part payment is non-refundable but can be used against any future treatment.

Eggs from a known donor
£7,610

This fee excludes the costs of the donor's initial consultation, pre-consultation screening tests, drugs and infectious screening

Estimated drug costs for the known donor’s ovarian stimulation:

Our medication is tailored to each donor based on their medical history and blood test results. 73% of our patients have a treatment plan with drug costs between £935 and £1911. Some donors – usually those over 35 – need extra medication. It’s challenging to estimate likely medication costs, but they can range from £935 to £2595. Please be reassured that we will tell you the exact cost of the drugs we recommend before you decide to start treatment.

Infectious and genetic screening for your known donor
£1,409

The law requires all clinics to perform infectious and genetic screening for an egg donor. Screening is required initially and in every cycle of stimulation.

Registration fee
£545

We charge a one-off, non-refundable fee to cover the time we invest in working with you to identify a suitable donor

Drugs costs

Patients having a transfer of embryos created with donated eggs are typically prescribed drugs costing between £150 and £410 to prepare their uterus for embryo transfer. When treatment leads to pregnancy, we prescribe a medication known as luteal support. The typical additional cost of luteal support medication is £225.

Our research has shown that 33% of our patients do not absorb enough progesterone medication from pessaries. In these patients, we recommend injectable progesterone as “rescue luteal support”. The cost of this medication is up to £795.

HFEA fee
£85

Shared Motherhood/Parenthood

Shared Motherhood/Parenthood
£4,965

The treatment cost includes a consultation with a donation expert, implications counselling, specialist guidance on parenthood consent, nurse planning, monitoring scans for the partner providing eggs and the partner having embryo transfer; in-treatment blood tests, donor sperm preparation, egg collection with conscious sedation or local anaesthetic, embryo creation, culture and transfer, pregnancy scan, post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

Shared Motherhood/Parenthood - Elective Freeze All
£4,965

The treatment cost includes a consultation with a donation expert, implications counselling, specialist guidance on parenthood consent, nurse planning, monitoring scans for the partner providing eggs and the partner having embryo transfer; in-treatment blood tests, donor sperm preparation, egg collection with conscious sedation or local anaesthetic, embryo creation, culture and freezing of all embryos, one year's storage of embryos and counselling support. The cost of frozen embryo transfer is not included.

Shared Motherhood Using Own Frozen Eggs
£4,965
Infectious screening for the egg provider
£223

The law requires all clinics to perform infectious screening for the egg provider in a shared motherhood treatment. This screening is needed in every cycle of stimulation. If you compare costs between clinics, we encourage you to factor this screening into your comparison.

Drugs costs

It is challenging to estimate likely medication costs, but they can range from £1,061 to £1,746. 76% of patients providing eggs for shared motherhood treatment have a treatment plan with drugs costing between £1061 to £1404. Please be reassured that we will tell you the exact cost of the medicines we recommend before you decide to start treatment.

Patients having a transfer of embryos created using their partner’s eggs are typically prescribed drugs costing between £150 and £410 to prepare their uterus for embryo transfer. When treatment leads to pregnancy, we prescribe a medication known as luteal support. The typical additional cost of luteal support medication is £225.

Our research has shown that 33% of our patients do not absorb enough progesterone medication from pessaries. In these patients, we recommend injectable progesterone as “rescue luteal support”. The cost of this medication is up to £795.

HFEA fee
£85
Frozen embryo transfer (FET) - intended Shared Motherhood/Parenthood Cycle
£2,750

The cost includes nurse planning, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, embryo thawing, culture and transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

Frozen embryo transfer (FET) - intra-partner donation (elected Shared Motherhood/Parenthood)
£3,010

For a person who has stored embryos that wants to now give to their partner, this cost includes a consultation with a donation expert, implications counselling, specialist guidance on parenthood consents, nurse planning, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, embryo thawing, culture and transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support


Surrogacy

(please see separate surrogacy fee schedule)

Recommended for all treatments involving IVF

Although not required, Care recommends that all patients having IVF consider including the following options in their treatment plan

IVF related supplementary procedures

Extended culture and blastocyst transfer
£540

We will add this to your protocol unless you opt-out

Caremaps
£995

You can find information about our in-house embryo selection algorithm on our website and in written information available from your chosen Care clinic

Freezing of embryos remaining after fresh embryo transfer
£345

We recommend patients plan for the potential cost of freezing embryos remaining after fresh transfer, as this allows further frozen embryo transfer treatment without repeating all of the medical interventions or incurring the costs of a full treatment cycle. This option gives our patients the best chance to have or complete a family. Freezing does not include the cost of storage which must be paid in addition.

Storage of frozen embryos (annual charge)
£380
Storage of frozen embryos (when paid by monthly direct debit)
£31.67 per month

Frozen Embryo Transfer

Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)
£2,750

The cost includes nurse planning, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, embryo thawing, culture and transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

HFEA fee
£85
Drug costs

Patients having transfer of frozen embryos are typically prescribed drugs costing between £150 and £410 to prepare their uterus for embryo transfer. When treatment is successful, we prescribe additional medication up to the 10th week of pregnancy. This cost of this further luteal support medication is £225.

Our research has shown that 33% of our patients don’t absorb enough progesterone medication from pessaries. In these patients we recommend use of injectable progesterone as “rescue luteal support” up to pregnancy test and then up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. The cost of this medication is £795.


Frozen Embryo Transfer with donated embryos

Registration fee



We charge a one-off, non-refundable fee to cover the time we invest in working with you to match you with your embryo donor

Treatment with 1 frozen donated embryo
£4,160

The cost covers the infectious screening of the egg and sperm providers and their preparation and support for donation. allocation of the embryos and transfer to your chosen clinic, nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, first embryo transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

If your frozen embryo fails to survive the thawing process you will be eligible for a partial refund, please see our terms and conditions. The cost of storage and medication is not included.

Treatment with a set of 2 frozen donated embryos
£5,200

The cost covers the infectious screening of the egg and sperm providers and their preparation and support for donation. allocation of the embryos and transfer to your chosen clinic, nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, first embryo transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

If both your frozen embryos fail to survive the thawing process you will be eligible for a partial refund, please see our terms and conditions. The cost of storage and medication is not included.

Treatment with a set of 3 frozen donated embryos
£6,240

The cost covers the infectious screening of the egg and sperm providers and their preparation and support for donation. allocation of the embryos and transfer to your chosen clinic, nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, first embryo transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

If all your frozen embryos fail to survive the thawing process you will be eligible for a partial refund , please see our terms and conditions. The cost of storage is not included.

Treatment with embryos donated by egg and sperm providers known to the recipient
£4,160

The cost covers the infectious screening of the egg and sperm providers and their preparation and support for donation. allocation of the embryos and transfer to your chosen clinic, nurse planning with one of our fertility specialists, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, first embryo transfer, pregnancy scan or post-treatment review appointment and counselling support.

If all your frozen embryos fail to survive the thawing process you will be eligible for a partial refund, please see our terms and conditions. The cost of storage is not included. The cost of storage is not included.

Storage of frozen embryos (annual charge)
£380
Storage of frozen embryos (when paid by monthly direct debit)
£31.67 per month
If you are accessing treatment using frozen donated embryos, the registration fee paid for services to match you with an embryo donor is non-refundable.
£2,080


If your frozen donated embryo does not survive the thawing process or you are withdrawn from the treatment by your clinician for clinical reasons or if you withdraw from treatment after starting your treatment, you will be refunded your package fee less £2,000 which is the cost of infectious and genetic screening of the egg and sperm provider; counselling support and preparation of the egg and sperm provider for donation; transfer of your embryos to your chosen Care clinic, and; your support and preparation for treatment.

FER with subsequent use of donated embryos
£2,700
HFEA fee
£85
Drug costs

Patients having transferred frozen embryos are typically prescribed drugs costing between £150 and £410 to prepare their uterus for embryo transfer. When treatment is successful, we prescribe medication up to the 10th week of pregnancy. The cost of this medication is £225.

Our research shows that 33% of our patients do not absorb enough progesterone medication from pessaries. In these patients, we recommend injectable progesterone as “rescue luteal support” up to the pregnancy test and then up to 10 weeks of pregnancy. The cost of this medication is up to £795.

Infectious screening

UK law requires patients providing eggs or sperm for treatment to be screened for HIV and hepatitis three months before their first treatment cycle and once every two years. All UK clinics have to do this and please factor in the cost of these tests when comparing prices. If you are coming to Care for the first time and have the results of previous tests, you may not need to repeat the screening tests.

Infectious screening for the sperm provider
£215

Infectious screening for egg provider & person having transfer (if different)

Standard infectious screening
£215
Rubella and chlamydia screening
£99

Donor sperm

Donor sperm
£1,280

Includes donor matching, reservation and transfer of donor sperm to your chosen Care clinic and donor sperm for one treatment cycle

Import of donor sperm purchased from a partner sperm bank (includes one year's storage)
£645
Known Sperm Donation
£4,835

This includes genetic/clinical history assessment of the known sperm donor, semen analysis, donation consultation, infectious and genetic screening, counselling, consents, sperm processing and freezing, quarantine and post quarantine infectious screening, payment of donor expenses and one year storage. The cost of treatment using the frozen donor sperm is not included

Refunds


If for any reason your donor does not complete the donation process, you will be refunded part of the known donor fee dependant on the stage at which the donor discontinues. A refund of £4,150 will be issued if the donor participates in any of the initial donation steps (counselling, assessment) but not infectious screening. This could be due to there being no sperm at semen analysis, or the donor changing their mind, for example. A refund of £950 will be issued if the donation process cannot be completed beyond the initial screening to the point of the final post quarantine screening. Once the donor completes the post quarantine screening, after sperm freezing, no refunds are payable.

Pre-implantation Genetic Testing (PGT-A)

This optional embryo selection treatment is usually recommended to patients where the eggs for treatment are being provided by someone aged 37 or older or to patient couples who have experienced recurrent miscarriage. PGT-A can only be provided in an elective freeze-all IVF treatment cycle.

PGT-A within a treatment cycle

PGT-A fee
£1,360

Fee includes treatment set up, biopsy set up and Caremaps-AI. Extended culture (recommended but optional) and ICSI (if required) are not included in the fee

PGT-A sample fee per embryo biopsied
£355 per embryo

PGT-A testing of previously frozen embryos

Embryo thaw, biopsy and refreeze
£1,280

Fee includes embryo thaw, treatment set up, biopsy set up

PGT-A sample fee per embryo biopsied
£355 per embryo

Freezing and Storage of eggs or sperm for fertility preservation

EggSafe – a collection of up to 20 eggs gathered over up to 4 cycles
£7,760

The cost includes nurse planning, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, egg collection with conscious sedation or local anaesthetic, egg freezing, counselling support and storage of eggs for two years. The costs of consultation and pre-treatment screening tests are not included.

Drug costs are not included. It is not easy to provide a precise estimate of likely medication costs. However, they can range from as little as £1,061 up to £1,746. 79% of patients freezing eggs have a drug cost between £1,061 to £1,404. Please be reassured that we will tell you the exact cost of the medicines we recommend before you decide to start treatment.

Collection and freezing of eggs
£4,695

The cost includes nurse planning, monitoring scans, in-treatment blood tests, egg collection with conscious sedation or local anaesthetic, egg freezing and counselling support.

The costs of consultation, pre-treatment screening tests and ongoing storage are not included.

Drug costs are not included. It is not easy to provide a precise estimate of likely medication costs. However, they can range from as little as £1,061 up to £1,746. 79% of patients freezing eggs have a drug cost between £1,061 to £1,404. Please be reassured that we will tell you the exact cost of the medicines we recommend before you decide to start treatment.

Sperm freeze per sample
£125

The cost includes consent planning, sperm freezing and counselling support. The cost of consultation, pre-treatment screening tests and ongoing storage are not included.

Storage of frozen embryos/semen/eggs - annual charge
£380
Storage of frozen embryos/semen/eggs - monthly direct debit
£31.67 per month

Specialist treatment options

Care offers a number of treatments at patient request only or to a small number of patients based on their individual medical history and/or previous fertility cycle outcomes or pre consultation screening tests

Artificial oocyte activation (AOA)
£165
Assisted hatching
£580
Careunity testing 1 gamete provider only
£190
Careunity testing both gamete providers
£240
EmbryoGen
£520
EmbryoGlue
£360
Endometrial scratch
£310
ERA
£1,300
EMMA and ALICE combined
£1,495
Sperm chromosome screening (aneuploidy)
£695
Sperm aneuploidy and DNA fragmentation index (DFI)
£1,360
SpermMobil
£155
Sperm Oxidative Stress (SOS) test
£110
Triome testing (combined ERA,EMMA and ALICE screening)
£1,770
ZyMot sperm selection
£230

Diagnostic tests, assessments and procedures

Can be added to treatment or provided to patients not in treatment

Conscious sedation for embryo transfer
£365

The sedation cost at egg collection is included within the relevant treatment fee, a patient rarely requires sedation for the embryo transfer, and so this is not included in the treatment fee

Counselling (per session)
£75

Up to three optional counselling sessions are included in treatment costs. Counselling is only payable if accessing more than three sessions

Cycle Monitoring
£730

Includes all scans required for timed intercourse treatment

Cycle Monitoring - IVF Life
£730

Includes all ‘ in treatment cycle ‘ monitoring scans , blood tests and pregnancy scan required for treatment in IVF Life

Fertility Assessment (assessment of the uterus, ovaries and ovarian reserve)
£435

Includes scan, AMH blood test and consultation to discuss results.

If results show treatment may be needed, a full consultation will be required, but pre-consultation tests will not need repeating.

Fertility Assessment (sperm quality)
£300

Includes semen analysis and consultation to discuss results.

If results show treatment may be needed, a full consultation will be required, but pre-consultation tests will not be needed.

Fertility Assessment - combined (assessment of the uterus, ovaries, ovarian reserve and sperm quality)
£615

Includes scan, AMH blood test, semen analysis and one joint consultation to discuss results.

If results show treatment may be needed, a full consultation will be required, but pre-consultation tests will not be needed.

HyCosy diagnostic test
£595
Hysteroscopy
£1,725
Review consultation
£170
Surgical sperm recovery
£2,245

The cost includes consent planning, sperm freezing, one year’s storage, histology and review appointment as appropriate and counselling support.

Ultrasound scan (not carried out a part of fertility treatment)
£250

Treatment Cancellation Policy

Occasionally treatment cycles are postponed. The information below sets out the most common scenarios and the amount payable in each case:

Frozen embryo replacement, IUI - cancelled at monitoring stage
£625
IVF - cancelled at monitoring stage
£830
IVF with donated eggs (patients will be charged for drugs used by the donor) - cancelled at monitoring stage
£915

If a treatment is cancelled post monitoring but before embryo replacement/freeze then a refund will be paid to the patient as follows:

Failed egg recovery - plus HFEA fee
£565
Failed fertilization/cleavage
£485
Failed frozen embryo thaw - plus HFEA fee
£915

PGT-A

The PGT-A fee is refundable in full if a full failed egg recover/fertilisation/cleavage occurs
£1,360
A partial refund is available if embryos are cultured, but none are biopsied
£355

Treatment Discount Policy for Sperm Sharing


If undergoing fertility treatment after donating sperm as a sperm sharer, one of the following treatment discounts is available

IVF Treatment
-£3,000
IUI in surrogacy
-£3,000
Frozen Embryo Transfer
Standard fee
Frozen Embryo Transfer to host (surrogacy)
£-3,000

Transfer In/Out fees

Patients are responsible for payment of fees charged by couriers for the movement of eggs/sperm/embryo

Transfer-in fees

Transfer-in of patient sperm/eggs/embryos from another Care clinic
nil
Transfer-in of patient sperm/eggs/embryos from a UK based non-Care clinic (provided treatment is commenced within one year of transfer)
nil
Transfer-in of patient sperm/eggs/embryos from an overseas clinic
£285
Personal import of donor sperm for named patient (includes up to one year's storage free of charge)
£385

Transfer-out fees

Transfer-out of sperm/eggs/embryos to another Care clinic
nil
Transfer-out of sperm/eggs/embryos to a UK based non-Care clinic
£285
Transfer-out of sperm/eggs/embryos to an overseas clinic
£1,085
Care arranged courier fees for the movement of sperm/eggs/embryos between Care clinics
Please request