CARE Fertility Liverpool Fee Schedule

Consultation

Recommended pre-consultation screening

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

Artificial Insemination with partner or donated sperm

IUI treatment

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.

IVF

IVF with fresh embryo transfer

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

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.

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

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

Treatment with donated eggs

IVF 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

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

We require a part payment of £1000 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

We require a part payment of £1000 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

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

Registration fee

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.

Shared Motherhood/Parenthood

Shared Motherhood/Parenthood

Treatment costs include; consultation with a Care 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; embryo creation and culture; embryo transfer; pregnancy scan or post treatment review appointment; counselling support.

Infectious screening for the egg provider

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.

IVF related supplementary procedures

Extended culture and blastocyst transfer

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

Caremaps

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

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.

Frozen Embryo Transfer

Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)

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.

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.

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

Standard infectious screening

Rubella and chlamydia screening

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Donor sperm

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

PGT-A within a treatment cycle

PGT-A fee

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

PGT-A testing of previously frozen embryos

Embryo thaw, biopsy and refreeze

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

Conscious sedation for embryo transfer

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)

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

Cycle Monitoring

Includes all scans required for timed intercourse treatment

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

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.

HyCosy diagnostic test

Surgical sperm recovery

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)