I will be keeping a running tally and updating this post after any appointments or after we receive any bills. We are hoping this list, encompassing all of our medical conception expenses, will help others with budgeting. Please note that these costs vary depending on clinics, insurances, luck, and everything in between.
So far, we are up to $13,455.85 with 5 IUI attempts comprising $12,959.74. Now, we are moving on to at home inseminations with a known donor and we expect expenses to slow down. See below for the details by month. Feel free to ask any questions or comments. Thanks!
Updated as of November 8, 2018
| August 2017 | |
| Consultation with Physician Assistant | $145.00 |
| Parking (Two cars $5/each) | $10.00 |
| September 2017 | |
| Antibiotic Rx for HSG | $7.00 |
| Basal Thermometer | $12.90 |
| 100 LH Test Strips | $22.95 |
| October 2017 | |
| Consultation with Reproductive Endocrinologist | $250.00 |
| Parking (Two cars $8/each) | $16.00 |
| Seattle Sperm Bank All-Access Pass | $50.00 |
| Manhattan Cryo Bank All-Access Pass | $50.00 |
| Extended Profile for Sperm Donor | $5.00 |
| Access to Baby Photo for Sperm Donor | $10.00 |
| November 2017 | |
| Antibiotic Rx for SHG | $7.00 |
| Genetic Testing for Lyn | $199.00 |
| Four Acupuncture Sessions | $129.00 |
| OB/GYN Co-Pay | $25.00 |
| Medical Records | $25.81 |
| December 2017 | |
| 6 Vials of Sperm (Shipping Included) | $3,990.00 |
| Digital Clear Blue Ovulation Kits | $30.49 |
| 2 Additional Vials of Sperm | $1,270.00 |
| Hysteroscopy Co-Pay | $25.00 |
| January 2018 | |
| Post-Surgery Consult with RE | $150.00 |
| Parking | $6.00 |
| Notary to Thaw Sperm | $20.00 |
| February 2018 | |
| CD1 Appointment | $650.00 |
| Consult with PA | $125.00 |
| Ultrasound | $270.00 |
| Blood Tests | $255.00 |
| Parking | $8.00 |
| March 2018 | |
| CD1 Appointment | $470.00 |
| Consult with PA | $125.00 |
| Ultrasound | $270.00 |
| Blood Test | $75.00 |
| Parking | $6.00 |
| Mid-Cycle Monitoring Appointment | $225.00 |
| Ultrasound | $150.00 |
| Consult with PA | $75.00 |
| Blood Test to Confirm LH Surge | $180.00 |
| IUI Appointment | $450.00 |
| Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) | $325.00 |
| IUI Ready Prep | $125.00 |
| CD1 Appointment | $470.00 |
| Consult with PA | $125.00 |
| Ultrasound | $270.00 |
| Blood Test | $75.00 |
| Parking | $6.00 |
| April 2018 | |
| Digital Clear Blue Ovulation Kits | $30.49 |
| First Response Early Results (3pk) | $12.98 |
| Mid-Cycle Monitoring Appointment | $225.00 |
| Ultrasound | $150.00 |
| Consult with PA | $75.00 |
| Ovidrel Trigger Shot | $107.00 |
| IUI #1 Appointment | $450.00 |
| IUI #2 Appointment | $450.00 |
| Parking | $7.00 |
| Blood Test – Beta & Progesterone | $180.00 |
| Blood Test – Beta | $90.00 |
| May 2018 | |
| Ultrasound & Consult with RE | $325.00 |
| LH and HCG Urine Strip Tests | $24.95 |
| Clearblue Digital Ovulation Test, 20 Ovulation Tests | $27.72 |
| July 2018 | |
| Consult with RE | $125.00 |
| Genetic Testing for Em | $199.00 |
| IUI Appointment | $450.00 |
| August 2018 | |
| IUI Appointment | $405.00 |
| First Response 6 Days Sooner | $12.98 |
| September 2018 | |
| Baseline Appointment | $395.00 |
| Progesterone (Qty: 40) | $61.10 |
| Femara/Letrozole (Qty: 20) | $9.41 |
| Midcycle Appointment | $225.00 |
| Estradiol 2mg (Qty: 30) | $17.99 |
| Ovidrel Trigger Shot (Qty: 1) | $107.00 |
| HCG Test Strips | $10.95 |
| October 2018 | |
| HCG Beta Bloodwork | $90.00 |
| Midcycle Appointment | $200.00 |
| At Home Insemination Supplies: | |
| OPK Test Strips (40-Pack) | $11.45 |
| Pre-Seed | $20.56 |
| Specimen Cups with Lids | $8.14 |
| 5mL Syringes (10-pack) | $7.99 |
| Softcup (14-pack) | $22.99 |
| November 2018 | |
| Annual Sperm Storage | $225.00 |
| Total | $13,455.85 |
A Quest in Queer Parenting 
We should do this but I would be way to scared to see the end total lol
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That’s fair! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about the end total, haha 🙂
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Eep! I’m glad we never kept this tally…it’s too high for comfort!
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I definitely get that. I am already nervous and we just started, haha. – Em
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We underestimated our costs by quite a bit! Not sure we would have proceeded if we had known the total cost so I’m glad it came to us a bit at a time!
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I can definitely see that. Every expense is certainly adding up!
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[…] to purchase them within 48 hours before they are released to the public. The fact that we just spent almost 4 grand on some sperm is crazy, but we feel so relieved that this donor is going to work […]
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Wow I had no idea that that was the cost 😮
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We just had an appointment yesterday that set us back $650… I was hoping she meant $6.50, haha, but I knew better. – Em
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Is this just for one IUI cycle or what?
I’ve had two IUI and I’m halfway through IVF and I’m at around $21,000 Australian
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So far yes. Majority of this cost though (over 5k) comes from donor sperm, of which we bought 8 vials. If we get pregnant and have extra vials still at the bank we can recoup some of this money (75% of the original vial price)
Each IUI cycle costs us around 1k without sperm. Most of that cost is for the monitoring and medications. The actual procedure is the least expensive part of that.
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We’re just staggered by how much cheaper it is in the US compared to the UK. Over here, 8 vials of donor sperm would set us back a minimum of about £7000, and one stimulated cycle of IUI (like you have done, with the fertility drugs) would be an absolute minimum of £2,500 – That’s about $10,000 for the sperm and an absolute minimum of $3,500 for one stimulated cycle of IUI. Hence why we’re going down the DIY at home with a known donor route!
Mind. Blown. I knew it was staggeringly expensive over here, but didn’t quite grasp the extent of the discrepancy.
(For all of what you’ve done so far, over here it would have set you back nearly $30,000! If that makes you feel a little better about the cost.)
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Wow! That is a big difference. As someone who works in business, I wonder how much profits are in this category of medicine and how much of the costs actually cover their expenses. But we’ll never know that, haha. Either way, I hope you two are successful with the DIY method and avoid some of the hefty expenses over there. Sending you positive thoughts and lots of baby dust. 💛
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Wow… I am insanely jealous of how cheap it has been for you!
In Australia, you can’t buy sperm, you can only pay a fertility clinic for use of sperm, which is charged per use at $750. This means that last IVF cycle, in which 3 eggs were retrieved from my wife, we paid $250 per individual sperm.
Imagine if sperm donors got paid that sort of money…
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Wow! ‘Per use’ is a fascinating way to approach buying sperm. I’m curious to know the donors cut too.
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Well, I can answer that. It’s illegal to pay someone for sperm here so donors get nothing.
Another interesting bit of trivia is that donor eggs cost $20 000 for 7 eggs and the donor, again, cannot be paid anything.
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Wow, that is very interesting! Is there a good supply of donors to choose from over there? I would worry that they wouldn’t get enough participants.
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