Patient information from Hollywood Fertility Centre

PGD fees

Fees current as of 1st March 2009 for eligible Medicare card holders.

At the Hollywood Fertility Centre, we know that comparing costs of treatment at different centres can be confusing. We will discuss with you what you can expect to pay based on the treatment you are having and your private health insurance coverage.

Our fees include:

  • Monitoring of your cycle by a Hollywood Fertility Centre doctor, including:
  • Monitoring (blood tests† and ultrasound scans within the cycle)
  • Surgical procedures (oocyte and embryo transfer)
  • Drugs that are covered by Medicare
  • Two counselling sessions

There will be some additional costs associated with:

  • Doctor's consultations
  • Hollywood Private Hospital Day Surgery
  • General anaesthesia
  • Pre-diagnostic tests
  • Drugs that are not covered by Medicare eg: Orgalutran, Lucrin/Synarel, Provera
    and progesterone pessaries.

Fees for PGD PCR cycle

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method of amplifying a small piece of genetic material to get enough of it to examine. A single cell taken from an embryo can be tested in this way for a particular disease. The most common PCR test we do is for cystic fibrosis, but Sydney IVF has actually tested for over 130 different diseases.

Treatment Cycle payment Out of pocket expense 
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates)
ICSI PCR
1st cycle		 $12,168.68 $3,362.00
ICSI PCR
subsequent cycle		 $10,623.68 $1,817.00
Frozen Embryo Transfer (previously tested) $2,160.00 $280.00

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense.

Fees for PGD translocation cycle

Chromosomes occur in pairs in all cells except sperm and eggs. If part of one chromosome is found connected to a completely different chromosome it's "translocated". For that person there is no net gain or loss of genetic material, so the translocation is "balanced" and there is no problem. But when that person makes eggs or sperm, some of these will have too much or too little genetic material. The same will be true for an embryo that results. The chromosomal translocation will then be "unbalanced" and the embryo will sooner or later usually result in a miscarriage.

Treatment Cycle payment Out of pocket expense 
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates)
Translocation
1st cycle**		 $12,576.42 $3,511.10
Translocation
subsequent cycle		 $11,031.42 $1,966.10
Frozen Embryo Transfer
(previously tested)		 $2,160.00 $280.00

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense.

Fees for PGD aneuploidy screening cycle

Aneuploidy is the gain or loss of one or more chromosomes. The most common example of this is Down syndrome, which occurs when cells have three copies (trisomy) of chromosome 21.

Treatment Cycle payment Out of pocket expense 
(assuming maximum Medicare & health fund rebates)
IVF - 5 probes $10,323.53 $2,713.80 - $1,824.53
ICSI - 5 probes $10,661.23 $2,713.80 - $1,824.53
IVF - 7 probes $11,142.38 $2,877.60 - $1,988.30
ICSI - 7 probes $11,480.08 $2,877.60 - $1,988.30
Frozen Embryo Transfer (previously tested) $2,160.30 $280.00

Your particular circumstances will determine your final out of pocket expense.

Please ensure you have a current referral from your GP in order to claim from Medicare.

** Ultrasound payable to 'Western Ultrasound for Women'
† Regional patients who do not use St John of God Pathology for all blood test results will incur a further fee