IVF Cost at Kaali Inst IVF Centre, Hungary – great information!
I thought it could be worth showing you some of the responses that I have had from clinics around the world to give an insight into the way that they operate and the costs that they charge at the specific clinic.
As an idea of the cost of IVF in Hungary I am going to start with the Kaali Inst IVF Center in Budapest. After emailing them for information on their IVF treatment I received a very promptlyand informative reply. I have taken out a little of the information that is specific to me, but what remains is a complete picture of the IVF cost and the IVF success for my age group. I hope you find this useful.
I must say that this request was made in the early days of me looking for information and I had not structured my letter as I had for all other responses on this site, so this was borne out of a general enquiry. I have added the US$ values in red.
This was a great response to a very general letter and the clinic will certainly be on my shortlist.
Hi,
Age unfortunately significantly impacts on pregnancy rates. At the age of 40 success rates are half of that among women under the age of 35. Age alone could be the explanation in your case…… Anyway, regardless of the problem at the age of 42 you should do IVF. This gives you the best chance and IVF success rates are around 15% at this age. This is unfortunatly not too high.
A typical cycle follows these steps. We usually start with an initial consultation (preferably in the first half of the cycle). During this meeting we review the past infertility records, review the treatment itself and set a schedule up. If further tests are needed we provide you with a list. You are also given a treatment plan and the following details, dates can be set up via email. This is a one day visit to the Clinic in Budapest.
Most IVF cycles are preceeded by some type of pretreatment. Most often this is a brief course of oral contarceptives. The stimulation is started after the pill. You can do the first 5 days of stimulation while at home, we only need to see you on day 6 of stimulation. Usually another 5 days of stimulation follows before we move on with the egg retrieval and embryo transfer. This altogether means a 10-12 days stay in Budapest. You may travel as early as the day of transfer.
The total expense of an IVF treatment is made up of three parts. The evaluation (consultation, labs, ultrasound etc.) is about 300 EUR (approx. US$410) if done by us. Most of the evaluation can be performed by your local physician as well. An IVF cycle is 1500 EUR (approx. US$2,035), if ICSI is needed as well it is an additional 500 EUR (approx. US$680). If the medications are purchased in Hungary on average they cost 1000-1200 EUR (approx. US$1,355 – US$1,625). Medications costs vary however based on ovarian response. Please let us know if you have any further questions about our IVF program or if you wish to set up an initial consultation!
Sincerely,
Peter Kovacs MD
Kaali Inst IVF Center
Budapest, Hungary
The contact information for the clinic is:
Kaali Institute
Istenhegyi ut 54/A
1125 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: 36-1-202 2802 Fax: 36-1-214 6050
Email: info@ivfpregnancycenter.com
Web: http://www.ivfpregnancycenter.com/
Hi.I was surprised that no one left a comment about this outstanding facility.So….I am going to do so as a very happy father thanks to Kaali Clinic.We went from Montana (USA) to Budapest 10 months after I was told about my low low sperm count.I am Hungarian and my wife is Philippino.We have a very happy and healthy baby who as a added bonus is very very beautiful as we are told by everybody who looks at her.I do recommend this clinic.We had a great experience the first time around.We will go back again.
Zoltan
Hi, my name is Adriana and I have almost 23 years old and my future husban will be 35 in feb2009 and he has a problem with his sperm… he has oligoastenospermie and we want to have a baby. We heard about Kaali clinic and we want to try it but we need to know some prices. Please contact us at adrianamelnik@aim.com to advice some things about this clinic, the prices and the percent of the result. Best regards Adriana and Vali
Sue, thank you for your hard work! This is such a helpful site-blog!
The site for Kaali Institute does not seems like working. Do you have any other contact info for Hungary Kaali IVF center.
Thank you,
Irina
Irina,
I see what you mean. The contact information that I have is as above:
Kaali Institute
Istenhegyi ut 54/A
1125 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: 36-1-202 2802 Fax: 36-1-214 6050
Email: info@ivfpregnancycenter.com
Peter Kovacs has always been prompt in replying to email.
Best of luck, please let me know how it goes.
Sue
Thanks, Now it is working. Great!
Dear Sir / Madam,
Re: Egg Donoation / Surrogate
Is it possible to now the cost when an egg donor & surrogate is required ?
Thank you,
Sincerely
Dieter Fellner
Kedves Doctor ur!
A ferjem es en mar evek ota probalkozunk hogy gyermekunk legyen. Tulestunk mar kezdeskent 5 havi gyogyszerstimulalason es ketszeres probalkozas IUI, de semmi nem tortent.
A GYN orvosom nem erti, hogy mi a baj, meg laparoscopos vizsgalatot es petefezetek atfujast is csinaltunk, hogy eselyeink nagyobbak legyenek.
A ferjem amerikai, de en Budapestrol valo vagyok es edesanyam otlete volt, hogy miert nem probalkozunk otthon.
A kerdesem csak az lenne, hogy be lehetne-e elore jelentkezni es mi lenne az utja-modja,ha elfogadna betegenek.
Koszonettel
Eva Buesse
Hi,
do you provide services to those who want to select the gender of their next child.
thanks
I’m happy to hear about Zoltans positive experience with Kaali. However the mentality of the staff there is rather old fashion, from a past generation. If you look for a trustworthy treatment, Kaali is surly one of the last choices to take.
Hello,
I am 37 years old and I am diagosticated with premature ovarian failure, even though I had three pregnancies at 18, 19 and 23 years old. After the three pregnancies I started to take birth controll pills and that was for aprox 10 years. After I stopped the pills I started to feel bad (no cycle for a few months, hot flushes, poor sleep, anxiety, etc) and I discovered a huge FSH level (aprox 180). Since then, the lowest FSH level was 44 and after that it rised again, no matter what treatment did I take. Now I am taking as a treatment Cycloproginova.
So, my question is wether I could make an IVF with egg donnor, which are the success rates, which is the price for such an intervention and how log does it takes to find a donnor.
we are not so happy :
- crowded waiting room and sometimes you need to stand waiting … no privacy is possible
- when you need to provide sperm, you also wait in front of the room with lot of other people..
- nurses not very kind ( with replies such as …. that is not my problem…)
- only peter kovacs speaks English while the others very little so you do not get proper answer
- no inpatient facility in case needed so if complications or hyper stimulation you need to find another hospital
- examinations and consultations are very short so you rarely have time to ask question since other patient is in the line. In our case Dr. Bernard is not so talkative and he does not reply on emais…
- 2 days before retrieval our doctor forgot to come. he did not oinform us that he is not coming for scheduled check up so after waiting for 2.5 hours and asking nurses to give us information where isdr. bernard, Dr. Kovacs made the examination and told us that his opinion is that we should not continue while Dr. Bernard told us the day before that we should go ahead and retrieve 2 follicles.
anyway we tried two times there. the problem is low response to FS drugs
Dear Mihail,
Thank you very much for your comment, it is very enlightening especially since we have decided to go here – the cost is very good and the distance from us is just a short flight. Your comment made us wonder if we were making the right decision or not, however we have already started the process so we are very grateful for this information as at least now we are going to be prepared in what to expect.
Thank you so much,
Sue
Dear Sue, I would like to thank you for the information posted about KI. It encouraged me to contact Dr. Kovacs by e-mail and ask for an appointment. I received an answer within few hours and an appointment for a few weeks later. I started the treatment immediately after the first visit and I have been impressed by the professionalism of the doctor and his team. Whenever necessary, appointments / examination were scheduled during the weekend (Sunday), outside the regular opening hours. The doctor is very patient and explained me carefully all the steps, the procedure, the options and what is to be expected. He answered my questions and replied to emails without delay (speaks perfect English). Most of the staff at the clinic speaks some English (and seemed nice to me) – just one should not call after working hours when indeed, the lady answering the phone speaks Hungarian only. However, your main contact person would be the doctor himself. The facilities are modern, very clean and well equipped (the upper floor is a hospital-like area where the retrieval and transfer were performed). Almost every time there were a lot of people in the waiting room but the schedule for appointment was respected (5-10 minutes give or take). Relatively close to the clinic you may find a 24-hrs/day pharmacy – very useful when treatment is prescribed right after check-up, on weekends. I am very satisfied with this clinic and would recommend it (and Dr. Kovacs) without hesitation. I am over 40 and unfortunately the first attempt failed at the stage of embryo implantation. I will not give up – will repeat the procedure in a short while. I am not Hungarian (but working here for a while) so the information on your site helped me greatly in identifying a clinic in Hungary and start the treatment without delay. Many thanks again and best of luck, G.
Dear Gabriela,
Thank you so much for sharing your experience, this has really set my mind at ease, I really appreciate it. Sorry to hear that your first attempt did not work but I wish you all the luck in the world with your next attempt. Do let us know how you get on.
All the best,
Sue
Dear dr,
my friend yesterday get results that she have a kancer. she have to start with hemoetrapy for 2 weeks. She has 37 years and no children.
My question is : can you do IVM (in vitro maturation oocits) in these short time and freeze her antral folicule?
Thanks for a quck answer.
Magdalena
Dear Magdalena,
I forwarded your enquiry to Peter Kovacs and this is the response:
Hi,
Unfortunately we do not use IVM. The only thing that we could do is to try
to retrieve her mature egg if she is in that stage of her cycle and freeze
the one embryo that we could create. This would not be the best that she
could have as freezing immature eggs would be a better option but is not
available through us.
Regards,
P Kovacs MD
All the best,
Sue
Hi,
I completely agree with Gabriela and her comment! Our experience is the same. We are now in process with Peter Kovacs and we are very satisfied with KI and Dr. Kovacs. On Friday will be retrieval, and until now everything works perfectly. From the moment I contacted clinic until now takes only 2 months. Dr. Kovac is patient, responsible and calm us so that we are almost sure that we will have success after first attempt. I can recommend this clinic to anyone that has to do IVF or ICSI.
Dear Vesna,
Thank you very much for your comments. I have actually taken the plunge and chosen the Kaali Inst. for my own treatment. I attended the first appointment on Monday and was incredibly impressed – both my husband and I feel as if we could not be in better hands.
I intend giving much more information on our experience as we go through it and will get a post up about out initial consultation in the next few days if there is anybody out there who is considering this clinic then do watch out for it.
I wish you every luck with your treatment, please let us know how it goes.
All the very best,
Sue
Dear Sue,
Many thanks to you for all the hard work and research you put into creating this most informative site. You are an amazing and wonderful human being to compile and share this data with others. Please trust your own instincts and know you made the right decision in choosing the Hungary facility… hopefully you will relax and enjoy your IVF experience.
I am in a similar situation being over the age of 40 and wishing to become pregnant using my own eggs. Though I realize my egg quality isn’t as robust as a 30 year old’s… I have faith that there is one good egg left that a talented doctor will help me and my husband to find and fertilize! Alas I do not have the budget for multiple cycles. My clock is about to stop ticking altogether!
Anyway, please do keep us posted on your progress. I wish you all the best in your endeavor to procreate. If the generosity of spirit and intellect required to build this site is any indication, you will be a spectacular parent and any child fortunate enough to come into contact with you will be blessed.
Best wishes,
Sarah
Hi,
Just to add as we arrive at the end of the process. Dr Kovacs did transfer on Monday and now we are waiting next Friday to know the results. I just wanted to tell you the price we paid for ICSI. In the first post you have the prices, but I was surprised on Monday, when I got prices in HUF. It was 432.000 HUF (forICSI) and it was 1565 euros, change that day 1 euro = 276 HUF. We paid medicine about 550 euros, at the end everything was around 2100 euro! They are freezing for the first year without paying, but if you want to freeze for more years, one year is 20.000 HUF
All the best!
Hi Vesna,
Thank you very much for the additional information on the costs – very useful, seems to be coming out cheaper than the initial response suggests. I have now purchased what I think is pretty much all of my medication and it worked out about the same as yours – I will put a post up soon detailing everything that we have paid.
We have our fingers crossed for you, I really hope that you get a positive result – please keep us informed.
All the very best,
Sue
Dear Sarah,
Thank you so much for your extremely kind words. After having been to the Kaali Inst. I do believe that all of our instincts are right, it really is a great place and Peter Kovacs is brilliant.
I know what you mean about the clock ticking! I feel as if this is my one chance, I don’t think we would try multiple times, but whether we succeed or fail at least giving it one go we will be able to say that we tried.
I wish you all the luck in the world with your treatment and please do keep us informed as to how you get on.
All the best,
Sue
Sue,
May I ask why you chose this location over others? What stood out? Now that you have been, would you go back and why?
Laura,
You certainly may ask. The reason I choose this clinic was partly because I felt that Peter Kovacs gave a very good response to my initial enquiry, especially since this was unstructured compared to my later enquiries. In addition to that we love Hungary. This put the Kaali Inst. on my shortlist. When we finally made the decision probably the overriding factor was the distance from us (we are in the UK), other centres that I was swinging towards were long haul flights, it just seemed to make sense to keep it closer to home.
Having been to the first appointment both myself and my husband feel as if we could not have chosen a better place. Peter Kovacs was fantastic, his explanation of things and professionalism really gave us tremendous confidence. The clinic itself is beautiful and extremely clean and well organised.
I have started to put up information on my experience – you can find it at http://www.ivfcost.net/tag/my-ivf-cost – the next posting I will make will be about the first appointment when I will give you a lot more detail of what it was like, hopefully I will get that up tomorrow.
If you have any more questions please do ask. So far though we would highly recommend this clinic, we feel so incredibly comfortable with the decision we have made and the pre-nerves that we had have all vanished.
All the best,
Sue
I wrote Dr. Kovacs via info@ivfpregnancycenter.com on Nov 13, 2009 and never heard back from anyone.
Hi Ann,
I am sorry to hear that you did not hear back from Peter Kovacs. I have sent him a message with your email address – perhaps it just slipped through the net and hopefully you will hear from him soon.
All the best,
Sue
Hello. We are interesting your hospital for ivf. If we pay a payment for treatment, will you send us a letter for viza? And if we couldnt get a viza how can we refound our money? We look forward to hearing from you soon. Thank you.
Hi Amar,
I forwarded your enquiry to Peter Kovacs and he tried to reply to you at the email address you gave but it would not go through – I also tried and it did not work for me either. So here is the response from Peter Kovacs to your questions:
Hi,
Your message was forwarded to me.
A typical cycle for those traveling to us from abroad follows these steps.
We usually start with an initial consultation (preferably in the first half
of the cycle). During this meeting we review the past infertility records,
review the treatment itself and set a schedule up. If further tests are
needed we provide you with a list. You are also given a treatment plan and
the following details, dates can be set up via email. This is a one day
visit to the Clinic in Budapest. The appointment for the consultation can
be set up by email. If you write me when you could come I can get back to
you with availability. There is no waiting list in our clinic but you
should give me a few weeks notice to make sure that enough time can be
spent with you.
Most IVF cycles are preceeded by some type of pretreatment. Most often this
is a brief course of oral contraceptives. The stimulation is started after
the pill. You can do the first 5 days of stimulation while at home, we only
need to see you on day 6 of stimulation. Usually another 5 days of
stimulation follows before we move on with the egg retrieval and embryo
transfer. This altogether means a 10-12 days stay in Budapest. You may
travel as early as the day of transfer.
If you need a visa then the complete evaluation has to be done at home and
I need to be able to review the results. If based on them we decide to
proceed we will be able to send you a letter to support your visa
application. In that case no downpayment is needed.
The total expense of an IVF treatment is made up of three parts. The
evaluation (consultation, labs, ultrasound etc.) is about 300 EUR if done
by us. Most of the evaluation can be performed by your local physician as
well. An IVF cycle is 1500 EUR, if ICSI is needed as well it is an
additional 500 EUR. If the medications are purchased in Hungary on average
they cost 600-800 EUR. Medication costs vary however based on ovarian
response. Please let us know if you have any further questions about our
IVF program!
Sincerely,
Peter Kovacs MD
Kaali Inst IVF Center
Budapest, Hungary
All the best,
Sue
I am 56 and going through my menopause my Fiancee who is 45 we tried hard for 10 years to conceive going to doctors never offered IVF We would love a baby of our own do you know if Peter Kovacs would take us on as a patient for IVF and what would the cost be
Hi Rose,
I have forwarded your question to Peter Kovacs and you should hear from him soon.
Best of luck,
Sue
Hi,
I am writing to you to ask if you allow women between 40 and 45 to donate
their eggs to younger women. I am 43 and have had IVF twice which was successfull in that my eggs fertilised and were grade one and two and cleaved to the 3rd day. Unfortunately I misscarried in the first month. I am not
sure if maybe this was due to my age.
My point being that is it possible if I am in my forties and my eggs are
grade 1 and 2 and have been screened, then is it possible
to donate them to a younger women who would not misscarry.
I am just speculating as to what your IFV clinic offers and if so how much is it to donate my eggs or embryo.
I look forward to your reply.
Carla Zavaroni
Interesting. I’ll keep these in mind. Thanks for the post.
Hi,
I am wondering if you do egg screening as well as I am 43 and know that
there is more defects with the egg quality as the woman gets older.
Therefore if there is some good eggs, do you do screening and what is the percentage rate of pregnancy for women over 42.
Thank you. Carla Zavaroni
Hi Carla,
I have had a reply from Peter Kovacs regarding your question. He says:
Hi,
There was no email address attached so I am sending the answer to you. We
do not do egg or embryo screening. While such techniques have been
developed they are not associated with increased pregnancy rates and are a
source of “stress” for the embryo.
Regards,
P Kovacs MD
All the best,
Sue
We are a young couple from Bucharest, Romania (wife 30 years old, husband 29 years), diagnosed with early ovarian failure (AMH values: undetectable). We heard about your clinic from our gynecologist and we would like to have more details about the IVF procedure in your clinic. We would like to find out the steps to reach your clinic for IVF with donated eggs as quickly as possible.
Thank you!
I am a 43 year old female (44 in September) and looking to have my eggs implanted into a surrogate mother (she’s a friend of mine and will come to Hungary with me ). My husband’s sperm has been extracted from him and is frozen here in Florida USA where we live (My husband is 49). Can you please provide treatment options for us as well as cost of IVF/ICSI. I can not carry the pregnancy myself because I had a partial hysterectomy a few months ago but my ovaries are still good hence the need for my surrogate. I called the office of Dr. Kovac this morning and was kept on hold for a long time before the lady came back and asked me to call back in an hour.
Hi,
Ihave wrote to you before. I am amazed at the problems people
have trying to have kids but the treatment of IVF is incredible.
Ehm I am wondering if you know about where they transfer
mitochondria from one cell to another. I think this is called
3 parent families.
I don’t think it is legal in IVF cinics yet, I am not sure about
that but this must give older women more of a chance to
have kids of their own. Am I write in my thoughts that
older women can be donated mitochondria for their cell
as the mitochondria is a power pack and helps the
whole cell function properly so older women might
have more of a chance of donating their eggs if they
had a younger persons mitochondria
or is it just people with genetic abonormalities
in the mitochondria that get a new mitochondria
from a younger person because the mitochondria
has genetic faults.
I look forward to your reply. Thank You Carla Zavaroni
I am 43 years old and very away about the difficulties getting pregnant at my age. Please is it possible to use a donor embryo of a skin coloured woman for ivf in your clinic.
Hi,
I have made one IVF with dr. Kovacs at Kaali. He is the best doctor I have ever met. He is brilliant, a very kind, gentle man. Everytime I have sent him an e-mail, he answered in few hours. At the clinic, I never waited more than 5 minutes. I do not know how he can be so well organized. Not to mention his very good results.
I recommend him with all my heart!
Hi Michelle,
I agree, he’s a great doctor, really instills confidence in you.
Best of luck,
Sue