IVF Cost at Prof. Dr.Timur Gurgan Clinic, Turkey – great information!
Four days after I sent my letter requesting the IVF cost, IVF success rate and IVF procedure to the Gurgan Clinic in Turkey I received the excellent reply below. This is one for my shortlist. The website can be found here, unfortunately it does not appear to have an English translation, so only any use to those of you who can read Turkish – which unfortunately I can’t!
I have added the approximate US$ costs in red.
First of all thank you for your interest in our clinic. I will try to answer all of your questions briefly
1- It would not be very accurate to give you or any patient a success rate before you start the treatment in our clinic. Our principle is to evaluate each patient on their own and when they start treatment in our clinic we give them an honest success rate depending on their age, egg and sperm quality and many other different factors. As you might know infertility treatment is very complex and your success rate might be affected by many different factors, even your psycological condition during the treatment. We can give an approximate 25 to 30% average success rate in general (over this percentage would be very unrealistic for any infertility clinic) but of course we had many patients who had chances way over or way below this average. The most correct assumption would be made before the embryo transfer, when we will know the number of high quality embryos you have..
2- We do not have a maximum age for admitting patients. As long as you have healthy eggs and your husband has healthy sperm, we proceed with the treatment. We had many patients over age 40 that achieved healthy pregnancies and had babies.
3- We do not provide egg or sperm donation in our clinic as it is not legally permitted in Turkey. So if you do not produce eggs or we cannot find alive sperm cells in your husband, we won’t be able to offer you donation options. Also according to Turkish law, we can only perform IVF treatment to married couples.
4-We can transfer 3 embryos maximum to the patient again according to the regulations. But we can freeze embryos so if you have more than 3 good quality embryos we can freeze the remaning and use them if your treatment is unsuccessful.
5-The total cost of IVF treatment in our clinic is 4250 YTL (Turkish Liras) (approx. US$2,805) excluding the medications. This price covers your examinations in our clinic throughout the treatment, egg collection and embryo transfer procedures and doctor’s consultations. The IVF medications you will need to buy yourself and The price of medications vary from 1000 (approx. US$660) to 2000 YTL (approx. US$1,320), depending on the type of treatment decided to be performed by our doctors.
6- If you or your husband might need any extra procedures, they will be at extra cost. For example for TESE procedure for men, PGD or embryo freezing procedures will be at extra cost
7- We perform an average of 1000 IVF treatments per year.
7- If the cycle will be abandoned after the egg collection (meaning no healthy embryos were achieved for transfer) you will get 900 YTL (approx. US$594) of the price back. If the cycle is cancelled before the egg collection meaning no eggs could be achieved with drug stimulation or we couldn’t find any healthy sperm from thu husband even with the TESE, you will be refunded 2500 YTL (approx. US$1,650) of the cost.
8- The treatment takes around 30 to 45 days total starting from the day you come to our clinic for consultation. During that time, you can go back home for the while that you are using the hormone drugs and come back a couple of days before the egg collection. We recommend that you stay here between the egg collection and embryo transfer period (which is usually a couple of days) and also wait a couple days before travelling after the embryo transfer.
9- If you wish, you can let us know when you will be arriving and how long you intend to stay here and we can look for accomodation options for you.
10- The medications we can arrange to be transfered to our clinic for you from the local pharmacy.
11- During the treatment, we will have a nurse describe you how to and when to use the medications. You will be invited to the clinic usually once in every two or three days for vaginal ultrasound to monitor how your eggs are developing.
12- The doctors will get your treatment history and will very carefully evaluate your doses. We also do have treatment options with very low stimulation and if you are eligible for those treatments, they will be offered to you.
13- While in UK, if you have a problem you can contact us and we can refer you to visit a physician or a hospital/ clinic that we know of and trust.
14- All of infertility clinics in Turkey are closely monitored by Turkish Department of Health and inspected by officials regularly. If they do not comply with the law or do not meet the standard regulations, their license is cancelled. Our clinic is the oldest private clinic in Ankara and we are one of the leader institutions in Turkey and our doctors are in the IVF consultant board of health ministry themselves.
I hope the information I provided is useful. Please contact me if you have further questions..
Best Regards,
Selin Gurgan
Patient Relations Director
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