IVF Cost » Switzerland http://www.ivfcost.net How to balance the IVF cost per cylce with the IVF success rate Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:59:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 IVF Cost at Centro Cantonale di Fertilità, Switzerland http://www.ivfcost.net/ivf-cost/ivf-cost-at-centro-cantonale-di-fertilita-switzerland http://www.ivfcost.net/ivf-cost/ivf-cost-at-centro-cantonale-di-fertilita-switzerland#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:56:16 +0000 admin http://www.ivfcost.net/ivf-cost/ivf-cost-at-centro-cantonale-di-fertilita-switzerland Within four days I received the following reply to my letter requesting the IVF cost, IVF success rate and IVF procedure from the Centro Cantonale di Fertilità in Switzerland.

I must admit that I am not at all impressed, I am being asked to make an appointment that will cost me CHF 343, which is approximately US$307 and according to all of the other Swiss clinics that have responded to me there is an age limit in Switzerland of 42 years for IVF and I am over this, and had stated my age in my letter! I don’t think I am going to be wasting my time or money!!!

Thank you for your message. We inform you that all treatments are carried out subject to a doctor consultation with the couple and by agreement of both partners. The cost of the first consultation is CHF 343.–.
 
For appointments and information please contact us from Monday to Friday 8:00-12:00 and 14:00-16:00 (closed Wednesday afternoon).
 
Best regards,
 
 

Centro Cantonale di Fertilità
Ospedale Regionale di Locarno La Carità
Via Ospedale 1
CH-6600 Locarno
Tel.  0041 (0)91 811 45 38 
       0041 (0)91 811 45 40
Fax  0041 (0)91 811 45 05 
http://centro-fertilita.eoc.ch

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The website for UMR can be found here.

Since the answers are brief these are the questions that I asked:

  1. What is the current success rate for your clinic? (preferably by age as I know that the success rate will be much lower for somebody of my age)
  2. How many cycles do you perform per year at the clinic?
  3. What is the maximum age that you treat?
  4. Are there any fertility conditions that you will not treat?
  5. What is your embryo transfer policy? How many embryos will you replace at one time?
  6. What is the basic cost of the IVF treatment?
  7. What additional costs would / could be incurred?
  8. What happens to the costs if the cycle has to be abandoned?
  9. How long would I need to be in Switzerland for?
  10. Who deals with the logistics of flights and accommodation?
  11. How is the pre-treatment carried out?
  12. How do I get medication?
  13. How will I be monitored?
  14. How will I know that I am not being under / over stimulated?
  15. If I have a problem whilst in the UK who would I go to?
  16. Is the clinic registered with any regulatory body?

I have added the approximate costs in US$ in red.

 

Hello,
 
1. the success rate  for IVF is around 50% but we don’t make statistics by age.
2. we perform 180 IVF cycles per year
3. the maximum age is 42 years old
4. age
5. we replace usually 2 embryos but the law allowed to replace 3
6. an IVF cycle costs around 6000-8000 CHF (approx. US$5,342 – US$7,123)
7. every cycle for frozen embryo transfer costs 2000 CHF (approx. US$1,781)
8. for women who have an swiss insurance, the insurance will pay
9. a first appointment and then during 3 weeks
10. the patient deals for the flight and accomodation
11. you need to have an evaluation of your ovarian reserve, all hormonal and serologic status, a sperm analysis and serologic status of your husband
12. the medication can be taken in pharmacy (or here sometimes)
13. the tracking or monitoring can be done in your country, then you won’t stay here 3 weeks but only 5 days
14. with the tracking
15. gynecological emergencies
16. yes
 
Yours sincerly,
 
Dr. P.Ventura-Vajda

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First reply:
Unfortunatey we have also an age limit (42 years) in our center. As far as I know this is similar to all other Swiss centers, since eggdonation is prohibited in Switzerland.
 
Wishing you the best¨
 
Sincerely yours
 
C. Urech
 
Second reply:
Unfortunately I have to tell you, that our center has also an age limit, we don’t treat patients above the age of 42 years. This is because the chances are so low.
 
I’m sorry to have to disappoint you.
 
Sincerely yours
 
Cornelia Urech

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