Paying for a one cycle plus package at Advanced Reproductive Care (ARC) will save about $2000 if we have to proceed with a frozen transfer. If the fresh IVF cycle results in a live birth, we lose about $900 for paying for a frozen cycle up front but let me be clear that I.would.not.care! *If the fresh cycle is canceled before ER for any reason, the options are a refund for all except $500 for bullcrap administrative fees or to pay the clinic for all services up to that point and use the package price for the next cycle. **They do not pay for anesthesia. ***They pay for up to 5 u/s and bloodwork monitoring visits. Someone please warn me if I'm about to get into something with a lot of fine print!
PC sometimes refers to crappy circumstances as a 'kick in the nuts.' Here was my kick in the nuts today: I don't even qualify for ARC's refund guarantee program because the information from my fertility charts suggests to them that IVF is not going to work for me. Hard Kick!!! They based that on my highest FSH (10) highest estradiol (144) and antral follicle count (10). Can anyone give me some hope with those numbers? *Let's hope this does not happen.
**About $750 for a one hour nap.
***Nurse LLD said the average is 4-6 visits.
