Has anyone been able to negotiate rates with their RE?

[Anonymous]

I've been doing IF treatments with SG over the past 3 years--unexplained IF. I'm now 39, DH is 37. We are 100% OOP, thus we tried way too many IUIs hoping they would do the trick but they failed. (Except for one c/p.) We did 1 IVF, but miscarried early. Trying to increase our odds, we bet the farm on a 1:3 DE cycle which failed miserably and left us no frozen embryos. Our next step is to save for their shared-risk DE program with the guarantee. It will take some time to come up with that kind of money, so I'm wondering if any of you have been successful at negotiating rates with your RE? I see GIVF offers a (new?) IVF+ program that gives you a 25% credit of what you spent on OE cycles toward their DE program. That is awesome--too bad I didn't start out with them.

~IF Broke in Loudoun County

[Anonymous]

Do you qualify for their shared help program? Annual incomes under 95k qualify for a discount.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately we do not. I don't see how anyone living in the DC area would qualify with how much it costs to live here. (I'm from the mid-west and after 7 years here, i still have sticker shock!)

[Anonymous]

Talk to GW. They would be most likely to help vs all the area clinics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talk to GW. They would be most likely to help vs all the area clinics.

I agree with this. They will give you the best deal they can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to GW. They would be most likely to help vs all the area clinics.

I agree with this. They will give you the best deal they can.

Thank you--looks like they have a location in Vienna. Their website has information on becoming an egg donor, but not about using donor eggs. Weird. Anyone use GW for DE IVF?

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure they do DE.

[Anonymous]

But they don't do shared risk!

[Anonymous]

Anecdotally, I've heard that some couples without insurance have been successful in getting clinics to charge them the rates insurance companies pay, but obviously that doesn't apply to a shared risk program.

[Anonymous]

In your shoes, I would look into RBA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In your shoes, I would look into RBA.

Thanks for the recommendation. It looks like they have a 3rd party financier that operates their guarantee program and because of my failed DE cycle earlier this year we would be disqualified. Their success rates look great, but we can't afford another set of bad quality donor eggs without a guarantee of baby or money back. That said, looks like GW is out, too.

We'll figure it out--thanks for all your replies.

[Anonymous]

I did. The finance office reduced it by $1,000. I ended up paying $22,000 for a successful surrogate cycle plus some to freeze.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In your shoes, I would look into RBA.

Thanks for the recommendation. It looks like they have a 3rd party financier that operates their guarantee program and because of my failed DE cycle earlier this year we would be disqualified. Their success rates look great, but we can't afford another set of bad quality donor eggs without a guarantee of baby or money back. That said, looks like GW is out, too.

We'll figure it out--thanks for all your replies.

RBA guarantees two high quality blasts, it's a pretty reasonable program. Many people transfer one and freeze one.

[Anonymous]

14:35 - Which clinic did you do your surrogate cycle with? The $22K was just the cost of the cycle (procedures + meds) not anything else like surrogate comp right?

[Anonymous]

I saw in SG's office a pamphlet for a grant program they offer. It sounded like you could apply for a grant to help defer costs.