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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been offered it but I was told there was no discount with Shared Risk.  Did they tell you otherwise?  The financial counselor seemed a little shaky to be honest. [/quote]

How old are you? I'll be 36 so PGS isn't required in my age group (35-37) for the Shared-Risk Program. For those who are 37+, the cost of Shared-Risk was higher to accommodate the required PGS test. So I'm guessing you're 37+ and required to do PGS, thus no discount would apply?Let me know if I'm mistaken. I agree- the financial counselors don't seem to be the brightest-at least mine certainly isn't. [/quote]

Yep, I’m 40.  That might be why.  They also said the design is to cover one PGS and its hard to separate that for the shared risk 6 cycles.  But it still doesn’t all make sense, it seems they could provide some discount to incentivize both Synchrony participation AND their SR program since it’s  statistically more beneficial to them financially.   And the counselor had an uncertain voice which was not reassuring.  It’s so bizarre to me that they do all this financial explaining over the phone for such complicated and expensive options.  [/quote]

In my opinion, I think it would be smart of them to offer you a $3500 refund if you get a take home baby on your first round of IVF and participated in the study. It's too bad they don't do that. In this scenario you'd be paying the same price as the 35-37 year old Shared-Risk Program. It's my understanding that PGS costs $5,000 ($1500 to SG for biopsy and $3500 to the lab for the test). Personally, if I didn't get a discount (or in my situation, free PGS testing and ERA), I wouldn't participate in the study either. Regarding your financial counselor, you should request that he or she put everything in writing-maybe that will help. I've only spoken to my financial counselor once and that was months ago when I was first starting out with IUI. Everything else has been through email. 
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