Anonymous
Post 04/30/2017 20:34     Subject: Re:IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Had awful experience at GW (5 cycles). Friend went to CCRM (new york), recommended I do a phone consult, which I did not realize was even a thing. Ended up going up the following week and doing a consult in person. After one cycle, with a very different protocol (lupron, frozen embryo transfer, etc), pregnant! Dr Levine is incredible and worth the train ride!
Anonymous
Post 04/28/2017 12:05     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Federal employee here who realized in Nov 2016 that they pulled the IVF coverage from Aetna. Are there any separate insurance plans people are using to cover IVF treatment? I can't seem to find a thead on it.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2017 20:23     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:About $15 per cycle.


$15k?


Yes. With meds, we spent just over $30,000 on two cycles at GW. Not successful. But they are a good clinic.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2017 19:46     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Anonymous wrote:Call and ask. They have a good plan for OOP. Don't go by what other people here say; your needs may be different.


Doesn't hurt to get an idea of what's to come. It's not like there's much variation. No one with BCBS FEPis paying something like $500 a cycle.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2017 12:08     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Anonymous wrote:About $15 per cycle.


$15k?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2017 11:09     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Call and ask. Their financial people are excellent and EXTREMELY familiar with Fed BCBS.

Also - note that GW *can* and will charge your insurance for monitoring. IVF without insurance is still expensive, but being able to get coverage for monitoring really does add up to a lot of savings (it will be a $40 copay per monitoring session - blood work and ultrasound - rather than $350+/session).
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2017 11:01     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
About $15 per cycle.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2017 07:01     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
If ur in maryland you can buy secondary insurance with coverage.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2017 22:56     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
$16,000
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2017 22:46     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Call and ask. They have a good plan for OOP. Don't go by what other people here say; your needs may be different.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2017 21:54     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
I was OOP somewhere else (another state). The IVF was $12k and the meds about 4k
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2017 20:04     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Depending on your protocol and levels of dosing the meds can run up to $5000 per cycle.
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2017 20:01     Subject: Re:IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
Almost $14k not including med costs (which, comparatively, were very minimal).
Anonymous
Post 04/20/2017 14:46     Subject: IVF at GW - no insurance coverage
If you have Federal BCBC or another federal employee health insurance carrier which does not cover IVF, how much did IVF at GW cost you?