What are some options for artificial insemination?
You have many options: The cost of the fertility drugs, if not covered by insurance, which more than likely won’t, will cost approximately $1500 for the shots. Clomid is cheaper. After taking the fertility shots for a certain time frame, your doc. may prescribe another drug to prevent your body from ovulating until the eggs are mature. Most blood work and ultrasounds are NOT covered by insurance either if used for ART. You will need to have blood work and an ultrasound every other day. Once the eggs are mature, you will need to take the HCG trigger shot to release the eggs. If you are doing IUI, the cost of the procedure is around $300.00. If you are doing IVF, the total cost of the procedure with ultrasounds, bloodwork would be around $8500.00. If you decide to do ICSI, that would be an extra $1000.00. ICSI is a procedure where they take a single sperm and inject it directly into an egg to fertilize the egg. Also keep in mind that the $8500 also includes “freezing” any eggs that have
