Sunday 17 April 2016

Cost factor of our treatment until now

In this post, I will reveal some financial implications of our treatment until now (Jun'12 to Mar'13, which included Problem diagnosis, Hysteroscopy, TESE and Egg Retrieval).

Consultation Fees of Dr. Joshitha Naik & Dr. Mahendra Jain in Lady Hospital (LH) were Rs.250 each, way back in mid 2012, (and Rs.100 as one time Registration Fees).

--->   4 visits to Dr.Naik and 1 visit to Dr.Jain cost about Rs.1350 (including Reg Fee)

Ultrasound Scan Pelvis in LH was Rs.800. This was done just once.


SA in LH was Rs.300; in SRL Diagnostics was Rs.220;

-->   2 SA tests in LH & 6 SA tests in SRL cost about Rs.1920

Consultation Fees of Dr. Uma Maheshwari was Rs.325 in Sure Fertility (and Rs.100 as one time Registration Fees); Dr. Ravish I.R. was Rs.500 in Lucid Diagnostics (and Rs.100 as one time Registration Fees).

--->   1 visit to Dr.Maheswari and 2 visits to Dr.Ravish cost about Rs.1525 (including Reg Fee)

Consultation Fees of Dr. Madhuri Patil was Rs.1000 in Dr. Patil's Fertility & Endoscopy Clinic (which included Ultrasound Scan Pelvis. We visited her just once.

Each strip of I-Sure Ovulation Kit costed Rs.100 then.
--->   10 such kits cost about Rs.1000

FSH and LH Tests costed Rs.325 each in St. John's Medical College and Hospital. It was done just once.

Consultation Fees of Dr. Bina Vasan & Dr. Vasan S.S. in Manipal Hospital Bangalore (MHB) were Rs.400 each, way back in 2012 end, (and Rs.100 as one time Registration Fees).

---> 20 visits in MHB cost about Rs.8000 (including both docs)

Ultrasound Scan Pelvis in MHB was Rs.550 in Sep'12.

--->   This was done 10 times, costing about Rs.5500

SA, Sperm Function Test (SFT) and DNA Fragmentation Index (DFI) in MHB was charged at Rs.340, Rs.470 and Rs.1850 resp.

--->   This was done 3 times, costing about Rs.7980

Tablet Penegra 50mg (5 tablets) and Paternia (20 tablets) costed Rs.118 and Rs.800 in MHB. However, Paternia (20 tablets) in Apollo Pharmacy was sold at Rs.362.89 only (no fake or expired tablets).

--->   Medicines taken for 6 months cost about Rs.14400

Free T4, TSH, T3 in Clumax Diagnostics costed Rs.450, Rs.250 and Rs.200 resp.

---> Above tests done just once costing about Rs.900

Hysteroscopy procedure (Half-day care) costed us Rs.29170 in Feb'13 (Rs.25000 fixed for OT & procedure and balance amount for bed charges & misc. stuff).

TESE performed on DH in Feb'13 cost us about Rs.20840.

In Mar'13, Injection Gonal-F 300 IU/0.5ml was sold at Rs.8020, Injection Persinal HP-75 IU was Rs.1100, Injection Persinal HP-150 IU was Rs.1760, Injection Ovurelix 0.25mg for Rs.1020 and Injection Ovitrelle 250 mcg/0.5ml for Rs.1500 in MHB.

--->   3 Gonal-F injections costing about Rs.24060
          3 Persinal injections costing about Rs.4300 (depending on follicular growth)
          4 Ovurelix injection costing about Rs.4080
          1 Ovitrelle injection costing Rs.1500
         

ECG and ECHO in MHB was for Rs.220 and Rs.1560 resp, in Feb'13. Done just once.

Doppler and Ultrasound Scrotum in MHB was Rs.1000 in Mar'13.Done just once.

Cryopreservation of Sperms costed Rs.6600 for each vial and Embryo Freezing Single Straw for Rs.19800, both valid for one year.

IVF/ICSI- Deluxe costed us Rs.111500 in MHB (excluding injections and progesterone test) and there was nothing DELUXE about it. It too was a half-day care thing.

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