Friday 4 January 2013

IVF Drug Costs

I've just been looking into prices for IVF medication for our forthcoming PGD attempt (No.2). If I'd thought there would be a standard price for the different drugs (fyi this time I'm doing the short protocol rather than the long protocol for No1) , then I was much mistaken. As you can see below, the price variations aren't small, they are HUGE. It's a Moroccan bazaar out there! (numbers green are the cheapest prices and those in red are the most expensive)

Gonal F 900 iu pen x 2Buserelin 5.5 ml vial x 1Cetrotide injection 0.25mg x 7Oestradiol valerate (Progynova) 2mg x 84Ovitrelle injection 250mcg x 1DeliveryTotal
Healthcare at home£307.20£18.99£107.52£10.07£8.28£30.00£482.06
Asda£564.00£14.32£158.27£7.30£31.38£0.00£775.27
Central Homecare£564.00£16.47£193.20£7.60£38.31£0.00£819.58
Fertility2u.com£595.00£21.50£191.73£21.60£37.94£20.00£887.77
Chemist Direct£752.00£35.64£218.40£10.08£39.50£0.00£1,055.62
Boots pharmacy - over phone£634.00£33.02£189.91£9.85-£0.00£866.78
Boots (My local branch)£846.00£41.28£237.39£8.01£47.07£0.00£1,179.75
Co-op pharmacy online£676.80£16.51£189.92£8.76£37.66£0.00£929.65
Lloyds pharmacy online-£16.51£189.91£8.40-£0.00£214.82