https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:14:42 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831474 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:58:53 +0000 cake2017 2831474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: I think most of mine was covered via insurance but with co pays probably around $150?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831473 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 20:58:19 +0000 cake2017 2831473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dc yoga bee: Congrats!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831348 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:41:46 +0000 PurplePumps 2831348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is that cash price? None of it covered by insurance? My RE somehow coded it funny so that it ended up not being a fertility treatment and got covered like anything else. Even the IUI was just an 'in office procedure'. So I got pretty lucky with my monitoring for TI and IUI.<br /> Though I found out through my IVF cycles that if I did my bloodwork and ultrasounds outside of the RE office (I had to since my RE was out of state) that it also did not get coded as fertility treatment and was covered under diagnosis for endocrine disorder or something like that. I guess since Quest/Labcorp and the ultrasound clinic technically weren't fertility centers, they couldn't even bill as such even though it was for a IVF cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831347 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:41:38 +0000 FaithFertility 2831347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My RE was $750-800 for a monitored IUI cycle that's with clomid inuded </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831324 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:25:25 +0000 afc061018 2831324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LAZB: Here's how it worked out for me on my last cycle. The only things covered by insurance are my ultrasounds.</p> <p>Monitoring = $120:<br /> Copay: $35 at both CD3 and midcycle apts.<br /> CD3 bloodwork: $25 + again at midcycle scan<br /> CD3 scan: $250 but covered by insurance + again at midcyle scan (so, I didn't have to pay for this)</p> <p>Meds + IUI = $880 (I can break that down if you're interested too) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831166 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 19:02:59 +0000 LAZB 2831166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meds are about $200 on top of the other stuff, so $900 each month is a tough pill to swallow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831164 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:53:23 +0000 dc yoga bee 2831164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Each ultrasound (3 total) is $150 out of pocket, trigger shot I ended up not even needing was $75 (insurance didn’t cover), progesterone was $20 (insurance covered). So almost $550. Pregnant and hoping beyond hope this baby sticks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831160 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:26:16 +0000 crazydoglady 2831160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was nearly 500 dollars just for the mid cycle scan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831149 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:47:24 +0000 KT326 2831149@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first RE, we did Clomid and TI. I was with Kaiser so everything was billed separately. I think it was $137 for each blood draw, $125 for each ultrasound and $50 for meds. Each cycle I had 2 blood draws, CD3 and a week after "ovulation" (I never actually ovulated), and 2-4 ultrasounds to check follicles. We did 4 cycles with Clomid and 2 cycles with Femara before I called it quits and found a new RE. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831148 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:34:30 +0000 Sams Mom 2831148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For bloodwork, ultrasound, and meds (clomid no trigger) it's about $250 after insurance for me.</p> <p>ETA: the cyst check is just a pelvic exam for me, but if I did the follicle scan it would the $250 I said. If I had 2 ultrasounds a cycle it would be about $350-375? total </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831147 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:33:06 +0000 MamaBear87 2831147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not the same but I had a t/v ultrasound, that my pcp decided needed to be done that day, so I couldn't price things out. That was 550 dollars all by itself so 700 for 2 ultrasounds and blood work doesn't seem so bad. Our Healthcare system sucks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cost-of-monitored-timed-intercourse-cycle#post-2831141 Thu, 28 Jun 2018 16:04:51 +0000 LAZB 2831141@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just as the title says, what did it cost you?</p> <p>For my RE, it is $700, not including meds. It seems like so much for just the baseline blood work, cd3 scan to check for cysts, and mid cycle follicle scan, but I’m assuming it’s normal? Just curious how it compares to others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771259 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 17:00:53 +0000 misolee 2771259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had similar diagnosis with secondary infertility. Unexplained. Clomid and femara did not work for 3-4 cycles. They tried limited monitoring but couldn't see any big enough to pull trigger shots on those days I was monitored. </p> <p>I went to an RE and he also suggested IUI. Sperm was fine but iui helps the best ones go through the hurdles and gives it an extra boost to find the egg. However my RE didn't just do IUI without anything. We did injection shots (gonal f), multiple and consecutive days of monitoring to see the growth of the follicles, and when they thought it was big enough, the trigger shot and iui procedure. They also recommended back to back iui for maximum chances. My follicles took forever to grow and with consecutive monitoring, they were able to be patient and see the best timing. With clomid and femera, if the "average" window of time passed and your follicles were not big enough, that was that and nothing else was done. At the RE, they adjusted the medication as necessary to make sure follicles were growing. The iui worked and now my second is a crazy 19 month old. </p> <p>Our insurance didn't cover these procedures. Everything was out of pocket and each time I went into be monitored, it was couple of hundred of dollars. The iui procedure was also around $600. We prob spent around $3000 for the whole thing. The only benefit of our insurance was that the medication cost wasn't too bad. I was told the gonal f injections could be in the thousands but ours was only $75. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771201 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 13:09:23 +0000 ineebee 2771201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting. My story is similar, except with a PCOS diagnosis.</p> <p>Can I ask - What method did you use to know that you ovulated during the Clomid cycles? It was unmonitored, you say, so maybe you were charting? </p> <p>I feel like the bulk of the benefit of IUI with good sperm and all is mostly the monitoring, the guaranteed ovulation with the trigger shot and doctor-tested timing. </p> <p>But yeah I can see why you might be suspicious. It's a lot more than what you were originally thinking, and the $2k up front does not help their trustworthiness. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771178 Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:02:49 +0000 RKitty 2771178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've always thought of IUI for sperm with a bad sense of direction. LOL They pretty much just stuck the sperm where it needs to go so that it has a better chance of arrival at an egg. I think our doc said it would be around $500 for each session. The $2000 might be for doc visits and tests and maybe multiple IUIs?</p> <p>My husband and I both came back with every thing normal/perfect in our testing and we were diagnosed with unexplained infertility. I've always had normal cycles and assumed ovulation every month. We had been trying for over a year before we went to the doctor, not testing for ovulation but making sure to do the deed around the right time. After our first doc visit we spent 3 months doing detailed tracking of ovulation as part of the doctors orders and thankfully the 3rd cycle worked. (We had scheduling conflicts and vacations that delayed testing and appointments)</p> <p>I actually had my BFP the night before our appointment to make a plan of going forward including IUI. </p> <p>Also if you were doing clomid that means you have issues ovulating right? So I wouldn't say you have unexplained fertility there's something going on there. But you also might have better luck doing your clomid cycles with IUI. Maybe talk to your first doc about adding in IUI? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/overwhelmed-dr-jumping-the-gun#post-2771038 Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:38:35 +0000 arm2017 2771038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My background: TTC 6/2015-now, no pregnancies. 3/2017: Clomid 25+trigger, BFN. 4/2017: HSG good, 60 day anovulatory cycle, Provera. 6/2017: Clomid 50 unmonitored, ovulated but BFN. Clomid 50 again, unmonitored, ovulated but BFN. Semen fine. HSG fine.</p> <p>I went to a new RE yesterday for a new opinion. Dr told me I don't have PCOS even though I have acne, facial hair, elevated total testosterone, and crazy high LH. Told me that I must have unexplained fertility and need IUI. Told me timed intercourse with ovulation won't work if it didn't by now.</p> <p>I think this is a fast assumption to make, but maybe I am wrong? I have read about people getting BFP with clomid by cycle 5 or 6. I only went to this dr because I wanted monitoring. I didn't expect to be told I don't have PCOS, I am unexplained, and need IUI. How does IUI even benefit me if my husband is fine? I am so confused. Oh, and they want $2000 up front. I didn't think IUI was so pricey? I need someone experienced to lend me their opinion... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1435347 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:15:10 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1435347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I just read that you ovulate on your own. From my experience, I think it's true that Clomid doesn't really help if you ovulate on your own, which I do, too. It can also thin your lining and cause other side effects. Not trying to be a downer, but I would recommend skipping it. You should also listen to this podcast.. very helpful. <a href="http://www.creatingafamily.org/radioshow/clomid-medicated-iui-or-straight-to-ivf.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.creatingafamily.org/radioshow/clomid-medicated-iui-or-straight-to-ivf.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1435345 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:12:02 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 1435345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I have. Didn't work for me. Do you ovulate on your own? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433972 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:25:33 +0000 bhbee 1433972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done both TI and IUI with clomid. my particular results have been the same with both in terms of % of BFPs. IUI gives you a slight advantage, and you often trigger to try to line up the timing almost exactly. my RE prefers to do IUI supposedly to limit your exposure to meds (i.e., give you the maximum chance in each cycle). but I think in reality that difference is small for people without male factor.</p> <p>but with your results I'd think TI makes sense for a few cycles at least. I certainly wouldn't pay OOP for an IUI yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433564 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:55:17 +0000 twodoghouse 1433564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTal: all three cycles together added up to a couple hundred! Sorry that wasn't clear before! I think we paid about $65 each month? I don't if that is typical? We got the prescription from Walgreens and my insurance didn't cover any of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433541 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:44:16 +0000 spaniellove 1433541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did TI with other meds, but the goal wasn't to have more than one follicle, just a perfectly sized, perfectly timed follicle. That made monitoring really important, so I was going every other day and using a trigger shot. I have DOR and that's what worked for me when IUI/IVF didn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433479 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:25:28 +0000 MrsTal 1433479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Your clomid was a couple hundred? Why so much? I am kind of with you with with the unexplained infertility being bull but that's my current diagnosis as well, so I might just be bitter. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433424 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:11:37 +0000 littlek 1433424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lazypanda: I'm sure once we actually talk to the RE, DH will chill out and go with TI.. he's just being difficult. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433403 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:05:47 +0000 lazypanda 1433403@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: My RE is having us do TI with femara as I have a ovulating cycles. I'm only getting the cd21 progesterone test. I had the option between clomid and femara and went with the latter after reviewing the side effects. If I don't get pregnant after 3 rounds of femara,, we will revisit our next step. That being said, I have friends who got pregnant after being on clomid and TI. Good luck in what you decide is the best option for you and your family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433318 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:34:17 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1433318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: my RE explained it like this: we have an anovulatory issue, not make factor, so while IUI would increase our chances of achieving pregnancy slightly (I think the stats were TI 20%, IUI 25%) it wouldn't necessarily benefit us (unless we had failed TI cycles) because we already know his sperm can meet my egg. All the IUI would do is make his sperm have to travel less!</p> <p>We did 2 cycles of TI for Chloe &amp; 3 for this baby. We planned to move on to IUI in January (and likely switch to femera) if I didn't get pregnant in December. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433158 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:41:26 +0000 ShootingStar 1433158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did TI plus oral meds and have a 3 month old now :). I started out on Clomid but I didn't respond well so I switched to Femara. My successful cycle I did Femara and a couple doses of Gonal-F (injectable) and Ovidrel trigger. For us TI (with monitoring) was all we needed because our problem was completely the fact that I didn't ovulate. </p> <p>And really, unless you have a male factor issue, or you have some sort of internal issue that's blocking the sperm from getting to the uterus, then IUI only gives you a tiny bit more of an advantage over TI. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433140 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:36:05 +0000 twodoghouse 1433140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Was it the RE who said it was unexplained IF? Sometimes I think that's sort of a cop out diagnosis, but I'm not a dr so obviously I don't really know. It just seems like there has to be SOMETHING going on if you're doing all the "right" things (good timing, etc) and it's still not working. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for a bfp soon or at least some clarity in how to proceed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433114 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:26:14 +0000 littlek 1433114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: I'm ovulating on my own. All my test results have been normal. Doctor said its "unexplained." I've been pregnant twice before, no issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433110 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:25:18 +0000 littlek 1433110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTal: Yep, all normal test results. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/timed-intercourse-thoughts#post-1433109 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:25:03 +0000 twodoghouse 1433109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did the same as @jmarionsmith: for three rounds, only doing monitoring on the last one. It wasn't too expensive without the monitoring - maybe a couple hundred dollars for clomid, so it seemed worth it to try that first. However, ovulation wasn't really the problem with me so Clomid could only get us so far. Do you have a diagnosis or any hint of what could be causing your issues? I think Clomid is a good first step but I wouldn't waste a ton of time on it if test results come back that you are ovulating ok. </p>