new to try IUI

MamaPayne15

Our ob has suggested IUI. We are getting an appointment, but we know nothing about IUIs. My insurance doesn't cover infertility at all. Has anyone else paid out of pocket? Or do you know of an insurance that will pay? We have been on clomid for months and now on femara. both I and husband test have all came back clear and good, but still now luck after 1 1/2years. Has anyone had any luck with iui and how does the process work? Thank you for you help in advance

sept14

It is still a fairly new thing for me too.  I did my second one today. (first was last month and it was a BFN).  My insurance does cover a portion, but I was told it was about $335 out of pocket if nothing had been covered.  

good luck.

ScarletBegonia79

my IUIs were OOP but the monitoring was covered by insurance. our clinic has buy two IUIs, get one free. so we paid $815 each for 2 IUIs and then the third was free. hope yours go better than mine did.

lupineaura

I have not paid out of pocket; I'm sorry I can't give advice there!

I did notice you said OB- have you seen a reproductive endocrinologist (RE)? If not, you may want to get a referral. Some OBs are notorious for not doing proper monitoring during a treatment cycle. REs are the experts in getting you pregnant- OBs can see you through it! 

Good luck!

sailorgal

Good luck with it!

As for the process, for me, I went in on day 3 for monitoring, did clomid on 5-9, did monitoring from I think day 8 through the IUI days (we did two, back to back IUIs). Was also given ovidrel shot on the first IUI day. Monitoring included bloodwork and ultrasound daily. They called each day to say if things were progressing well or not (only one day did they say they weren't). Then started progesterone suppositories the day after the last IUI and return for pregnancy test 14 days later.

Your process, of course, may be slightly different but hopefully that gives you general idea.

jen4ny

Our insurance covers half of the price of IUI so that leaves us with a $1,500 bill for each cycle (with 2 days of IUI). I also did clomid and a trigger shot of ovidrel with the IUI. 

BDevereaux

Our insurance covers half of the IUI, as well as half for certain meds (injectables).  I think we paid about $180 for the last IUI.  We just purchased all my injectable meds for the next IUI, and that was about $550.  So I guess at my clinic, a full, out-of-pocket IUI (with injectables) would be around $1300-$1500.