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Fees

MALE patients

Fees are current as of 12/31/08

Initial Appointment         $550.00
Includes evaluation and collection assessment, counseling, semen analysis, freezing and test vial post-freeze analysis, processing and storage fee. This fee will be collected in 2 separate payments with a portion due following the initial assessment.

Subsequent Semen Sample Collection (each)         $256.00

Azoospermic samples         $63.00
(Samples that have no viable sperm, and cannot be frozen)

Annual storage fee         $301.00*
(Fee includes storage from July 1-June 30 each year, for all vials; Fee is charged in advance). You will receive a billing in the mail by September 1, 2006 and annually thereafter. Please keep us informed of address changes or if you no longer desire continued storage.

*Annual storage fee will increase over time and notification of this increase will be via your yearly bill. Yearly storage fees are usually not covered by most insurance companies.

 

Some insurance companies may cover the cost of semen cryopreservation, but most do not. If funding is a concern for you, we encourage you to speak to your social worker at:

Social Workers have access to a number of financial resources available to you based on your financial need. This includes a list of organizations that may be able to provide financial assistance for all or some of the costs incurred during the initial cryopreservation phase.

Organizations that assist patients with cancer related expenses include:

Please contact Financial Services for more information.

Withdrawal of specimens (per order):

When you want to use your cryopreserved vials to attempt pregnancy, additional charges for preparing and shipping semen samples to the physician’s office will be made.

Handling and packing charge for each order.            $112.00

Tank shipping round trip                 Current Market Price
[Next day delivery within US] - includes 7 day use of shipping tank. You will need to provide a credit card number for billing.

Late tank return fee; to be assessed daily after 10 days            $ 25.00/day

 

fertileHOPE

FertileHOPE provides a generous discount for sperm banking to qualifying patients. However, this only applies to patients who select GIVF Sperm Bank in Virginia. GIVF accepts specimens by overnight mail. The patient is responsible for all aspects of services.

This information is provided as a service. The University of Michigan has no relationship wth fertile HOPE or GIVF.

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