In-vitro fertilisation (IVF)

£5,300/cycle

Included services:

• Nurse pre-treatment coordination appointment
• Virology screening bloods (HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C)
• Chlamydia and Gonorrhea urine screen (if treatment commenced within three months of being taken) (female only)
• Two counselling sessions
• In-treatment scans and blood tests
• Egg collection
• Intravenous sedation administered by an anaesthetist at egg collection
• Sperm preparation
• Insemination
• Blastocyst culture
• Embryo transfer
• Embryo freezing (if applicable)
• Pregnancy test (one serum blood test for HCG)
• Early pregnancy scan (one scan only)
• Follow-up consultation (within three months of the egg collection)
• HFEA license fee
• First year’s embryo storage (if applicable)

Additional charges

What blood tests will I need before I start treatment?

Before you have a cycle of IVF you will need some blood screening tests done. Your doctor will discuss these with you. This may be to check if you are a carrier of some genetic conditions. These blood tests are chargeable and are not included in any of our packages.

If you do have blood results from a recent NHS cycle or a recent private cycle and the results are still valid, they may not need to be repeated. Please note that virology blood tests performed elsewhere must have been done by an appropriately accredited laboratory in order to be accepted.

How much will my drugs cost and what if I have medication left over?

As a private patient, you can use the pharmacy here at the hospital or a pharmacy of your choice. The pharmacy based at Hammersmith Hospital aims to price match other pharmacies, so the costs remain as low as possible. Drug costs vary from patient to patient. We are unable to guarantee the cost as each patient will respond at different rates. The team will always try to prescribe only what they think will be needed, so you may need to collect more than one prescription per treatment cycle. This helps to avoid wasted medication in case you respond quicker than expected. We are unable to refund the cost of any unused drugs. All drug payments are made directly to the dispensing pharmacy.

How often will I be charged for storage?

Storage is currently £350 per year and invoiced per annum. This fee is reviewed annually at the end of March and subject to change. You will be invoiced annually for this charge on the anniversary of your treatment. If you no longer wish to store your sperm, eggs or embryos then you can contact us to discard them. Consent is required for disposal.

Can I have my embryos brought here from another clinic?

You will need to have a consultation before we can accept a transfer in. If you wish to transport eggs, sperm or embryos to the Wolfson Fertility Centre from another IVF unit, please then contact the IVF unit where your eggs, sperm or embryos are stored informing them of your wish to transfer them to the Wolfson Fertility Centre. If you wish to transport eggs, sperm or embryos from the Wolfson Fertility Centre to another IVF unit, please contact the Embryology team. We will require the name of the unit where they will be transported to and the name of an individual and/or email address for correspondence with that IVF unit. Courier fees will vary depending on the destination.

The cycle was not successful – can I get a refund?

If no eggs are collected, they fail to fertilise or the resulting embryos are not suitable to use, we will offer you a partial refund as per our price list. The doctors are unable to say before the egg collection day, how many eggs are expected, whether these are suitable for use in treatment, nor whether fertilisation will be successful after eggs are collected.