IVF Ovarian Stimulation Package

IVF Ovarian Stimulation Package fees includes:

Before the treatment cycle:

Doctor’s consultations and ultrasound scans on the day of signing the consents
Screening blood tests related to the treatment cycle
Registration with the IVF centre
Registration for PGT-A (if applicable)

ii.

Monitoring of the treatment cycle:

Consultations and ultrasound scans during the treatment cycle

(Unlimited number of visits)
Regular medications related to the treatment cycle

(Unlimited stimulation drug dosages)
Surcharge for follow-up on Sunday or Public Holiday

(Only if recommended by the doctor)
Blood hormone tests during the treatment cycle

iii.

Egg collection:

Doctor’s fee for egg collection (Unlimited number of eggs)
IVF Centre fee for egg collection (Unlimited number of eggs)
Anaesthetist’s fee and medication fee for monitored anaesthetic care (MAC)
Surcharge for egg collection on Sunday or Public Holiday

iv.

After the egg collection:

Insemination fee:

Conventional insemination or ICSI (Unlimited number of eggs)
Embryo culture including Blastocyst culture fee (Unlimited number of embryos)
Embryo freezing (Unlimited number of embryos)
Embryo storage (Unlimited number of embryos and tubes)
Embryo storage fee for 6 months
One follow-up consultation with the doctor within 1 week of the egg collection to discuss embryo conditions

Remarks:

*1)

If the patient has signed the IVF consent forms and paid the 1st installment, but fails to start the treatment cycle within 90 days of signing the consent forms for whatever reasons, the patient will be deemed to have given up or terminated the IVF Ovarian Stimulation Package (the Package). Any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded in part or in total.

*2)

If the patient terminates the treatment cycle on her own accord or cancels the egg collection procedure due to unsatisfactory ovarian response, any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded, either in part or in total.

*3)

On the day of the egg collection, if the patient has ovulated before the start of the egg collection procedure, the procedure will be cancelled and the patient does not have to pay the remaining fees of the Package. However, any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded, either in part or in total.

*4)

If the egg collection procedure has been carried out, but no egg can be collected after the procedure, the patient does not have to pay the remaining fees of the Package. However, any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded, either in part or in total.

*5)

If the egg collection procedure is completed and eggs are obtained, the patient has to pay the 3rd installment of the Package. If the retrieved eggs do not meet the criteria for fertilization such as abnormal eggs or immature eggs, or if there are no fertilized eggs, or there are no embryos available for freezing, any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded, either in part or in total.

Terms and Conditions:

Patients cannot designate a doctor or IVF center when using the IVF Ovarian Stimulation Package (the Package). The ovarian stimulation protocol and the type of medications will be decided by the doctor. The Package fees only cover regular medications, examinations, investigations and services related to and during the treatment cycle. The Package fees do not include the fees related to consultations, ultrasound scans, screening blood tests, any medications before the treatment cycle, or other special medications such as growth hormone, heparin, aspirin etc. The Package fees do not include the fees for sperm freezing, Pre PGT-A, PGT-SR or Pre PGT-M registration and/or workup, or PGT tests (PGT-A, PGT-SR and PGT-M). Gratia Medical Centre (GMC) and Hong Kong Assisted Reproduction Center (HKARC) reserve the final right to decide the scope of medications, examinations, investigations and services included in the Package fees.

The Package fees cover the fees of GMC and HKARC only, and do not include the fees if the patient needs to have examination, prescription, injection or treatment in other hospitals, clinics or IVF centres. The 6-month embryo storage fee included in the Package is only applicable to embryos stored at HKARC or any reproductive technology treatment centres licensed by the Council on Human Reproductive Technology in Hong Kong designated by HKARC.

The IVF cycle has to be started within 90 days of signing the IVF consents. Otherwise, the Package will be deemed to have been given up or terminated, and any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded, either in part or in total. If the patient starts a treatment cycle after the above-said date, any fees related to the treatment cycle, including those related to ovarian stimulation, egg collection, embryo culture, embryo freezing, embryo storage and embryo transfer, etc., will be charged according to the standard charges of GMC and HKARC.

If the patient chooses to terminate the embryo storage before the expiry date of the 6-month storage period, or if all embryos have been thawed and transferred before the expiry date of the 6-month storage period, any payments made in relation to the Package will not be refunded, either in part or in total. If the patient still has embryos and wishes to continue to store the embryos after the expiry date of the 6-month storage period, further storage fee will be charged according to the prevailing standard charges of HKARC.

As long as the Package is still available, patients can use the Package multiple times. However, the charges for the Package will be adjusted from time to time. Patients will be required to pay the prevailing price when using the Package.

If the patient has frozen a batch of embryos using the Package, and then undergoes further IVF treatment package before the storage expiry date of the embryos from the first cycle, and the new package also includes an embryo storage period, the embryo storage period of each package cannot be calculated cumulatively. However, the storage expiry date of all embryos will based on the storage expiry date of the last batch of embryos.

Any package payments that have already been made are non-refundable, either in part or in total.

GMC and HKARC have the discretion to withdraw from the package arrangement at any time without prior notice, and in such a scenario, the standard charges of GMC and HKARC should apply.

Patients shall deliver the Statutory Declaration (if applicable) and the IVF consents including CONSENT TO IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION / EMBRYO TRANSFER, CONSENT TO FREEZING AND STORAGE OF EMBRYOS, CONSENT TO DISPOSAL OF STORED EMBRYOS, CONSENT TO TRANSFER OF FROZEN-THAWED EMBRYOS (if applicable) and any other relevant consent forms as applicable attached hereto upon acceptance of the Package.

10.

In case of any disputes, the decision of GMC shall be final.

IVF Ovarian Stimulation Package