Costs

The costs for sterilisation treatment are determinate after the kind of therapy and the dose of necessary medications. These are normally very expensive and makes a big part of the total expenses.

 

By legally insured persons the health insurance normally pays a part of 50%, exceptions are by the above described patient with certain age constellations or other indications which exclude a participation of the health insurance.

 

Legally insured person

	self	-part
	without medication	with medication
IUI (without stimulation)	ca. 130 €	ca. 150 €
IUI (with stimulation)	ca. 130 €	ca. 450 €
IVF	ca. 900 €	ca. 1.600 €
ICSI	ca. 1.100 €	ca. 1.800 €

 

 

Addition to the costs:

The federal committee of doctors and the health insurance has changed the guidelines to the so-called "artificial conception" with effect starting the 1st January 2004.

 

After these guidelines half of the costs for the following treatments are taken over:

• 8 artificial inseminations in not stimulated cycle
• 3 artificial insemination in stimulated cycle
• 3 In-vitro-Fertilisation (IVF) or
• 3 Intra cytoplasmic sperm injections (ICSI)

A special regulation for additional attempts of treatment does not exist anymore.

 

The legally insured persons only receives the material achievement, if

• both married partner have completed the age of 25 and
• the woman has not completed the age of 40 and
• the man has not completed the age of 50.

Besides the age regulation the cost which the legal health insurance does not carry are in these cases:

• unmarried couples
• after preceded sterilisation from the man or the woman