If you are wanting to start a family, but are having trouble becoming pregnant, the assisted reproduction unit at the University Hospital of Hartlepool can offer hope and help you take the first steps on that journey.

Treatments & Costs

Consultation – £205

❌ – Ultrasound Scan (additional £100)
❌ – Semen Analysis (additional £100)
❌ – AMH Blood Test (additional £70)

Additional tests above might be required, but may not be included

In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) Cycle –   £3200

✅ – HFEA Fee
✅ – Ultrasound Scans
✅ – Embryo Storage (5 years included, £175 per additional year)
❌ – Embryo Freezing (additional £550 including 5 years storage)
❌ – Blastocyst Culture (additional £150)
❌ – Time-lapse Embryo Imaging (additional £450)
❌ – HFEA Blood Screening – HIV, Hep B, Hep C (£100 per partner)
❌ – Blood Monitoring (unknown)
❌ – Sedation (unknown)
❌ – Drugs (unknown)

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) Cycle – £3750

✅ – HFEA Fee
✅ – Ultrasound Scans
✅ – Embryo Storage (5 years included, £175 per additional year)
❌ – Embryo Freezing (additional £550 including 5 years storage)
❌ – Blastocyst Culture (additional £150)
❌ – Time-lapse Embryo Imaging (additional £450)
❌ – HFEA Blood Screening – HIV, Hep B, Hep C (£100 per partner)
❌ – Blood Monitoring (unknown)
❌ – Sedation (unknown)
❌ – Drugs (unknown)

Surgical Sperm Recovery – £1900

✅ – Surgical Procedure
✅ – Sedation
✅ – Semen Analysis
❌ – Freezing & 4 years storage (additional £450)

IVF with Donor Eggs (Recipient) – £unknown

Egg Freezing – £unknown

 

Birth Rates

Births per embryo transferred
Under 38 – 17%
38 & Over – 9%
All – 16%

Births per egg collection
Under 38 – 35%
38 & Over – 20%
All – 33%

Multiple birth rate
Under 38 – 26%
38 & Over – 0%
All – 24%

National Average Birth Rates >
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Data Sources: HFEA & Independent Fertility Clinics
Data Accuracy: Correct as of September 2018
See clinic websites for full pricing breakdown