Discount Programs and Financing
We do everything that we can to help bring a baby into your life. Part of caring for your whole person includes offering you methods to help ease the financial strain of treatments and make fertility more affordable. We invite you to explore these trusted resources that can reduce the total amount that you pay for your treatments and medications.
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We recognize that the financial aspect of fertility can be complex and challenging. Our financial counselors are here to help you understand costs, maximize your insurance, explore discounts and financing options, and guide you every step of the way. Please contact us for assistance.
Fertility Access Program
Fertility Access offers a variety of IVF Refund and Multi-Cycle Discount Programs that offer significant savings by bundling reduced fees upfront. Our programs also provide peace of mind, with refund options in the event treatment is unsuccessful. There are multiple options to suit patients’ unique treatment and financial needs.
Fertility Benefits
Exclusive fertility benefits are provided by some employers/companies as well as third-party administrators. Connect with your employer’s HR department for more information about available fertility benefits, or your Fertility Centers of Illinois Financial Counselor to get started.
Self-Pay Discount
For those who don’t have much, or any, fertility coverage as part of their health insurance, we offer a discount of 5 percent off all treatments and procedures (except for lab tests and self-pay packages). Please contact us for more information regarding this discount program.
Military Discounts
As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) does not cover IVF treatment, veterans without commercial health insurance tend to face high costs. To help veterans and their eligible family members get access to the fertility treatments they need, we have partnered with EMD Serono to offer a 25% discount for patients who qualify. The Compassionate Corp Program provides free medication to eligible, uninsured veterans with service-related injuries and their spouses for up to two cycles per year. Those veterans who are not eligible are encouraged to apply for the Compassionate Care Program.
Pharmaceutical Discount Programs
As the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) does not cover IVF treatment, veterans without commercial health insurance tend to face high costs. To help veterans and their eligible family members get access to the fertility treatments they need, we have partnered with EMD Serono to offer a 25% discount for patients who qualify. The Compassionate Corp Program provides free medication to eligible, uninsured veterans with service-related injuries and their spouses for up to two cycles per year. Those veterans who are not eligible are encouraged to apply for the Compassionate Care Program.
EMD Serano
Compassionate Care Program offers a discount of up to 50% off select EMD Serono medications, depending on your income, when paying out of pocket for fertility treatment. This can be especially helpful for those who have limited insurance benefits. By paying out of pocket for the medications through the Compassionate Care Program, you can preserve your insurance coverage to pay for actual procedures.
GO Direct Program is another way to help with the high cost of medication is with the GO Direct program. This program can save you money on different Gonal-f® injections, Ovidrel® PreFilled Syringes, and Cetrotide® injection medications with every cycle.
Merck
Follistim AQ Cartridge Coupon is available for eligible privately insured patients may follow these steps to save up to $300 off their out-of-pocket cost on up to 3 qualifying prescriptions for Follistim AQ Cartridge.
ReUnite Assist offers low prices at participating pharmacies with no need for coupons or rebates. And ReUnite RX Assist offers income-based discounts for uninsured patients.
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Endometrin Instant Savings Program helps eligible patients save on luteal support with Endometrin. Just take your Instant Savings Card to the pharmacy with your prescription to receive savings of up to $100 each month (minimum prescription of 21 inserts required). You can download the Instant Savings Card today.
Heart Beat Fertility Preservation is a program offered to women diagnosed with cancer. In partnership with Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy, the program offers free medication donated by Ferring. There are no financial requirements and no paperwork to fill out. To qualify, females need to be US Citizens (or permanent residents), have a diagnosis of cancer but not yet starting treatment, no recent chemotherapy treatment in the last six months, and have an oncologist and reproductive endocrinologist determine that fertility preservation treatment is medically appropriate.
Financing Options
Our goal is to offer you caring expertise through every step of your journey. Our financial coordinators will help you understand your insurance coverage and explore payment programs and discounts that can lessen your total cost. Even so, for many of our patients, the remaining costs can pose a challenge. Financing all or part of your treatment costs with a loan can help relieve the financial strain and make your dream of having a baby attainable.
Grants
The Cade Foundation Family Building Grant is an annual award that provides up to $10,000 to needy, infertile families. These grants assist with the costs associated with infertility treatment or domestic adoption. Family Building Grants can take the form of a cash award that is payable directly to the clinic or agency or a medication award that will be sent to the fertility clinic of the recipient. The grants are available for medical treatment of infertility and child adoption. The fertility medication grant is provided through a generous donation from EMD Serono.
