Table 4.
Estimates of Per-Successful-Outcome Costs
| Treatment Group |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All who used cycle-based treatment (n=311) |
Medications only, (n=17) |
IUI-C (n=39) |
IUI-FSH (n=45) |
IVF (n=186) |
IVF-DE (n=24) |
|
| Number of successful outcomes | 145 | 4 | 15 | 25 | 88 | 13 |
| Treatment cost per successful outcome | $48,424 | $5,894 | $10,696 | $19,566 | $61,377 | $72,642 |
| Number of singleton deliveries | 74 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 3 |
| Number of multiple deliveries | 31 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 4 |
| Projected delivery costs | ||||||
| Median* | $12,497 | $8,151 | $9,202 | $9,552 | $15,018 | $16,560 |
| Mean* | $37,139 | $12,539 | $18,491 | $20,474 | $51,422 | $60,151 |
| Total cost per successful outcome | ||||||
| With median delivery costs | $60,921 | $14,045 | $19,898 | $29,119 | $76,395 | $89,202 |
| With mean delivery costs | $85,563 | $18,433 | $29,186 | $40,041 | $112,799 | $132,793 |
*
Projected delivery costs:
- Median estimated delivery costs = (number of singleton deliveries × $8,151) + (number of multiple deliveries × $22,866).
- Mean estimated delivery costs = (number of singleton deliveries × $12,539) + (number of multiple deliveries × $95,860)