While I was searching on Yahoo Answers a day or so ago, I found some answers that were being provided about tubal reversal cost that were just wrong. Using information from two of the best tubal reversal doctors who perform this operation, I want to set the record straight. Hopefully, after reading this article you will know a little more about tubal reversal cost or at least better than the erroneous information that has been given.
While the people who generously provide information on sites like Yahoo Answers or WikiAnswers are mostly doing so from the goodness of their hearts, you might find better information doing a search using Google on tubal reversal cost. Using this method, you will be led to the sites of tubal reversal doctors and get the information straight from the sources.
In one request about tubal reversal cost, the questioner admits she will go through the procedure but has no idea of the cost. She just wants some idea. And an answerer provided the information that the procedure costs at least $10,000 and up to $20,000, depending upon the surgeon, with a less than 50% success rate. Although that range is decent for doctors that do not specialize in reversing tubals, it misses the mark for specialists that do only this type of surgery. For instance, the doctors at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center only charge $5400 and $5900 with the discount for early payment.
And that success rate in the answer is way off for the general population undergoing this procedure. Depending upon the factors looked at, such as tube length, age and type of ligation, the success rate can be up to 87%.
On another question, although the answer chosen as the best was very good, one answer giver guessed that the cost was probably $20,000 at least, if not more. Again, this is extremely high for a surgeon who specializes in untying tubes but not unheard of from a doctor who may do one or two such surgeries a year.
Several answers given just told the person asking the question that reversals are expensive, without stating a number, and told them to just do IVF (with the occasional one saying to adopt). The reason given for just going to IVF was that you might end up with IVF anyway as reversals don’t always succeed.
On average, one cycle of IVF costs more than the tubal reversal surgery. It is $10,000 to $12,000 per cycle compared to $8,000 to $9,000. Again, those are averages. And, on average, IVF will require three cycles before a successful pregnancy. I would highly suggest you look into what you have to do, and have done to your body, when comparing IVF to tubal reversal. But, as I stated above, you will find surgeons, including the world’s leading tubal reversal doctors, who charge less than the average amount. This will apply to IVF as well.
In one answer given a couple years ago, the old “you get what you pay for” was trotted out comparing the surgery to shoes and stating you have to pay more for quality. The answer also said to just call the local OBs to find out what they charge. First off, if you have done any looking around the Internet, you will know that the world’s best tubal reversal doctors, like the ones at Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, charge prices that are lower than the average tubal reversal cost. They have a better background, training and experience than you will find in the vast majority of your local OBs concerning this procedure. This is not a case of you pay more and get more experience. So please keep that in mind and do your research.
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