Those with Frosties...

where do you have them stored and what do you pay?

mine have been stored at AFS since my IVF in october 2010. i never heard one word about them, and feared that they no longer existed. i resisted contacting AFS for fear of receiving a large bill for storage...

i suppose my insurance must have covered a year and a half of storage because yesterday i got a certified letter from them saying as of 4/1 i will be charged $50 a month for storage..

i emailed dr. B who said gramercy is about the same and i should keep them at AFS until we are ready to use them.

so just because i need to justify spending $50 a month that i absolutely don't have right now... if you have frosties.. where are they stored and how much do you pay per month??

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we have ours with grammercy and they told us we got 6 months free then after that it is 50 a month but that they r not a long term storage center and if we do not plan on using them for a while to consider moving them

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Mine are at North Shore. It has just passed the one year mark for us so I probably will be receiving a bill soon. First year ws included in my ridiculous (but VERY well worth it ) oop costs for ivf. Each additional year I believe is around $700 or so for the year.

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We ahve them at RMA in CT, and paid $1,050 for the first year, and every additional year is $900.

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I just got a certified letter from them today about this. I paid $800 back in September for storage (I have zero fertility coverage) so I start paying $50 a month starting then. I'm just going to leave them there for the time being and when/if it comes time for another FET I'll transfer them to wherever Dr. B says.

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funny, Stacey just emailed me today to tell me that my insurance approved IVF but they dont cover cryopreservation... it will cost $1200.. and it will come from the lab that does it... i just assumed they would stay at gramercy... do i have to find a different place before hand?

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Meliss!!!!! how are you???? i'll FM you!! hope you and your LO are doing well!! i was originally told that my insurance didn't cover anesthesia or cryo at all.. but i never got a bill... so....

Ang i believe the lab is at gramercy unless you are sending out for PGD or something like that. although someone mentioned above that gramercy is not a long-term place (whatever that means ). when i did ask Dr. B about mine he said that Gramercy charges about the same ($50/month) so based on that I'm sure that they store there for at least some period of time.

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Posted by FlowerWife

Meliss!!!!! how are you???? i'll FM you!! hope you and your LO are doing well!! i was originally told that my insurance didn't cover anesthesia or cryo at all.. but i never got a bill... so....

Ang i believe the lab is at gramercy unless you are sending out for PGD or something like that. although someone mentioned above that gramercy is not a long-term place (whatever that means ). when i did ask Dr. B about mine he said that Gramercy charges about the same ($50/month) so based on that I'm sure that they store there for at least some period of time.