It's $1,200 for the whole kit and caboodle. If I recall correctly, depending on the brand the IUD itself is somewhere around $800. (Which is highway robbery, yes, but this is one case where it's more to do with the American consumer than the actual brokenness of the health care system.)
Apologies for not realizing that your remarks were screened. It's only that I had to increase my security settings because of constant spamming, and I don't always stop to think who gets caught up.
A copper IUD is 27.44 euros and a hormone-release one is 125.45 euros in France. The Sécurité Sociale (National health) pays for 65% of these prices, which are nationally-set. An ob-gyn visit will cost anywhere from 30 to 100 euros for a very grand one. La Sécu pays for 65% of 30 euros. Close on 90% of the French have complementary medical insurance on top, so that the whole process is very nearly free.
It would make sense, if you're an American, to treat yourself to a holiday here, getting a cheap airfare and paying full blast. It might still come cheaper, and you'll have seen the Louvre, too.
Ditto for scans, MRIs, and any kind of medical check-up you might need. An added advantage is that the results will not be passed on to anyone, especially not an insurance company, since patient confidentiality is taken seriously here.
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Date: 2011-09-04 12:33 am (UTC)It would make sense, if you're an American, to treat yourself to a holiday here, getting a cheap airfare and paying full blast. It might still come cheaper, and you'll have seen the Louvre, too.
Ditto for scans, MRIs, and any kind of medical check-up you might need. An added advantage is that the results will not be passed on to anyone, especially not an insurance company, since patient confidentiality is taken seriously here.