Costs and cost coverage by health insurers

Costs must be differentiated depending on whether the freezing occurred due to a cancer diagnosis or for lifestyle reasons.

Cost coverage for cancer treatment has finally been decided!

On July 16, 2020, the Joint Federal Council (G-BA) decided that the cryopreservation of egg and sperm cells, as well as the associated medical procedures, will henceforth be covered by the statutory health insurance (GKV) under certain conditions. Therapies can be used in the treatment of diseases where there is a risk that they will impair fertility or lead to its loss. With the new directive on cryopreservation, the Joint Federal Council (G-BA) has concretized the entitlement of GKV insurance policyholders to the provision of cryopreservation of germ cells for subsequent fertility treatment.

Cryopreservation and the associated medical procedures are intended to provide patients with the opportunity to fulfill a desire to have a child later through artificial insemination, even after germ cell-damaging therapy. Press release: Cryopreservation of egg and sperm cells as a GKV benefit – G-BA decides on a guideline, (from July 16, 2020)

As of today (September 15, 2020), we are still awaiting implementation. For all patients who unfortunately have to start fertility preservation due to a cancer diagnosis, a transitional rule applies. We are happy to advise you. If you have been diagnosed with a cancer, please email us. In these circumstances, we can immediately arrange an appointment for you.

Costs for fertility preservation for personal reasons (so-called social freezing)

In accordance with the guidelines of the Social Code, measures for the cryopreservation of eggs are included. no as part of the coverage offered by statutory health insurance plans. In principle, the same applies to patients who are covered by a private health insurance plan. Therefore, it must also be assumed that the costs of subsequent artificial insemination will not be covered by the health insurance plan.

The resulting costs consist of the following points: