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kellverona 
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:19am |
Hi,
Do we have to pay for our scan to find out what the baby is??? What is the price??
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:21am |
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You will be booked in for a scan at 18 weeks for a full anatomy scan and that is when you can ask to find out the sex of the baby (and the week when you can actually see) and this scan is free.
If you want a seperate scan and you dont have a docs/midwifes ref then it costs any thing from $60 - $120.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:23am |
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Some places charge a gap fee for the 18 week scan of around $25-$30.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:23am |
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Are scan prices the same everywhere? I asked Hamilton Radiology and they said without a referral form (which had to be for a medical reason) the scan at about 19-20 weeks would be $190 and only $30 with a referral.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:27am |
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From my memory (which is quite bad!) - I think the midwife books you in for a 20 wk scan which is the last one until baby is born (unless you have complications) - In Palmy they are free with referral, not sure about other centres.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:30am |
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No scan prices are different everywhere. It really depends on where you go. Last time I used Insight Radiology & it cost $75 with a referral, I hate to think how much it would have been without one! But the quality of the scan pics & the detail were so much better than most places I have been to since. Your LMC should give you a referral for an anatomy scan.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:54am |
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As far as I'm aware, 'routine' scans should be free with a referral. Non-routine scans (like my dating scan), may require you to pay a small fee if you have a referral, and the price does vary from place to place - make sure when you're ringing up that they're not quoting you for the 4D ones, those cost *heaps*. Without a referral again it varies, but is a fair bit more.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 11:57am |
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FYI: If you are under 14 weeks scans are free with or without referral but you have to be certain you are under that. This was again at Hamilton so may be different elsewhere.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:01pm |
Hey Jax, alot of places have a surcharge now, so even routine scans can cost. I've had two scans this time around, one for nuchal translucency & the other for anatomy & it cost $25 each time. The reason I was told was that the services they provide cost more than what the government reimburses them. Its getting harder these days to find a place that doesn't charge a small fee 
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:05pm |
I think it might be different in Auckland, I thought all scans were free during pregnancy no matter how many there were LOL Was corrected by both my GP and my midwife on that one... oh the shame ! 
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:08pm |
Wow Toni ! I had no idea... well, at least as far as the fact that it varies so much in cost, from what you and everyone else have said. As mentioned in my last reply, I used to think all the scans were free, but I also didn't know how many routine ones there were or anything LOL Yes, I'm a dag 
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:21pm |
Haha its amazing the things you learn when preggy! My MIL tried to tell me that EVERYTHING was free while pregnant. She told me that I should get my broken tooth fixed while I was preggy coz it will be free!! Maybe in her day but not anymore.........LOL!
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:43pm |
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The anatomy scan used to be free in Auck if you used the Domino (hospital) midwives beacuse they did it at the hospital radiology dpt, but not sure if it still is.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:48pm |
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From my experience, scans before eight weeks are free (usually only given if needed). Scans after can vary in price depending on where you get them done. I get my nuchal scans done at more expensive place ($80) 'cause they are 'better' (according to midwife mum) but get my anatomy scan done at a diff place which is free. Without a referral you have to pay the full price (not subsidised by the govt) which can also vary!
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 12:53pm |
i had a scan done at 8 weeks and that cost me $25 but the 18week one cost nothing 
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 1:18pm |
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I am in Auckland and all my scans were free. And I had many. Mind you because I was under manukau county the 3D/4D scans were not free.....Shame!!!
Kellie are you in akl? if so where? I think your midwife could tell you where the scans are free....
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 1:43pm |
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I'm having a scan at the end of next week (because I am such a neurotic nut after last time!) and I have to pay $25. My GP said I should leave it another week as it might be too early for a heartbeat, but said if I'm prepared to pay another $25 I can have another scan later on.
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 1:47pm |
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How many weeks will you be Emma, how cool???
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 2:56pm |
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I dont have to pay anything for a scan and I have to have a few growth ones.. Ive had 2 so far (18wks and 24wks ) and they were both free..
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Posted: 01 March 2006 at 3:01pm |
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I went to a place i Hamilton for my Nuchal and full anatomy scan and there was a small charge of $25 each time with a referal.
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