We were very excited to be working with the New Hope center in trying to have a second child. I went through a whirlwind of testing and consultations. When we finally decided to go ahead with the IVF we received several bills for labs that were in excess of $10,000. My husband and I had several financial consultations with the New Hope Center and had asked up front about all the costs. We were told that labs would be billed separately but it was never explained that the cost of those labs could potentially be that high. We were also told that they used a particular lab company but it ended up that all my labs were performed by another company. When I called to talk to them they insisted that it was my responsibility to contact the lab company (the one that they said would be performing the labs) to get all of the costs prior to having the tests performed, yet I was never given a list of the tests so I would not be able to obtain the cost information. I was rushed in and out of t
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