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| Abortion Cost | How do Abortion Rates Vary Among Medicaid – Eligible Women in States That do and do not pay for Abortion?
In those states where Medicaid covers medically necessary abortions, women with Medicaid have an abortion rate in four times higher than women without Medicaid coverage. In those where abortions are not covered, the abortion rate among Medicaid recipients was in two times higher than among women without Medicaid coverage.
The cost varies from state to state, from region to region. It depends how far the pregnancy advanced, have you or not medical insurance, if you have you will get co-payment or partial payment. The best way to pay for an abortion is, of course, cash or money. At most clinics, the cost of the all options for first trimester abortion is usually similar.
What Does Abortion Cost Depend on?
Several things regulate the cost of an abortion:
-length of the pregnancy
-type of chosen abortion procedure
-type of anesthesia.
The abortion cost on the early stage of pregnancy is less than on the advanced stage of it. The early pregnancies are the pregnancies between 6 to 11 weeks from the first day of the last menstrual period. The others are advanced, so their cost increases approximately 100$ per week. Early pregnancy abortions can cost anywhere from $350 to $600, depending on the city, state and clinic in which the procedure is performed. A small number of medical offices offer terminations of the pregnancy through 24 weeks. The abortion in the late second termination can cost up to as much as $3000.
Most clinics offer the medical and the surgical abortions called dilation and curettage (D&C). The D&C procedure is the most commonly used and it is cheaper than the medical procedure that demands repeated visits to the physician. Nevertheless, the D&C procedure demands only one visit. Dilation of the cervix is required in the late pregnancy. This procedure needs extra medical supplies to dilate the cervix and sometimes additional visits to the provider’s office. This adds to the cost of the procedure. The dilation and evacuation is the most common type of procedure used in late termination (D&E).
During abortion procedure, several types of anesthesia are used. There are two most common types of anesthesia: local and general. When you are under local anesthesia, you are awake. As a rule, during it the cervix is numbed, that is why sometimes additional medicine is given to relax patient. This method of anesthesia is less expensive. The general anesthesia is the most expensive method. It makes you sleep. A great number of abortions are provided in outpatient facilities but the rest are done in a hospital settings. The charge of the second one is more expensive.
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