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Originally Posted by Sage
I don't know about the insurance thing, but I did go to my local health department and got one for free. That is always an avenue to persue.
As far as paying for it out of pocket, it's comprable to paying for birth control. If you pay $20 per pack for hormonal birth control:
12 month supply x $20 per pack = $240 per year
So, after two and a half years, the price of paying for hormones equals the price of the IUD. Except that the IUD is good for ten years (at least mine is), so it's 25% of the price of hormonal birth control over time. That's another great thing about an IUD.
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Local health department hm? I'll have to look into that. I don't pay for my current birth control out of pocket but as far as price goes it is a nice difference. I'm looking to get the Mirena and I am told that is good for five years where as the copper one is good for 10 because it doesn't have the hormones. Even so, six hundred and twenty dollars for five years is pretty good.