How much does a prenatal check-up cost?

Although prenatal check-ups are done in different cities, the items included in the check-ups are actually the same. It’s just that the economic development of third-tier and below cities is not as good as that of first-tier cities, and many prenatal check-up items require insufficient equipment and doctors, which results in some check-up items not being able to be performed. So, how much does a prenatal check-up cost?

For example, in first-tier cities, doctors will generally instruct pregnant women to have a pregnancy check-up every two weeks. In third-tier and lower-tier cities, pregnancy checks are generally done once a month in the early and middle stages of pregnancy.

At 7 to 9 weeks of pregnancy, B-ultrasound is done to mainly check the size of the gestational sac and the fetal heart rate to confirm intrauterine pregnancy. This includes follow-up visits if the fetal heart rate was not detected the first time. Each visit costs 8 yuan. In addition, some pregnant women also have blood hcg tests before 7 weeks, which cost 80-500 yuan.

From 11 weeks to 13 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy, B-ultrasound is also performed to mainly check the thickness of the fetal nuchal translucency, referred to as NT in English. This is part of the Down syndrome screening

From 16 to 20 weeks of pregnancy, serological prenatal examination items, key blood tests for liver function tests

During the 24th to 28th week of pregnancy, you should hold your urine before going for a four-dimensional fetal malformation screening test, which mainly checks whether the fetus has obvious malformations. The cost is 100 yuan.

After 28 weeks, it is the late stage of pregnancy, and prenatal checkups become more intensive. From 30 to 32 weeks of pregnancy, B-ultrasound is performed to check the fetal position and make early preparations for possible delivery at any time. The price is 8 yuan.

At 34 to 36 weeks of pregnancy, B-ultrasound is used to check whether there is any change in the fetal position, as well as the maturity of the placenta and the depth of amniotic fluid, for 8 yuan.

From 37 to 39 weeks of pregnancy, fetal heart rate monitoring is performed every few days, costing 8 yuan each time, until delivery.

The above is the procedure for prenatal examination items when there is no abnormality in the fetus. Some examination data may have abnormalities, so the prenatal examination items to be done may change. For example, if the NT examination data is abnormal, amniocentesis or minimally invasive DNA testing will be needed for further confirmation. The cost varies from 1,000 to 5,000 yuan, and the cost varies in different cities. To sum up, in third-tier or lower cities, the cost of the entire prenatal check-up process is approximately between 3,000 and 15,000 yuan, and in first-tier cities it is between 10,000 and 30,000 yuan.