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Abortion Clinic Tampa | How Much Does An Abortion Cost In Tampa, Fl?
The cost of a termination of pregnancy procedure at Abortion Clinics In Tampa, Florida range from $0 to $35,000.
The In Clinic abortion surgical or abortion pill procedure in the first trimester (3 to 14 weeks) of pregnancy costs between $0 to $2,000.00.
The surgical or abortion pill process performed for Second trimester (14.1 to 24 weeks) and Late Term Abortions (21.3 weeks or further) at Abortion Clinics in Tampa range in price from $0 to $35,000.
Why Such A Disparity In The Cost Of Abortion Procedures In Tampa?
There are several variables that affect Abortion Clinic Tampa pricing:
- Medical (Abortion Pill) vs Surgical Abortions
- The number of weeks pregnant -ie. the further the number of weeks, the higher the cost
- Geographic Location – Abortion Costs in one area may be different from the cost in other’s.
- VIP and Exclusive Services – Women who want or need to be in and out of the office in 2 hours or less.
There is need for the ultimate “private clinics for abortion” where appointments are scheduled after normal business hours for patients who want or need to remain discreet. They will be the only patient in the building along with minimum medical staff.
- Private donors and non-profit organizations subsidize or pay the entire cost for women who are unable to pay
- There are low cost abortion clinics in Tampa, Fl. that charge patients on an income-based sliding-scale fee.
Do Florida Abortion Clinics get reimbursed through Medicaid For Termination Of Pregnancy Procedures?
Unfortunately; Florida is not one of the 16 States that electively covers abortion procedures.
The States that include Medicaid elective termination of pregnancy services are Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington.
In a number of states including Florida, Medicaid does cover medically necessary abortions. This includes rape and incest.
How Long Has The Women’s Center Been In Business?
The Women’s Center of Hyde Park has been in business and at the same location for nearly 23 years.
We perform In Clinic and out-patient surgical and abortion pill procedures from 3 to 24 weeks.
Women’s Center Of Hyde Park Clinics of Abortion is one of the few facilities in the US to perform second trimester and late terminations of pregnancy using the abortion pill medication.
The process is started and completed in 99% of cases within 24 hours or less with less than a 1% risk of complications or side effects.
What Is The Abortion Pill?
The Abortion Pill is actually the combination of two medications:
- Mifepristone (RU 486, Mifeprex, Mifegyne, French Pill, Early Options)
- Misoprostol (Cytotec)
How Does The Abortion Pill Work?
Progesterone is the hormone responsible for maintaining the growth of an early pregnancy.
Mifepristone’s Mechanism of Action (MOA) is to bind to the Progesterone receptors on the uterine wall. This causes the breakdown of the pregnancy tissue and detaches (separates) the fetus away from the Uterine wall.
Misoprostol is a Prostaglandin E1 tablet. Misoprostol’s Mechanism of Action (MOA) is to bind to the Prostaglandin receptors on the Uterine wall and cause contractions. This leads to the fetal tissue being expelled through the vagina.
Does The Women’s Center Of Hyde Park Take Insurance For Abortion?
Unfortunately at this time we do not. We are working towards being able to accept health insurance in the near future.
There are many insurance companies that do not cover elective abortion procedures. You would need to call the number on the back of your card to inquire.
Are Discounts Given At Your Abortion Clinics Tampa Office for Active Duty Military, Medicaid or Students?
There is a $10.00 discount given to service members, Medicaid and students enrolled in primary or secondary schools. One must present a current form of ID (Military, Medicaid card, School) to receive the discount.
Are There Free Abortion Clinics In Tampa?
Over 50% of women who seek abortion clinics in Tampa to end their pregnancy, live below the poverty line. There is no extra savings or money placed in a bank or investment account. They only live from paycheck to paycheck.
From time to time our Women’s Center of Hyde Park Tampa office, has free clinics for abortions days. Only the abortion pill for women in the first trimester of pregnancy is offered for free.
Is The Price Of The Abortion Cheaper Somewhere Else?
The price of the abortion procedure at our Women’s Center in Tampa may not be the cheapest, but we believe it is difficult to find one in the Tampa Bay Area costing less.
We regard our Florida Abortion Clinics to be the best in the State. We always put patient safety first and our record shows this to be true. We do not cut corners.
Do You Price Match Other Abort Clinics In Tampa Or Nearby Cities?
It is our belief that price matching is not necessary in any of our facilities. Our prices are competitive across the entire State of Florida
Our goal is to assure that a woman who has an unwanted pregnancy should have the right and access to terminate her pregnancy. We do our best to make this possible.
Why Is The Price Of The Abortion Procedures Different In The Cities That You Serve?
We have an abortion clinic in Tampa, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale.
Our Orlando Abortion Clinic was the first of our clinics to open in the State of Florida
Thousands of women from many cities across Florida, the United States and the World have visited our Offices due to our specialized abortion services.
Geographic location is one of the main keys that determine abortion cost. That goes the same for any business such as Walmart, Walgreens or McDonalds. The cost of a similar item in Miami is not the same as the one in Jacksonville or Tallahassee.
What Services Are Included In The Fee For The Abortion Procedure?
Services that are included in the cost of the Abortion Procedures are the following:
- Lab work- urine and blood to confirm pregnancy, if anemic (low blood count) and Rh testing
- Education Session –
- Risks and complication of surgical and medical abortions
- Birth control risks and side effects
- Discharge instruction sheet including expectations during and after procedure
- Sonogram (Ultrasound) to determine the age of pregnancy
- Prescription for Sonogram and Antibiotics if required
- Follow-up evaluation including discussion of birth control
- Surgical procedure if medical abortion or surgical procedure fails and patients follow-up as required.
What Fees Are not Included In Your Abortion Procedure Costs?
There are several facilities that charge additionally for certain steps of the abortion procedure. We do our best to be transparent and not have any additional or hidden fees.
For women who have Rh negative blood type, a Rh injection is required. It is not included in our regular fee.
The Rh injection prevents women from producing antibodies that may possibly be detrimental to her pregnancies in the future.
Only 15% of women are Rh negative. The majority of women who are Rh negative already know they are before coming to our Clinics Abortions Offices.
For patients who are between 3 to 12 weeks, the cost of the injection is $75. Women 12.1 weeks or further require a higher dosage amount. The price is $125.
Why Is The Wait Time In The Offices 4 to 6 hours?
The surgical procedure itself normally takes 5 to 10 mins. It is each step described above and the waiting between each step that takes the longest.
For a nominal fee, a VIP or Exclusive Service appointment can be arranged where women are in and out of the office within 90 to 120 minutes.
Can Someone Come In The Procedure Room With Me? If No; Please Explain Why.
There are two issues involved with this very sensitive subject:
- Security – The most important issue that abortion facilities have are the protection of women’s privacy and safety. Women Patients, Physicians and Medical Staff have been seriously injured or murdered inside or around medical facilities from individuals who believe abortion is murder, sinful and immoral.
- Liability – We certainly understand women wanting support in the procedural room due to a host of reasons. This is not only a security issue but potentially a liability problem. There have been support personnel who suddenly become dizzy and faint. They have fallen and fractured their hip, suffered from an internal brain injury and died.
When the support person develops a medical issue in the procedure room, it takes our full concentration away from our patient who is undergoing the surgical or medical process and lead to a catastrophic injury.
Our facilities offer VIP and Exclusive Service Packages. Patients and their escorts enter our medical buildings through a private entrance and assisted to a private room. A medical person is one on one care with the patient through the entire process. The escort is able to remain in the room until the procedure takes place. The support person may return to the room for the entire recovery process.
Our Exclusive Service is for women who only want or require to be the only patient in the building. It is our Private Abortion Clinic Courtesy. Arrangements can be made to be seen outside of normal business hours.
Up To How Many Weeks Do The Offices Perform Abortions?
Abortions are performed up to 22 weeks pregnant electively and 24 weeks for Maternal or Fetal Indications.
All patients must be evaluated by our Physician’s to determine if they qualify.
Can You Briefly Describe The Abortion Procedures You Offer?
Dilation and Curettage (D&C):
This procedure is performed in the first trimester (3 to 14 weeks gestation) or early second trimester of pregnancy (14.1 to 16.4 weeks).
What Distinguishes an early second trimester abortion from a late second trimester abortion is that surgical instruments (forceps) are not required to manually remove (extract) the pregnancy tissue from within the Uterus.
The patient electively receives IV Sedation, Deep Sedation, Advanced IV Sedation, or General Anesthesia.
After the patient is placed on the exam table in the position as having a Pap Smear performed, a vaginal speculum is placed inside the vagina. This is used to maintain the opening of the vaginal walls so that the cervix may be visualized.
The cervix is anesthetized with Lidocaine and dilated (opened) with sterile dilators (rods) followed by insertion of a sterile curette (the size of a straw) inside the uterus and the pregnancy tissue is gently removed.
The procedure is a 3 minute pain free safe abortion.
3) Dilation and Evacuation (D&E):
This procedure is performed between 16.5 to 24 weeks and beyond.
Late termination of pregnancy procedures in the USA are most commonly performed using the D&E process. In other parts of the. World the Late Term Abortion Pill Method is utilized. The Late Term Medications used are Mifepristone and Cytotec or Cytotec alone.
This D&E procedure normally requires cervical preparation where the cervix is dilated and softened using Laminaria and or Prostaglandins.
Cervical Priming:
Laminaria is sterile seaweed that is shaped like and the length of a matchstick. When placed inside the cervix, they absorb water and expand like a sponge.
They are placed inside the cervix may remain for 4 hours to 24 hours. This allows dilation (opening) of the cervix to occur.
The purpose of using Laminaria to prime the Cervix is to decrease the incidence of cervical tears, bowel and bladder damage, hemorrhage, retained tissue, uterine infection, uterine perforation, chronic pelvic pain, infertility or hysterectomy.
Several Laminaria can be inserted at the same time. Adequate priming of the Cervix may take 1 to 4 days.
Prostaglandins (cytotec/misoprostol) may also be used as a cervical priming agent or induce labor.
The surgical procedure is described as in the Suction D&C in #2 above, plus there may be special forceps used to aid in the manual evacuation of the pregnancy tissue from within the uterine cavity.
Fetal Demise Induced:
The possibility of a live birth is a possibility in pregnancies that are 22 weeks or greater. In the presence of a live birth (fetal heartbeat, breathing or a palpable pulse in the cord) resuscitation measures must be initiated.
To avoid this remote possibility of a live birth from occurring, fetal demise should be considered.
Patients who are generally further than 21 weeks pregnant, undergo fetal intracardiac injection with Digoxin or Potassium Chloride (KCL) stops the fetal heartbeat instantly on day one of the D&E procedure.
Digoxin may be injected into the musculature of within the amniotic fluid. This also allows the fetus to succumb in 24 hours or less.
After adequate cervical priming is assured (day 2 to 4), the pregnancy tissue is gently removed with manual forceps. This process normally takes 10 to 20 minutes.
Medical Abortions (Abortion Pill):
Early Medical abortions are generally performed between 3 to 10 weeks gestation.
Out-patient or In-clinic abortions are used to terminate pregnancies in the first trimester (3 to 14 weeks), second trimester (14.1 to 28 weeks) third trimester (28.1 weeks plus) or late term abortions (21.3 weeks or further) utilizing the Abortion Pill.
The most common medications used are RU 486 (Mifepristone, Mifeprex, Mifegyne) and Cytotec (Misoprostol).
Other ways of performing medical abortions are with Methotrexate and Cytotec or Cytotec alone.
Late Medical Abortions can occur between 11 to 24 weeks or further. In essence; second trimester and late term abortions can be performed using the Abortion Pill Method. They are used at any gestational age of pregnancy.
The process can be started and completed within 24 hours or less 99% of the time with less than 1% chance of complications or side effects.
Do You Have Male And Females On Staff At Your Clinics For Abortion Near Me?
Yes we have Board Certified Ob/Gyn Male and Female Doctors who work at our Medical Offices.
What Other Services Are Offered At Your Tampa, Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale Family Planning Facilities?
Our Women’s Centers Offer The Following Services:
- Abortion Pill
- In Clinic (Surgical) Abortions
- Consultation and Evaluation for Fetal Congenital and Structural Abnormality
- Abortion Referral If Required After Evaluation
- Well Woman Exams
- Breast Exams
- Pap Smear
- School Exams
- Diagnose and Treat Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s)
- HIV testing
- Birth Control Education
- Emergency Contraception (Morning After Pill)
- Insertion and Removal of IUDs
- Diagnosis and Treatment if Pelvic Infections
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Vaginitis
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections
- Free Pregnancy Test (walk in)
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Dr James S Pendergraft | Orlando Women’s Center | Abortion Clinic Orlando
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