IUI treatment in Goa: the cost, the steps and who it suits

Pai Hospital is registered as a Level 2 ART clinic under the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 (Reg. No. GA/AC/2022/12689/L2/South Goa/02, valid to 14 January 2030).

How much does IUI cost in Goa at Pai Hospital?

One IUI cycle at Pai Hospital costs ₹25,000. If your treatment needs extra medicines or scans, we explain them and their cost at the consultation, before you start. The fee list shows all four fertility fees together.

Price list: October 2026. IVF cost in Goa: what each fee covers.

Who is IUI suitable for?

IUI is generally considered for mild male-factor infertility, unexplained infertility, or where ovulation needs a small amount of help, and it requires at least one open fallopian tube. It is not suitable where both tubes are blocked, where male-factor infertility is more significant, or after several IUI cycles have not worked — at that point IVF is usually the next step. The difference between the two is set out in IUI vs IVF. A few practical steps before a cycle are covered separately.

Age and the egg reserve matter too. A younger woman can usually complete a full course of IUI. From the mid-thirties fewer attempts are usually advised, and with a low AMH, or around forty, IVF is often discussed early. Read who should try IUI, and who should not.

What tests come before IUI?

IUI begins only once the basics are known: at least one open fallopian tube, a semen analysis for the husband, and an idea of whether and when the wife ovulates. With the results in hand, the plan for the first cycle is made at the consultation. Read about the fertility tests in Goa before IUI, including the HSG test; the tube test itself is explained in HSG test in Goa.

What happens in an IUI cycle, step by step?

An IUI cycle follows one menstrual cycle, and from the first scan to the pregnancy test usually takes about four weeks. The day numbers are typical; your own plan may shift a little with your scans.

1. Day 1: your period starts. Let the team know that day, on WhatsApp or by phone, so the first scan can be booked.
2. Day 2 or 3: the baseline scan. A short internal ultrasound checks that the ovaries are quiet, with no cyst left over from the last cycle, and that the lining is thin after the period. If all is well, the medicines are started.
3. The next few days: medicines to help an egg grow. Usually ovulation tablets, sometimes with small hormone injections. The aim is one or two good eggs rather than many, because growing too many raises the risk of a multiple pregnancy. A woman who ovulates regularly may sometimes have IUI in a natural cycle.
4. From around day 8: follicle scans. Every two or three days, the scan measures the leading follicles and the lining, and the medicines are adjusted. If too many follicles grow, the cycle may be stopped for your safety. Read follicle scans explained.
5. Trigger day. One injection completes the egg's final ripening and times its release, so the IUI can be planned for the right moment.
6. IUI day: usually a day or so after the trigger.
7. About two weeks later: the pregnancy test.

Each stage is covered in more detail in an IUI cycle day by day.

How is the semen sample prepared?

The husband is told when to ejaculate last before giving his sample, generally leaving a gap of two to five days. On IUI day he gives a fresh sample, which our own laboratory washes and concentrates in about an hour. A fresh sample also carries seminal fluid, other cells and sperm that are not moving; the seminal fluid can cause cramping in the womb, and non-moving sperm cannot reach the egg. Preparation, by the swim-up or the density-gradient method, keeps only the active sperm in a small, clean volume. If the husband works away from Goa, his own sample can be frozen in advance for his wife's IUI: read how sperm freezing works for husbands who work away. Read sperm preparation for IUI, explained.

What happens on the day of the IUI?

When the sample is ready, you lie down as for a routine internal examination, and the prepared sperm are placed high in the womb through a thin, soft tube. It takes a few minutes and needs no anaesthesia, and most women feel only mild cramping, if anything. After a short rest at the hospital you go home the same day, with no special restriction on normal activity. Read how IUI is done: the catheter, the speculum and the scan.

What should you do after the IUI?

Normal daily life is fine. Bed rest is not needed: you can go to work, climb stairs and carry on with your usual routine. Some women are given medicine to support the lining, as tablets or vaginal medicine. Light spotting or mild cramps can happen and are not a sign either way. Avoid home pregnancy tests in the first days, because the trigger injection can make a test show positive too early. About two weeks after the IUI, a urine or blood pregnancy test gives the answer. If it is negative, you can usually start the next cycle with that period.

When is it time to move from IUI to IVF?

For many couples, IUI is worth a limited number of well-timed attempts, usually three or four, before IVF is discussed; if IUI is going to work, it usually does so within those first few cycles. The doctor may suggest IVF sooner if the wife is older or the egg reserve is low, if cycles keep being cancelled, if the prepared sample is repeatedly weak, or if a new problem such as endometriosis or a tube problem is found. A failed IUI does not mean IVF will not work: in IVF, egg and sperm are brought together in the laboratory, so the tubes are no longer needed, and fertilisation can be helped with ICSI. Read how many IUI cycles to try before IVF, or about our IVF centre in Goa.

How many visits, and how do you get here?

Usually a baseline scan early in the period, two or three follicle scans in the middle of the cycle, and the IUI day itself. Consultations are held in Panjim, Margao, Mapusa and Vasco; the IUI itself is done at the hospital at Vaddem, Vasco-da-Gama.

Tell us where you are travelling from when you book, so your monitoring visits and the IUI day can be planned; call or WhatsApp first so the visits fit the monitoring schedule. If you live in Porvorim, IUI for couples from Porvorim explains how the visits are planned. This guide is by the Pai Hospital Team.

Read next: infertility specialist in Goa.

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This page is for general education and is not personal medical advice. Treatment depends on your own examination and reports, so please speak to a doctor about your situation. We do not carry out or offer sex determination of any kind.