Endometriosis
Endometriosis can cause severe pain and fatigue even when scans look normal. This five-year model separates common ongoing treatment from probability-weighted surgery and fertility evaluation, which not everyone needs.
Estimated healthcare costs you pay and other financial effects across the care timeline.
Estimated impact to you over five years
$4,139-$55,285
Estimated healthcare costs you pay plus costs beyond the medical bill, such as missed earnings. Total medical spending is shown separately and is not added again; it already includes the healthcare portion you may pay. Without coverage or when paying cash, your actual healthcare costs may be much higher than this estimate.
Evaluation & Diagnosis
Months 0-6History, pelvic examination, and ultrasound assess likely endometriosis and rule out other causes; surgery is not always required to begin treatment.
Five-year total treatment: Initial five-year evaluation
Standard of care: ACOG (2024)
Estimated total impact to you
$250-$2,400
Standard of care
These care steps follow guidelines from these medical groups.
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Clinical guidance on endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain (2024)
Pain care, hormone medicines, and surgery.
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine: Endometriosis and infertility: a committee opinion (2012)
Fertility testing and treatment.