If you buy embryo's with a guarantee, you have to use a certified embryologist to implant them or the guarantee is void. Our embryologist comes to our place and charges $75 to put one in. And we only do one at a time, since we are small. Last year, our first cow took to the first embryo, and we tried a second cow two different times and she did not, so $150 wasted, not to mention the cost of the embryos. Funny thing is, she caught on the next cycle to AI (bred to Amigo- which we do ourselves), so not sure why she did not take the embryos.
The cost to flush is a lot more, because the hormones involved, but it is cheaper if done at your place out here, and I know our guy charges $25 and embryo just to freeze (not sure what he charges to set up the cow since we have not flushed one yet - they have to prove themselves as cows before we plan to flush). The embryo we just had born in December came from a flush of 52 number ones, so imagine the expense of freezing that many!!!