Fertility Treatment Costs

The cost for fertility treatments and fertility drugs are a significant concern for many couples struggling with infertility. Infertility and IVF insurance coverage is not common and a lot of variation is seen in what is covered and what is left for the patient to pay. The average cost of in vitro fertilization in the U.S. is currently about $11,000 to $12,000. General infertility treatments such as ovarian stimulation plus intrauterine insemination, IUI are significantly less expensive than in vitro fertilization. However they are also significantly less effective. Costs for fertility testing and treatment can vary significantly between different clinics. This will be somewhat dependent on the level of competition between fertility clinics in an area. Costs are also influenced by infertility treatment mandates for health insurance plans in some states.

Costs for Fertility Tests and Initial Evaluation of the Cause for Infertility
	Cost Range	Our Fee
Cost for a new visit to reproductive endocrine fertility specialist	$200-400	$275
Cost for pelvic ultrasound to evaluate uterus and ovaries	$150-500	$275
Cost of fertility related blood tests	$200-400	varies
Cost for semen analysis – sperm test	$50-300	$75
Costs for a hysterosalpingogram (HSG – dye test of tubes)	$800-3000	varies
Many (or all) of these tests & office visits are often covered by health insurance plans
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Costs of Basic Fertility Treatments
	Approximate Range in USA	Our Fee
Clomid medication cost	$10-100	Same
Monitored Clomid cycle cost (bloods and ultrasound testing, sperm processing and insemination)	$800-4000	$1300
Intrauterine insemination, IUI cost, artificial insemination cost	$300-1000	$550
Monitored injectable FSH cycle cost (bloods and ultrasound testing, sperm processing and insemination)	$1500-6000	$2400
Cost of injectable fertility drugs for an injectable FSH cycle	$1000 – 3500 (avg $1600)	Same
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Cost of Advanced Fertility Treatments – IVF and Donor Egg Costs
	Cost Range / Average	Our Fee
Egg freezing cycle costs for fertility preservation (all inclusive)	$7,500 National average	$6,500
IVF, In Vitro Fertilization cycle costs (all inclusive)	$11,500 National average	$10,350
In Vitro fertilization plus ICSI costs (all inclusive)	$13,000 National average	$11,950
Cost of injectable fertility meds for an IVF cycle	$1500-6000 (Average $3500)	Same
Cost of IVF cycle with donor eggs (includes all agency, donor & legal fees, etc.)	$28,000 National average	$28,000
Cost of injectable fertility drugs for a donor egg cycle	$1500-4000 (Average $2300)	Same
More information about IVF, in vitro fertilization and egg donation treatments

Beware of Low Cost IVF Clinics

Low cost IVF clinics or “cheap IVF” clinics will sometimes be attractive to patients in a self pay situation. However the cheapest IVF is not always the best option.

• The goal is not to do IVF, it is to have a baby.
• If a clinic charges only $6000 for IVF, that is certainly a lower than average price.
• However, if their success rates are low and it takes more cycles to have a baby – there may not be any cost savings.
• One successful IVF cycle for $10,000 is better than 2 cycles for $6000 each (plus medications) to have a success.

Consumers of infertility and IVF services should consider doing research on the costs for in vitro fertilization and the live birth success rates at any clinic that they are considering.

Comparison of our 2 pricing plans for IVF with fresh donor eggs
Single cycle Traditional pricing One donor for each recipient	Total without medications – $28,000
Egg Donation Shared Risk Plan One donor for each recipient	Refundable portion	$32,000 refundable (80%) Details on Egg Donation Shared Risk page
	Non-refundable portion for duration of risk-sharing	$8000 non-refundable (20%)
	Additional non-refundable portion for each attempt using fresh donor eggs	Donor fee ($9,000) + donor insurance fee ($400) = $9,400