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Egg Donation Cost - full money back guarantee pricing option

Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago
Donor Egg Specialist Clinic

$35,500 covers up to 4 fresh donor egg cycles

(and all associated frozen transfer cycles)


(plus $7,350 in nonrefundable donor charges per fresh cycle)

Most money back plans only cover 3 fresh attempts

100% of $35,500 fee refunded if you do not have a live birth
See details below

See our list of currently available egg donors
Our egg donation success rates

There are few treatments in medicine that have such a clearly identifiable measure of outcome (a baby is born or not) as in vitro fertilization. This allows the possibility of outcome-based fee schedules. We offer a pricing option with a 100% refund of the fee for the IVF cycle (medications not included) if you do not deliver a baby. Some centers that offer a money back guarantee plan allow only 3 attempts using fresh embryos. Our program gives the couple up to 4 cycles with fresh embryos - plus any and all associated frozen embryo transfer cycles.

IVF programs must have confidence in their success rates in order to offer such a guarantee. We are not the only program with high pregnancy rates. However, some programs with good success rates have high fees. We offer the unusual combination of high success rates and reasonable fees. This combination makes our IVF and egg donation programs one of the most cost-effective in the country.

  • All infertile couples considering in vitro fertilization or egg donation services should compare success rates and costs before choosing an IVF clinic (see the next section below).

  • Some programs charging $30,000-40,000 per cycle (with no guarantee) for egg donation reported success rates well below the national average.


    SART and the CDC report annually to the public on IVF clicic success rates. This information allows consumers needing IVF treatments to compare (and validate) success rates from all reputable IVF and egg donation clinics.

  • In 2010, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, SART released clinic-specific IVF program success rates for 2008 cycles on the web.

    Go to the SART site to check 2008 IVF success rates
  • In 2009, the CDC (US government agency) Assisted Reproductive Technology ART Success Rate Report for 2007 cycles was released on the web.

    Go to the CDC site to check any IVF clinic's success rates for 2007 (or before that)

    Details about our 100% money-back cost plan for egg donation

  • The program includes as many as four ovarian stimulation cycles leading to an egg retrieval (plus any associated frozen embryo transfer cycles)

  • Each ovarian stimulation and fresh embryo transfer cycle can possibly result in leftover embryos for freezing for later use. There could be one, and sometimes more than one frozen embryo transfer cycles.

  • The program is considered successful if it results in the birth of a live infant.

  • The couple is due a 100% refund of the $35,500 medical fee if a live birth does not result.

  • See more details below.

    Using Donor Eggs (Donors under age 33)
    Single cycle of donor egg cost

    We use 1 donor for each recipient

    $14,150 + Administrative donor cycle fee ($3500) + Donor fee ($7,000) + donor medical insurance fee ($350) = $25,000
    Egg Donation Shared Risk Plan

    We use 1 donor for each recipient

    Refundable portion $26,000 refundable (80%)
    See details on Egg Donation Shared Risk page
    Non-refundable portion for duration of risk-sharing $6,500 non-refundable (20%)
    Additional non-refundable portion for each attempt using fresh donor eggs Donor fee ($7,000) + donor insurance fee ($350) = $7,350
    100% Refund Plan with donor eggs

    We use 1 donor for each recipient

    Refundable portion $35,500 fully refunded if no live birth achieved
    See details below
    Non-refundable portion for each attempt using fresh donor eggs Donor fee ($7,000) + donor insurance fee ($350) = $7,350


    Program Eligibility (using donor eggs)*

    To qualify for our 100% refund plan using donor eggs, a couple needs to meet the following requirements:

    Tests needed to qualify:

    1. Ultrasound to document that the uterus is normal enough to sustain a pregnancy and that the uterine lining will reach a minimum thickness of 8.0 mm (cost is $190).
    2. Office hysteroscopy and mock embryo transfer to document that the uterine cavity is normal (cost is $425).
      • The female partner must be 49 or younger and be able to finish the program by age 50
      • Couples that have failed IVF with own eggs can be eligible. However, if they have failed 2 cycles using donor eggs they are not eligible for our guarantee plans.
      • The female partner must be a non-smoker in order to be eligible for the guarantee. We will accept a smoker if she quits entirely by 30 days prior to the start of the ovarian stimulating medications. This is documented with urine and/or blood tests.
      • Women that are significantly overweight (Body Mass Index over 34) are not eligible
      • Women with a hydrosalpinx are not eligible. However, they can have the hydrosalpinx surgically removed and then could qualify.
      • If IVF or egg donation has been attempted previously, copies of ovarian stimulation and embryology records must be submitted to us
      • The male partner must have a minimum of 100,000 motile sperm in his ejaculate
      • The couple must be willing to have ICSI, transfer 2 embryos, and cryopreserve any leftover potentially viable embryos (frozen embryos will always be used before another fresh attempt is considered)

    *We reserve the right to approve or deny entry into our guarantee programs on a case by case basis.

    Program Terms

    The program fee is $35,500. Each fresh cycle also will incur an additional $7,350 in nonrefundable donor charges. If, after up to 4 completed fresh egg donation cycles no live birth has resulted (and all available frozen embryos have been transferred), the full fee ($35,500) will be returned to the couple. If you get pregnant and have a baby, we keep the entire fee.

    We reserve the right to terminate the patient's participation after each completed cycle (this is very rare). Likewise, the couple has the right to terminate its participation after each completed cycle (after all fresh and frozen embryos have been transferred).

    • If our center terminates the couple's 100% refund plan early (before the completion of all 4 fresh IVF attempts), the full 100% refund will be returned to the couple
    • If the couple quits the program before they complete all 4 fresh egg donation cycles the refund will be 50% of the fee after 1 fresh cycle, and the full refund after 2 or more fresh cycles as long as all frozen embryos have been transferred to the female partner's uterus.

    The program must be completed within 18 months from the day of the first egg retrieval. As indicated earlier, each cycle corresponds to an ovarian stimulation of a donor followed by the surgical aspiration of the donor's eggs, their fertilization in the embryology lab followed by the transfer of embryos. If pregnancy is not achieved, the couple will usually speak with the physician to discuss a "frozen" embryo transfer (if applicable), or a repeat fresh egg donation cycle (after all frozen embryos, if any, have been transferred).

    Included services:

    • Egg retrieval
    • Fertilization
    • All IVF laboratory services
    • ICSI
    • Assisted hatching if indicated
    • Embryo transfer
    • Embryo cryopreservation (freezing) and storage of frozen embryos for up to 12 months

    Excluded services:

    • Prescreening tests on recipient woman and her male partner
    • Medications for both donor and recipient
    • Consultations with the physician
    • Pregnancy testing and pregnancy monitoring
    • Embryo storage beyond the first 12 months
    • Frozen embryo storage after you deliver a baby. We will begin charging a monthly storage fee beginning when you deliver the baby - or you can transfer those embryos to ReproTech for long term storage at lower fees.
    • Any frozen embryo transfer cycles done with remaining embryos after the birth of a baby. These would be billed on a fee for service basis.

    Medication Costs:

    Donor medication costs are additional, unless the option is chosen that includes all donor meds ($3000 additional per cycle). Medications usually cost about $2000-4000 for the egg donor. Some donors will require higher doses of medications to stimulate sufficient egg production. Higher doses means increased medication cost. The recipient woman will also need medications which usually cost about $500-1000.

    Traditional Egg Donation Pricing
    Egg Donation Shared Risk Plan Pricing
    Being a recipient of donor eggs from out of town can be done with one trip here
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