The IVF Transparency Gap: Which US Clinics Publish Their BMI, Age and Price Policies?
Published 2026-11-10 · FertilityFAQ.org · method
Of 33 major US IVF clinics, networks and hospital programs whose official websites we reviewed in Nov 2026, 73% do not state a BMI limit for egg retrieval anywhere we could find, 85% do not state an age limit, and 82% do not publish a self-pay IVF price. Separately, CDC data for 2022 show 435,426 ART cycles at reporting US clinics, 86,880 (20%) for patients over 40.
33
program websites reviewed
9
publish a BMI policy for egg retrieval
5
publish an age limit
6
publish a self-pay IVF price
What each reviewed program publishes
| Program | BMI policy | Age limit | Self-pay price | Refund criteria | Pages checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Center for Infertility and Reproductive Surgery | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | 6 |
| CCRM Fertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Yes | 7 |
| CNY Fertility | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found | 10 |
| Cleveland Clinic Fertility Center | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 6 |
| Columbia University Fertility Center | Not found | Yes | Not found | Not found | 4 |
| Duke Fertility Center | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not found | 7 |
| Emory Reproductive Center | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 6 |
| Everleap Fertility (formerly RMA and Boston IVF) | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 11 |
| Fertility Centers of Illinois | Not found | Not found | Not found | Yes | 8 |
| HRC Fertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 8 |
| Illume Fertility | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | 8 |
| Ivy Fertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 3 |
| Kindbody | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | 7 |
| Main Line Fertility | Not found | Not found | Yes | Yes | 6 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 7 |
| NYU Langone Fertility Center | Yes | Not found | Yes | Not found | 2 |
| Northwestern Medicine Center for Fertility and Reproductive Medicine | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 7 |
| OHSU Fertility (Oregon Health & Science University) | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 7 |
| Pinnacle Fertility | Yes | Not found | Not found | Yes | 8 |
| Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area | Not found | Not found | Not found | Yes | 5 |
| Shady Grove Fertility | Yes | Not found | Not found | Yes | 9 |
| Spring Fertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 7 |
| Stanford Medicine Fertility and Reproductive Health | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 4 |
| Texas Fertility Center | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 8 |
| The Prelude Network / Inception Fertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 5 |
| UAB Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 5 |
| UCSF Center for Reproductive Health | Not found | Yes | Yes | Not found | 6 |
| UNC Fertility | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 8 |
| University of Iowa Health Care — Center for Advanced Reproductive Care | Yes | Not found | Not found | Not found | 5 |
| University of Wisconsin / Generations Fertility Care | Not found | Not found | Yes | Not found | 4 |
| Washington University Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 7 |
| Weill Cornell Medicine — Center for Reproductive Medicine | Not found | Not found | Not found | Not found | 6 |
| Yale Fertility Center | Not found | Yes | Not found | Not found | 8 |
CDC: ART cycles by patient age, 2022
| Patient age | ART cycles | Share of all cycles | Own-egg intended retrievals | Cycles using donor eggs/embryos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <35 | 156,645 | 36.0% | 62,780 | 2.3% |
| 35-37 | 102,267 | 23.5% | 41,504 | 2.9% |
| 38-40 | 89,634 | 20.6% | 41,475 | 4.8% |
| >40 | 86,880 | 20.0% | 36,439 | 20.6% |
Ten states with the most reported cycles
| State | CDC-reporting clinics | ART cycles | Cycles, patients over 40 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 85 | 71,539 | 18,295 |
| New York | 44 | 67,869 | 18,358 |
| Texas | 44 | 33,825 | 5,456 |
| Illinois | 21 | 22,694 | 4,410 |
| New Jersey | 14 | 20,809 | 3,708 |
| Florida | 26 | 18,797 | 3,486 |
| Maryland | 5 | 18,313 | 3,956 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 17,609 | 2,969 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 11,936 | 1,709 |
| Colorado | 8 | 11,373 | 2,152 |
Limits of this audit
- The sample is 33 programs chosen because they are large or well known. It is not a random sample of all US clinics, so the percentages describe this sample only.
- A further 8 clinics were found by searching specifically for published BMI policies. They have their own pages but are excluded from the percentages above, because including clinics selected for publishing would bias the result.
- “Not found” means we did not find the policy on the public pages we checked (listed per program). A clinic may state it elsewhere, by phone, or after a consultation.
- Every “Yes” is backed by a verbatim quote that was machine-checked against the live page on 2026-11-10.
- CDC figures are for the 2022 reporting year, the latest final clinic-level release. CDC reports one age band above 40.
Download the data
- verified_ivf_dataset.csv — 452 CDC clinics with policy status and source URLs
- verified_ivf_dataset.json — same, with verbatim excerpts
- verified_policy_entities.json — the 33 reviewed programs, every quote and every page checked
Cite as: FertilityFAQ.org, “The IVF Transparency Gap”, 2026-11-10, https://fertilityfaq.org/ivf-transparency-and-cutoff-report. Data licensed CC BY 4.0; CDC data are public domain.
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