Methodology
Everything on FertilityFAQ.org comes from two public layers: the US CDC National ART Surveillance System (2022 final clinic data) and policies quoted word for word from official clinic, hospital, regulator and professional-society pages. We do not estimate, interpolate or grade. If a policy is not published, we say so.
Layer 1: CDC registry data
US clinics that perform ART are required to report to the CDC. We use the CDC’s public 2022 clinic tables (data.cdc.gov; background at cdc.gov/art). From them we take each clinic’s name, city and state, total ART cycles, cycles by patient age band (under 35, 35–37, 38–40, over 40), own-egg intended retrievals and donor egg or embryo transfers. We list the 452 clinics with status “Open” or “Reorganized” that reported cycles. Clinic names are shown as CDC records them; a clinic may have changed name or ownership since 2022.
We show cycle volumes only. We do not republish or rank success rates; CDC itself warns that clinic comparisons can mislead because patient populations differ.
Layer 2: published policies
In Nov 2026 we reviewed the official websites of 33 clinics, networks and hospital programs. For each claim we store the page URL and a verbatim excerpt. A script then re-downloads every cited page and confirms that the excerpt appears on it and that any number we show appears inside the excerpt. Claims that fail are dropped, not corrected by hand.
Each field has one of three states:
- Published: quoted from an official page, with a link.
- Not found online: we reviewed that program’s website and did not find the policy on the pages listed. It may exist offline.
- Not yet reviewed: a CDC-reporting clinic whose website we have not checked. This says nothing about the clinic.
Networks and locations
When a policy comes from a network or program page, it is labelled as network-level. We do not assume it applies to every location unless the page says so, and we link CDC clinic records to a network only where the name match is clear.
No grades, no rankings
We do not score or grade clinics. Labels such as “Published: BMI cap 40” describe what a clinic states, nothing more.
Insurance law and medical guidance
State insurance-law summaries and professional guidance (ASRM, ASA, NICE, HFEA and national statutes) are quoted from the cited organisations and checked the same way. Where we could not confirm a state’s law on an authoritative source, the page says so.
Editorial and link independence
Clinics cannot pay to be listed, to change what is shown, or for links. External source links carry rel="nofollow".
Affiliate links. State, regional and clinic pages include an “Out-of-state IVF travel lodging” box with hotel-search links through Stay22. These are affiliate links: they are labelled “Sponsored”, carry rel="nofollow sponsored noopener", and FertilityFAQ.org may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. They link to a city search only. We do not name, rank or recommend hotels, and we publish no hotel prices or distances. Affiliate income has no influence on which clinics are listed or what is shown about them.
Photography
Photos are stock images from Pexels, used for illustration and credited on each page. City photos show the named place. No photo depicts a specific clinic, its staff or its patients, and clinic pages carry no photography at all.
Corrections and submissions
Clinics and patients can send an official policy page, a fee schedule or a dated clinic letter to [email protected]. We add it once we can link or document the source. See contact.
Update schedule
Policies are re-checked quarterly. A page’s “Verified” date changes only when its underlying record changes. The full verification log is part of the downloadable dataset.