Fertility clinics in Cleveland, OH
The 2 fertility clinics in the Cleveland, OH metro area that report to the CDC, compared by IVF live-birth rate at every patient age, with what IVF costs here and what Ohio law requires insurance to cover.
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2 fertility clinics in the Cleveland, OH metro area report IVF outcomes to the CDC ART program. The highest reported live-birth rate per intended egg retrieval is 56.9% for patients under 35 (Cleveland Clinic Fertility Center), 41.4% for 35 to 37 (University Hospitals Fertility Center), 28.2% for 38 to 40 (Cleveland Clinic Fertility Center) and 14.8% for over 40 (University Hospitals Fertility Center). These are CDC averages that depend heavily on age and diagnosis, not a guarantee for any individual, and a higher rate can reflect a clinic's case mix as much as its lab.
Every Cleveland-area clinic, at every age
Each clinic's CDC live-birth rate per intended egg retrieval in each age band, so you can read the column for your age. Ranked by reported cycle volume; the highest rate in each column is highlighted. A dash means the CDC reported no rate for that clinic at that age.
- Cleveland Clinic Fertility CenterBeachwood, OH · 557 cycles
Donor eggs · Gestational carrier · Donated embryo · SART member
35–3738.8%Over 409.1%557 - University Hospitals Fertility CenterBeachwood, OH · 390 cycles
Donor eggs · Gestational carrier · SART member
Under 3556.1%38–4024.0%390
Rates and cycle counts come from the CDC ART program (2022 reporting year), the national reporting every US clinic is required to submit. The area is the Census Bureau's Cleveland, OH metropolitan statistical area; a clinic belongs to it by the ZIP code of its address.
Metro area: US Census Bureau metropolitan statistical areas
How much does IVF cost in Cleveland, OH?
What one IVF cycle typically costs, and how to get a real number from the clinics in this area.
No clinic in the Cleveland area publishes an IVF price online yet; most quote only after a consult, so ask each clinic for a written, itemized estimate. Nationally, a single all-in IVF cycle typically runs $25,000 to $32,000, and because the average patient needs 2.3 to 2.7 cycles, a realistic amount to budget is $40,000 to $60,000.
IVF refund programs in Cleveland, OH
Which Cleveland-area clinics return money if treatment fails, which sell multi-cycle packages, and which offer neither, as each clinic's own website states it.
Of the 2 Cleveland-area clinics whose websites we read on October 6, 2026, none offers a program that returns money if treatment fails; 1 offers a multi-cycle guarantee with no cash refund. Across the US, 128 of 452 clinic locations offer one.
- Cleveland Clinic Fertility CenterA multi-cycle guarantee, no cash refund
- The ARC Success Refund ProgramPrice not posted
Unused prepaid cycles refunded after a live birth; covers up to 3 egg retrievals.
No refund program or multi-cycle package on its website: University Hospitals Fertility Center.
From our check of every US clinic's refund programs, read Oct 6, 2026. Each program covers a different number of cycles, refund and exclusions, so its price is listed beside its own terms and never averaged. Ask for the written contract: what counts as success, how much comes back, and which medications and procedures are excluded.
Does insurance cover IVF in Cleveland, OH?
What Ohio law requires of health plans, and why your employer's plan type matters as much.
Not IVF: Ohio law requires some infertility coverage, but not IVF.
HMOs must cover medically necessary infertility services, such as diagnosis and surgery to correct a reproductive condition. IVF may be covered but is not required.
Ohio's full answer, with fertility preservationState insurance laws reach only fully-insured plans, and 67% of covered US workers are in self-funded employer plans, which set their own fertility benefits whatever the state requires. About 50% of employers with 500 or more workers now cover IVF. How to check your own plan.
Source: RESOLVE Insurance Coverage by State · as of Oct 1, 2026
Services at Cleveland-area clinics
Of the 2 CDC-reporting clinics in the Cleveland area, 2 offer donor egg services, 2 offer a gestational carrier (surrogacy) program, and 1 offers donated embryo services. 2 are members of SART, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. Each figure counts only clinics the CDC affirms offer the service.
Source: CDC ART Services & Profiles (NASS) · as of Oct 6, 2026