ACFS Fertility vs Southwest Fertility Center
Two fertility clinics in the Phoenix area, about 13 miles apart. Their CDC live-birth rates at every patient age, what each posts for IVF and other treatments, refund programs and services, side by side and cited.
ACFS Fertility (Scottsdale, AZ) and Southwest Fertility Center (Phoenix, AZ) are fertility clinics in the Phoenix area, about 13 miles apart. For patients under 35, ACFS Fertility reported a live-birth rate of 49.2% per intended egg retrieval and Southwest Fertility Center reported 49.2% (CDC data for 2022). ACFS Fertility posts no IVF price on its website. Southwest Fertility Center posts an IVF price of $9,500 on its website. A higher rate can reflect who a clinic treats as much as how well it treats them, and posted prices cover different services, so read the terms below.
Success rates at every age
Each clinic's CDC live-birth rate per intended egg retrieval, for patients using their own eggs, in each age band (2022 data). Read the row for your age. A dash means the CDC reported no rate for that clinic at that age.
For patients under 35, ACFS Fertility reported a live-birth rate of 49.2% per intended egg retrieval and Southwest Fertility Center reported 49.2% (CDC data for 2022). ACFS Fertility reported the higher rate for patients 35 to 37 and over 40, and Southwest Fertility Center for patients 38 to 40, and the two reported the same rate for patients under 35.
These are averages for each clinic's own patients, who differ in age, diagnosis and treatment history, so a higher rate can reflect who a clinic treats as much as how well it treats them. The CDC's own guidance says "comparisons between clinics should be made with caution", because clinics "have different patient populations or ART treatment methods". See how to read IVF success rates.
A new patient's chance of a baby
For patients new to IVF (no earlier ART cycles) using their own eggs: the share who had a baby after all their egg retrievals, counting embryo transfers within a year of each retrieval. It adds up every transfer, so it runs higher than the per-retrieval rates above.
Donor eggs and donated embryos
Live births per embryo transfer with donor eggs or donated embryos in 2022. The CDC does not split these by age. A dash means it published no percentage (too few transfers for one, or none).
What each clinic posts on its website
Each amount is the clinic's own posted figure, linked to the page it was read on, with what it covers. The two clinics' amounts rarely cover the same services, so we never call one cheaper from posted prices: read the terms, then ask both for an itemized quote.
ACFS Fertility
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 23, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Southwest Fertility Center
IVF, as its website posts it
Includes monitoring, the egg retrieval, fertilization and embryo culture, ICSI, an embryo transfer, embryo freezing, embryo storage (1 year) and assisted hatching
Billed on top: medications, anesthesia, PGT genetic testing and pre-cycle testing
Not stated on its page: a frozen embryo transfer
Read Oct 13, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workACFS Fertility
- Guarantee of Success / Free In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Cycle
More cycles at no charge if earlier ones fail, no cash refund; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; medications extra
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Southwest Fertility Center
Offers no IVF refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (read Oct 6, 2026).
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsSouthwest Fertility Center
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Embryo and egg storage
What storage costsSouthwest Fertility Center
- IVF, $9,500
Includes the first year of storage
Medications, anesthesia and PGT not included
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsACFS Fertility
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
If you are paying without insurance, ask each clinic for a Good Faith Estimate: an itemized list of expected charges it must give you within 3 business days of your request. Two itemized estimates are the only like-for-like price comparison. To see what your own plan would cost, use the IVF cost calculator.
What each clinic offers
From each clinic's own report to the CDC ART Services and Profile dataset. A field marked not reported was left blank in the CDC data.
Where they are, and what insurance must cover
ACFS Fertility is in Scottsdale, AZ and Southwest Fertility Center is in Phoenix, AZ, about 13 miles apart. Both are in the Phoenix metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
ACFS Fertility
8426 E. Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
- Phone
- (480) 860-4792
- Medical director
- Ketan S. Patel, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Southwest Fertility Center
3125 N. 32nd St, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85018
- Phone
- (602) 956-7481
- Medical director
- Sujatha Gunnala, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- Arizona: No state lawNo state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no Arizona law requiring insurers to cover IVF, infertility treatment or fertility preservation. Arizona's full answer
The law that applies follows your health plan, not the clinic you choose, and it does not reach self-funded employer plans. See what your insurer or employer covers.
Compare with another Phoenix clinic
Keep one of the two and pick any other clinic of the area that reports enough to compare.
Common questions about ACFS Fertility and Southwest Fertility Center
Which has the higher IVF success rate, ACFS Fertility or Southwest Fertility Center?
For patients under 35, ACFS Fertility reported a live-birth rate of 49.2% per intended egg retrieval and Southwest Fertility Center reported 49.2% (CDC data for 2022). ACFS Fertility reported the higher rate for patients 35 to 37 and over 40, and Southwest Fertility Center for patients 38 to 40, and the two reported the same rate for patients under 35. These are averages for each clinic's own patients, who differ in age, diagnosis and treatment history, so a higher rate can reflect who a clinic treats as much as how well it treats them.
How much does IVF cost at ACFS Fertility compared with Southwest Fertility Center?
Southwest Fertility Center's website posts $9,500 for IVF (read Oct 13, 2026). ACFS Fertility posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 23, 2026), so its price comes from a quote. A posted price is a starting point: medications, monitoring, anesthesia, embryo freezing and a frozen transfer are often billed separately. If you are paying without insurance, ask each clinic for a Good Faith Estimate: an itemized list of expected charges it must give you within 3 business days of your request.
Do ACFS Fertility and Southwest Fertility Center offer IVF refund programs?
ACFS Fertility offers a multi-cycle guarantee, with no cash refund if treatment fails, and Southwest Fertility Center offers no refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (each clinic's own website, read on Oct 6, 2026). Before you sign up for any program, ask for the written contract: what counts as success, how much comes back, and which medications and procedures are excluded.
What are a new patient's chances of a baby at ACFS Fertility and Southwest Fertility Center?
For patients under 35 who were new to IVF, 61.2% at ACFS Fertility and 54.3% at Southwest Fertility Center had a baby after all their egg retrievals in the CDC's 2022 data, counting embryo transfers within a year of each retrieval.
How do ACFS Fertility and Southwest Fertility Center compare for donor egg IVF?
Of transfers of frozen embryos made from donor eggs in 2022, 57.1% at ACFS Fertility and 30.0% at Southwest Fertility Center led to a live birth. The CDC reports donor egg results per transfer and not by age.
Which is the larger clinic, ACFS Fertility or Southwest Fertility Center?
ACFS Fertility is the larger clinic: it reported 179 cycles to the CDC and Southwest Fertility Center reported 173. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are ACFS Fertility and Southwest Fertility Center?
ACFS Fertility is in Scottsdale, AZ and Southwest Fertility Center is in Phoenix, AZ, about 13 miles apart. Both are in the Phoenix metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at ACFS Fertility and Southwest Fertility Center?
No state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no Arizona law requiring insurers to cover IVF, infertility treatment or fertility preservation. State 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.