Advanced Fertility Center of Texas vs Shady Grove Fertility Houston
Two fertility clinics in the Houston area, about 31 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.
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas (Houston, TX) and Shady Grove Fertility Houston (Webster, TX) are fertility clinics in the Houston area, about 31 miles apart. For patients under 35, Advanced Fertility Center of Texas reported a live-birth rate of 44.1% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility Houston reported 50.0% (CDC data for 2022). Advanced Fertility Center of Texas posts no IVF price on its website. Shady Grove Fertility Houston posts no IVF price 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, Advanced Fertility Center of Texas reported a live-birth rate of 44.1% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility Houston reported 50.0% (CDC data for 2022). Advanced Fertility Center of Texas reported the higher rate for patients 35 to 37 and 38 to 40, and Shady Grove Fertility Houston for patients under 35 and over 40.
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.
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 29, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Shady Grove Fertility Houston
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 5, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workAdvanced Fertility Center of Texas
Offers no IVF refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (read Oct 6, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility Houston
- Shared Risk 100% Refund Program: IVF using own eggs
100% of the program fee back if no live birth; covers up to 6 egg retrievals; enrollment up to age 40; medications extra
Price not posted
- Fairfax EggBank Parenthood Promise
100% of the program fee back if no live birth
Price not posted
- Multi-Cycle Discount Program for IVF
A multi-cycle package with no refund; covers up to 2 egg retrievals
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsAdvanced Fertility Center of Texas
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility Houston
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas
Posts no IUI price on its website (read Oct 8, 2026).
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsAdvanced Fertility Center of Texas
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility Houston
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
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas is in Houston, TX and Shady Grove Fertility Houston is in Webster, TX, about 31 miles apart. Both are in the Houston metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas
10901 Katy Freeway, Houston, TX 77079
- Phone
- (713) 467-4488
- Medical director
- Michael A. Allon, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Shady Grove Fertility Houston
1015 Medical Center Blvd, Suite 2100, Webster, TX 77598
- Phone
- (281) 332-0073
- Medical director
- Vicki L. Schnell, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- Texas: Must offer IVFOnly if your employer chose it: Texas insurers must offer IVF coverage, but plans do not have to include it. Texas' 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 Houston clinic
Keep one of the two and pick any other clinic of the area that reports enough to compare.
Common questions about Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and Shady Grove Fertility Houston
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Advanced Fertility Center of Texas or Shady Grove Fertility Houston?
For patients under 35, Advanced Fertility Center of Texas reported a live-birth rate of 44.1% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility Houston reported 50.0% (CDC data for 2022). Advanced Fertility Center of Texas reported the higher rate for patients 35 to 37 and 38 to 40, and Shady Grove Fertility Houston for patients under 35 and over 40. 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 Advanced Fertility Center of Texas compared with Shady Grove Fertility Houston?
Neither Advanced Fertility Center of Texas nor Shady Grove Fertility Houston posts an IVF price on its website, so both prices come from a quote, usually after a consultation. 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. Ask what each quote covers: medications, monitoring, anesthesia, embryo freezing and a frozen transfer are often billed separately.
Do Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and Shady Grove Fertility Houston offer IVF refund programs?
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas offers no refund program or multi-cycle package on its website, and Shady Grove Fertility Houston offers a program that returns money if treatment fails (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 Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and Shady Grove Fertility Houston?
For patients under 35 who were new to IVF, 56.5% at Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and 58.8% at Shady Grove Fertility Houston 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 Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and Shady Grove Fertility Houston compare for donor egg IVF?
Of transfers of frozen embryos made from donor eggs in 2022, 54.8% at Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and 50.0% at Shady Grove Fertility Houston led to a live birth. The CDC reports donor egg results per transfer and not by age.
Which is the larger clinic, Advanced Fertility Center of Texas or Shady Grove Fertility Houston?
Shady Grove Fertility Houston is the larger clinic: it reported 492 cycles to the CDC and Advanced Fertility Center of Texas reported 169, about 2.9 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and Shady Grove Fertility Houston?
Advanced Fertility Center of Texas is in Houston, TX and Shady Grove Fertility Houston is in Webster, TX, about 31 miles apart. Both are in the Houston metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Advanced Fertility Center of Texas and Shady Grove Fertility Houston?
Only if your employer chose it: Texas insurers must offer IVF coverage, but plans do not have to include it. Each employer decides whether its group plan includes the IVF benefit, and the law sets conditions for it, such as a five-year history of infertility or a qualifying diagnosis. Fertility preservation: Plans must cover fertility preservation (collecting eggs, sperm or ovarian tissue, not storage) before cancer treatment that may cause infertility. 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.