Brown Fertility vs Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Two fertility clinics in the Jacksonville area, about 14 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.
Brown Fertility (Jacksonville, FL) and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine (Jacksonville, FL) are fertility clinics in the Jacksonville area, about 14 miles apart. For patients under 35, Brown Fertility reported a live-birth rate of 52.2% per intended egg retrieval and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported 37.2% (CDC data for 2022). Brown Fertility posts no IVF price on its website. Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine posts an IVF price of $7,290 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, Brown Fertility reported a live-birth rate of 52.2% per intended egg retrieval and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported 37.2% (CDC data for 2022). Brown Fertility reported the higher rate in all 4 age bands the two clinics report.
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.
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.
Brown Fertility
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
IVF, as its website posts it
FIRM publishes a Single IVF Cycle Cost Index (non-insurance) of $7,290. The amount includes cycle monitoring based on an average of five visits, egg retrieval, and embryo transfer. Fertility medications are excluded and paid directly to the pharmacy; FIRM gives an informational estimate of $3,000-$7,000. Specialized embryology services and future frozen-embryo cycles are not included. Potential additional per-cycle charges include anesthesia $550, ICSI if required $1,000, assisted hatching for patients over age 35 $800, embryo cryopreservation $800 including one year of storage, egg cryopreservation $800 including one year of storage, PGT-A testing $200 per embryo, PGT-A shipping approximately $415, embryo biopsy $4,000, embryology lab/thaw $800, and an additional day-13 monitoring visit $431 each. Pregnancy blood work and pregnancy ultrasounds are not included. The fee schedule is marked effective July 2025; FIRM states that all fees are subject to change without notice and advises confirming prices with Billing before the IVF start date. The official page is for FIRM's Florida program, which includes its Jacksonville practice; confirm the final local charges with the Jacksonville billing office.
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workBrown Fertility
- TruPath
A multi-cycle package with no refund; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; medications extra
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
IVF Guarantee (Shared Risk Program)
70% of the program fee back if no ongoing pregnancy; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; enrollment up to age 37; medications extra
Three Cycle IVF Program (Three Cycle IVF Plan)
A multi-cycle package with no refund; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; medications extra
Three Cycle IVF Banking Program
A multi-cycle package with no refund; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; medications extra
Read Oct 6, 2026. 1 more on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsFlorida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
One egg freezing cycle
Includes 5 years of storage, then $400 a year
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Frozen embryo transfer
What a frozen transfer costsFlorida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Frozen embryo transfer (medicated cycle)
Includes monitoring, the thaw and the transfer
Anesthesia, assisted hatching and medications not included
Medicated cycle
Without insurance; anesthesia $550 and assisted hatching $800 if used
Medications until the pregnancy test
Includes medications
Medicated cycle
Paid to the pharmacy
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
PGT (embryo genetic testing)
What PGT costsFlorida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
- $200per embryo
PGT-A embryo testing
Paid to the lab (Igenomix)
Embryo biopsy
Shipping to the lab
The clinic's estimate
Paid to the lab
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
- About $920a cycle
Natural cycle IUI
Includes one monitoring ultrasound visit ($320) and the insemination visit with sperm washing ($600)
On top: a baseline ultrasound ($320) if needed and pregnancy bloodwork and ultrasounds
- $600the insemination alone
Insemination visit in a medicated cycle
Includes sperm wash
On top: baseline ultrasound ($320), each monitoring visit ($320), Clomid or letrozole from a pharmacy (about $50 to $80) and hCG trigger shot ($120)
Read Oct 8, 2026. Full terms on its page
Embryo and egg storage
What storage costsFlorida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
- $800a year
Annual embryo storage
Starts 12 months after the last egg retrieval
- $400a year
Egg storage
After five years of free egg storage, per its egg freezing page
- $800includes the first year of storage
Embryo freezing
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
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
Brown Fertility is in Jacksonville, FL and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine is in Jacksonville, FL, about 14 miles apart. Both are in the Jacksonville metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Brown Fertility
14540 Old Saint Augustine Rd, Bldg 2, Suite 2497, Jacksonville, FL 32258
- Phone
- (877) 260-0352
- Medical director
- Samuel E. Brown, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
836 Prudential Dr, Suite 902, Jacksonville, FL 32207
- Phone
- (904) 399-5620
- Medical director
- Kevin L. Winslow, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- Florida: Public programs onlyNo state law requires it for private plans: Florida does not require private insurers to cover IVF or infertility treatment. Florida'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.
Common questions about Brown Fertility and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Brown Fertility or Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine?
For patients under 35, Brown Fertility reported a live-birth rate of 52.2% per intended egg retrieval and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported 37.2% (CDC data for 2022). Brown Fertility reported the higher rate in all 4 age bands the two clinics report. 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 Brown Fertility compared with Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine?
Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine's website posts $7,290 for IVF (read Oct 4, 2026). Brown Fertility posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 4, 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 Brown Fertility and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine offer IVF refund programs?
Brown Fertility offers multi-cycle packages, with no refund if treatment fails, and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine 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.
Which is the larger clinic, Brown Fertility or Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine?
Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine is the larger clinic: it reported 555 cycles to the CDC and Brown Fertility reported 513. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Brown Fertility and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine?
Brown Fertility is in Jacksonville, FL and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine is in Jacksonville, FL, about 14 miles apart. Both are in the Jacksonville metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Brown Fertility and Florida Institute for Reproductive Medicine?
No state law requires it for private plans: Florida does not require private insurers to cover IVF or infertility treatment. Florida's only fertility coverage law reaches the state employees' group health plan, not private plans. Fertility preservation: From January 1, 2026, the state employees' plan covers egg and sperm retrieval and preservation when cancer treatment 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.