Carolina Conceptions, PA vs North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
Two fertility clinics in the Raleigh area, about 7 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.
Carolina Conceptions, PA (Raleigh, NC) and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute (Cary, NC) are fertility clinics in the Raleigh area, about 7 miles apart. For patients under 35, Carolina Conceptions, PA reported a live-birth rate of 58.0% per intended egg retrieval and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute reported 50.0% (CDC data for 2022). Carolina Conceptions, PA posts no IVF price on its website. North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute posts an IVF price of $7,500 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, Carolina Conceptions, PA reported a live-birth rate of 58.0% per intended egg retrieval and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute reported 50.0% (CDC data for 2022). Carolina Conceptions, PA reported the higher rate for patients under 35 and over 40, and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute for patients 35 to 37 and 38 to 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.
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.
Carolina Conceptions, PA
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 3, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
IVF, as its website posts it
The clinic publishes a $7,500 low-stimulation IVF cycle price, including medication. Low-stimulation IVF is available only to medically qualifying patients, with eligibility determined after medical-record review and a treatment plan. The amount includes all stimulation medications, cycle monitoring, management, anesthesia, egg retrieval, ICSI fertilization, assisted hatching, blastocyst culture, frozen embryo transfer, and cryopreservation of two embryos. More than two embryos incurs a $1,000 freeze charge covering one year of storage. Frozen embryo transfer-cycle medications are paid directly to the pharmacy and are subject to insurance benefits. Other exclusions may apply; patients remain responsible for copays, coinsurance, or deductibles for testing before stimulation or if the physician cancels the cycle. The price reflects a cash discount and is paid in advance. The page lists the Cary, North Carolina location.
Read Oct 3, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workCarolina Conceptions, PA
- Gaia IVF plan
A refund if no live birth (amount not posted); medications extra
Price not posted
- IVF Refund Plan
75% of the program fee back if treatment fails; covers up to 3 egg retrievals
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
IVF with Own Eggs: Shared Risk Refund Program
80% of the program fee back if no ongoing pregnancy; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; medications extra
IVF with Unknown Donor-Egg: Shared Risk Refund Program
80% of the program fee back if no ongoing pregnancy; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; medications extra
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsNorth Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
Expected cost
On top: medications
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
Posts no IUI price on its website (read Oct 8, 2026).
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsCarolina Conceptions, PA
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
No reciprocal IVF price or description we could confirm.
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
Carolina Conceptions, PA is in Raleigh, NC and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute is in Cary, NC, about 7 miles apart. Both are in the Raleigh metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Carolina Conceptions, PA
2601 Lake Dr, Suite 301, Raleigh, NC 27607
- Phone
- (919) 782-5911
- Medical director
- Meaghan R. Bowling, MD
- CDC status
- Open
North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
400 Ashville Ave, Suite 200, Cary, NC 27518
- Phone
- (919) 233-1680
- Medical director
- Sameh K. Toma, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- North Carolina: No state lawNo state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no North Carolina law requiring insurers to cover IVF, infertility treatment or fertility preservation. North Carolina'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 Carolina Conceptions, PA and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Carolina Conceptions, PA or North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute?
For patients under 35, Carolina Conceptions, PA reported a live-birth rate of 58.0% per intended egg retrieval and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute reported 50.0% (CDC data for 2022). Carolina Conceptions, PA reported the higher rate for patients under 35 and over 40, and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute for patients 35 to 37 and 38 to 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 Carolina Conceptions, PA compared with North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute?
North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute's website posts $7,500 for IVF (read Oct 3, 2026). Carolina Conceptions, PA posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 3, 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 Carolina Conceptions, PA and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute offer IVF refund programs?
Carolina Conceptions, PA offers a program that returns money if treatment fails, and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute 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, Carolina Conceptions, PA or North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute?
Carolina Conceptions, PA is the larger clinic: it reported 639 cycles to the CDC and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute reported 176, about 3.6 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Carolina Conceptions, PA and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute?
Carolina Conceptions, PA is in Raleigh, NC and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute is in Cary, NC, about 7 miles apart. Both are in the Raleigh metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Carolina Conceptions, PA and North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, The Talbert Fertility Institute?
No state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no North Carolina 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.