CCRM San Francisco vs UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
Two fertility clinics in the San Francisco area, about 23 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.
CCRM San Francisco (Menlo Park, CA) and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health (San Francisco, CA) are fertility clinics in the San Francisco area, about 23 miles apart. For patients under 35, CCRM San Francisco reported a live-birth rate of 45.5% per intended egg retrieval and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported 37.8% (CDC data for 2022). CCRM San Francisco posts an IVF price of $12,660 on its website. UCSF Center for Reproductive Health posts an IVF price of $14,000 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, CCRM San Francisco reported a live-birth rate of 45.5% per intended egg retrieval and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported 37.8% (CDC data for 2022). CCRM San Francisco 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.
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.
CCRM San Francisco
Low end of a range up to $30,780
The page does not say what this amount covers
Not stated on its page: medications, monitoring, the egg retrieval, anesthesia, fertilization and embryo culture, ICSI, an embryo transfer, embryo freezing, embryo storage, a frozen embryo transfer, PGT genetic testing, pre-cycle testing and assisted hatching
Read Oct 13, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
IVF, low end of a range up to $20,000
Billed on top: medications ($4,000 - $6,000), anesthesia ($816) and PGT genetic testing ($2,000)
Not stated on its page: monitoring, the egg retrieval, fertilization and embryo culture, ICSI, an embryo transfer, embryo freezing, embryo storage, a frozen embryo transfer, pre-cycle testing and assisted hatching
A cash-pay estimate that already includes the 50% cash-pay discount the page describes.
Read Oct 13, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workCCRM San Francisco
- Assure - IVF Refund Program
100% of the program fee back if no live birth; covers up to 3 egg retrievals; enrollment up to age 39
Price not posted
- CCRM Multi-Cycle IVF Program
A multi-cycle package with no refund; covers up to 2 egg retrievals; enrollment up to age 40
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
- ARC Fertility IVF cycle packages
A multi-cycle package with no refund
Price not posted
- Multicycle packages
A multi-cycle package with no refund
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsCCRM San Francisco
One egg freezing cycle
On top: medications, anesthesia and storage
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
One egg freezing cycle
On top: medications and anesthesia
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Frozen embryo transfer
What a frozen transfer costsCCRM San Francisco
Frozen embryo transfer
CCRM's network-wide price
The clinic's estimate
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
Frozen embryo transfer cycle
The clinic's estimate
Medications about $1,000 to $1,500 more
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
PGT (embryo genetic testing)
What PGT costsCCRM San Francisco
IVF freeze-all cycle with biopsy and PGT-A
CCRM's network-wide estimate
Covers the biopsy and the lab test
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
PGT
The clinic's estimate
From UCSF's IVF cost table
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
CCRM San Francisco
- $950 to $4,305a cycle
IUI cycle
The range depends on the treatment plan
Read Oct 8, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
- $1,900 to $2,500a cycle
IUI with minimal stimulation
On top: medications (about $500), for $2,400 to $3,000 in all
- $3,800 to $4,500a cycle
IUI with controlled ovarian stimulation
On top: medications ($500 to $3,000), for $4,300 to $7,500 in all
Read Oct 8, 2026. Full terms on its page
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsCCRM San Francisco
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
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
CCRM San Francisco is in Menlo Park, CA and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health is in San Francisco, CA, about 23 miles apart. Both are in the San Francisco metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
CCRM San Francisco
1060 Marsh Rd, 1st Floor, Menlo Park, CA 94025
- Phone
- (650) 646-7500
- Medical director
- Salli Tazuke, MD
- CDC status
- Open
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
499 Illinois St, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158
- Phone
- (415) 353-3040
- Medical director
- Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- California: Must cover IVFYes, for many plans: California requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. California'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 San Francisco clinic
Keep one of the two and pick any other clinic of the area that reports enough to compare.
Common questions about CCRM San Francisco and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
Which has the higher IVF success rate, CCRM San Francisco or UCSF Center for Reproductive Health?
For patients under 35, CCRM San Francisco reported a live-birth rate of 45.5% per intended egg retrieval and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported 37.8% (CDC data for 2022). CCRM San Francisco 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 CCRM San Francisco compared with UCSF Center for Reproductive Health?
CCRM San Francisco's website posts $12,660 for IVF (read Oct 13, 2026) and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health's posts $14,000 (read Oct 13, 2026). On medications, CCRM San Francisco's price does not say and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health's bills them on top. The two amounts do not cover the same services, so the lower number is not necessarily the lower bill: read what each includes, and what it leaves out, before comparing them. 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 CCRM San Francisco and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health offer IVF refund programs?
CCRM San Francisco offers a program that returns money if treatment fails, and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health offers multi-cycle packages, with no refund 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 CCRM San Francisco and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health?
For patients under 35 who were new to IVF, 65.0% at CCRM San Francisco and 54.1% at UCSF Center for Reproductive Health 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 CCRM San Francisco and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health compare for donor egg IVF?
Of transfers of frozen embryos made from donor eggs in 2022, 64.3% at CCRM San Francisco and 42.5% at UCSF Center for Reproductive Health led to a live birth. The CDC reports donor egg results per transfer and not by age.
Which is the larger clinic, CCRM San Francisco or UCSF Center for Reproductive Health?
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health is the larger clinic: it reported 1,429 cycles to the CDC and CCRM San Francisco reported 463, about 3.1 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are CCRM San Francisco and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health?
CCRM San Francisco is in Menlo Park, CA and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health is in San Francisco, CA, about 23 miles apart. Both are in the San Francisco metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at CCRM San Francisco and UCSF Center for Reproductive Health?
Yes, for many plans: California requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. Under SB 729, large-group fully-insured plans (more than 100 employees) must cover infertility diagnosis and treatment, including up to three completed egg retrievals with unlimited embryo transfers. Small-group plans only have to offer infertility coverage, and the state employees' plan (CalPERS) follows from July 1, 2027. Fertility preservation: Fertility preservation is a covered basic health service when a covered treatment may cause infertility (all plans except Medi-Cal and self-insured plans). 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.