Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine vs Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
Two fertility clinics in the Philadelphia area, about 29 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.
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine (Newark, DE) and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania (Wayne, PA) are fertility clinics in the Philadelphia area, about 29 miles apart. For patients under 35, Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported a live-birth rate of 37.2% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania reported 57.3% (CDC data for 2022). Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine posts no IVF price on its website. Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania 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, Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported a live-birth rate of 37.2% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania reported 57.3% (CDC data for 2022). Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania 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.
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 22, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 2, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workDelaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine
- Guaranteed IVF Cycle
75% of the program fee back if no ongoing pregnancy; covers up to 1 egg retrieval; enrollment up to age 38; medications extra
Price not posted
- Sunfish IVF Success Program: Gold tier refund option
A refund if no ongoing pregnancy (amount not posted); medications extra
Price not posted
- Self Pay IVF Packages (single- and multi-cycle)
A multi-cycle package with no refund
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
- Shared Risk 100% Refund Program for 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
- Multi-Cycle Discount 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 costsDelaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Posts no IUI price on its website (read Oct 8, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
Posts no IUI price on its website (read Oct 8, 2026).
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsDelaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine
No reciprocal IVF price or description we could confirm.
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
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
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine is in Newark, DE and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania is in Wayne, PA, about 29 miles apart. Both are in the Philadelphia metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine
Medical Arts Pavilion 1, 4745 Ogletown-Stanton Rd, Suite 111, Newark, DE 19713
- Phone
- (302) 738-4600
- Medical director
- Jeffrey B. Russell, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
945 Chesterbrook Blvd, Wayne, PA 19087
- Phone
- (610) 981-6000
- Medical director
- Isaac E. Sasson, MD, PHD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- Delaware: Must cover IVFYes, for many plans: Delaware requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. Delaware's full answer
- Pennsylvania: No state lawNo state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no Pennsylvania law requiring insurers to cover IVF, infertility treatment or fertility preservation. Pennsylvania'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 Philadelphia clinic
Keep one of the two and pick any other clinic of the area that reports enough to compare.
Common questions about Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine or Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania?
For patients under 35, Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported a live-birth rate of 37.2% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania reported 57.3% (CDC data for 2022). Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania 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 Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine compared with Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania?
Neither Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine nor Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania 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 Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania offer IVF refund programs?
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine offers a program that returns money if treatment fails, and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania 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 Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania?
For patients under 35 who were new to IVF, 46.6% at Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and 67.4% at Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania 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 Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania compare for donor egg IVF?
Of Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania's transfers of frozen embryos made from donor eggs in 2022, 44.3% led to a live birth; the CDC published no donor egg percentage for Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine (too few transfers for one, or none).
Which is the larger clinic, Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine or Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania?
Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania is the larger clinic: it reported 985 cycles to the CDC and Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine reported 203, about 4.9 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania?
Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine is in Newark, DE and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania is in Wayne, PA, about 29 miles apart. Both are in the Philadelphia metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Delaware Institute for Reproductive Medicine and Shady Grove Fertility-Pennsylvania?
A state's insurance law reaches plans issued in that state, so which one applies depends on where your plan is issued (usually your employer's state), not where the clinic is. Yes, for many plans: Delaware requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. No state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no Pennsylvania 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.