Genetics & IVF Institute vs Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville
Two fertility clinics in the Washington, DC area, about 16 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.
Genetics & IVF Institute (Fairfax, VA) and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville (Rockville, MD) are fertility clinics in the Washington, DC area, about 16 miles apart. For patients under 35, Genetics & IVF Institute reported a live-birth rate of 43.5% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville reported 54.9% (CDC data for 2022). Genetics & IVF Institute posts no IVF price on its website. Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville posts an IVF price of $11,000 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, Genetics & IVF Institute reported a live-birth rate of 43.5% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville reported 54.9% (CDC data for 2022). Genetics & IVF Institute reported the higher rate for patients 38 to 40, and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville for patients under 35 and 35 to 37. Genetics & IVF Institute reported 97 cycles, a small base, so its rates can move a lot from one year to the next.
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.
Genetics & IVF Institute
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 28, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville
Single Cycle IVF Program, the clinic's estimate
Includes an embryo transfer
Billed on top: embryo freezing ($1,700), embryo storage ($60 per month), a frozen embryo transfer ($5,000) and PGT genetic testing
Not stated on its page: medications, monitoring, the egg retrieval, anesthesia, fertilization and embryo culture, ICSI, pre-cycle testing and assisted hatching
From Shady Grove Fertility's network-wide financial guide dated July 2022, which calls its prices estimates at the time.
Read Oct 13, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workGenetics & IVF Institute
- The Delivery Promise
100% of the program fee back if no delivery
Price not posted
- Gaia IVF plan
Named on the clinic's website without its terms
Price not posted
- Donor Egg IVF Multicycle
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
Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville
- Shared Risk 100% Refund Program for Frozen Embryo Transfers (FET)
100% of the program fee back if no pregnancy
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsShady Grove Fertility-Rockville
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsGenetics & IVF Institute
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville
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
Genetics & IVF Institute is in Fairfax, VA and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville is in Rockville, MD, about 16 miles apart. Both are in the Washington, DC metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Genetics & IVF Institute
3015 Williams Dr, Fairfax, VA 22031
- Phone
- (703) 698-3912
- Medical director
- Laurence C. Udoff, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville
9601 Blackwell Rd, 4th Floor, Rockville, MD 20850
- Phone
- (301) 340-1188
- Medical director
- Michael J. Levy, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- Virginia: No state lawNo state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no Virginia law requiring insurers to cover IVF, infertility treatment or fertility preservation. Virginia's full answer
- Maryland: Must cover IVFYes, for many plans: Maryland requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. Maryland'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 Washington, DC clinic
Keep one of the two and pick any other clinic of the area that reports enough to compare.
Common questions about Genetics & IVF Institute and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Genetics & IVF Institute or Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville?
For patients under 35, Genetics & IVF Institute reported a live-birth rate of 43.5% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville reported 54.9% (CDC data for 2022). Genetics & IVF Institute reported the higher rate for patients 38 to 40, and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville for patients under 35 and 35 to 37. Genetics & IVF Institute reported 97 cycles, a small base, so its rates can move a lot from one year to the next. 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 Genetics & IVF Institute compared with Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville?
Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville's website posts $11,000 for IVF (read Oct 13, 2026). Genetics & IVF Institute posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 28, 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 Genetics & IVF Institute and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville offer IVF refund programs?
Genetics & IVF Institute offers a program that returns money if treatment fails, and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville 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 Genetics & IVF Institute and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville?
For patients under 35 who were new to IVF, 68.7% at Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville had a baby after all their egg retrievals in the CDC's 2022 data; the CDC published no such figure for Genetics & IVF Institute at that age.
How do Genetics & IVF Institute and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville compare for donor egg IVF?
Of transfers of frozen embryos made from donor eggs in 2022, 52.4% at Genetics & IVF Institute and 42.7% at Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville led to a live birth. The CDC reports donor egg results per transfer and not by age.
Which is the larger clinic, Genetics & IVF Institute or Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville?
Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville is the larger clinic: it reported 5,717 cycles to the CDC and Genetics & IVF Institute reported 97, about 59 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Genetics & IVF Institute and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville?
Genetics & IVF Institute is in Fairfax, VA and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville is in Rockville, MD, about 16 miles apart. Both are in the Washington, DC metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Genetics & IVF Institute and Shady Grove Fertility-Rockville?
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. No state law requires it: RESOLVE, the national infertility association, lists no Virginia law requiring insurers to cover IVF, infertility treatment or fertility preservation. Yes, for many plans: Maryland requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. 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.