HRC Fertility-Pasadena vs Life IVF Center
Two fertility clinics in the Los Angeles area, about 37 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.
HRC Fertility-Pasadena (Pasadena, CA) and Life IVF Center (Irvine, CA) are fertility clinics in the Los Angeles area, about 37 miles apart. For patients under 35, HRC Fertility-Pasadena reported a live-birth rate of 42.8% per intended egg retrieval and Life IVF Center reported 28.2% (CDC data for 2022). Life IVF Center posts an IVF price of $5,950 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, HRC Fertility-Pasadena reported a live-birth rate of 42.8% per intended egg retrieval and Life IVF Center reported 28.2% (CDC data for 2022). HRC Fertility-Pasadena 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.
Life IVF Center
IVF, as its website posts it
Published starting price for one IVF package/core cycle. Includes the egg retrieval procedure, egg culture and preparation, and embryo cryopreservation/freezing. Cycle monitoring, anesthesia, fertility medications, extra monitoring visits, ICSI or other fertilization add-ons, PGT-A genetic testing, future frozen storage, and supplemental testing are excluded. Monitoring may be coordinated through an outside clinic; monitoring at Life IVF is listed separately at $950 per cycle. Embryo transfer is separate, listed at $2,950 or the then-current price, or $2,500 when prepaid with retrieval. Most patients pay for the package before the retrieval cycle begins. Life IVF states prices are the same at its Irvine and Arcadia locations. Irvine location: 3500 Barranca Pkwy, Suite 300, Irvine, CA 92606.
Read Oct 1, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workHRC Fertility-Pasadena
- Dream Plus Package
Named on the clinic's website without its terms
Price not posted
- Promise Package
More cycles at no charge if earlier ones fail, no cash refund; covers up to 2 egg retrievals
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Life IVF Center
- Gaia outcome-protected plan
A refund if no live birth (amount not posted)
Price not posted
- Life IVF multi-cycle packages
A multi-cycle package with no refund; medications extra
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsHRC Fertility-Pasadena
From its packages page for patients traveling from abroad
Includes medications, monitoring, anesthesia and 1 year of storage
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Life IVF Center
One egg freezing cycle
Includes 1 year of storage, then $750 a year
On top: medications and anesthesia
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Frozen embryo transfer
What a frozen transfer costsLife IVF Center
Frozen embryo transfer (thaw and transfer)
Includes the thaw and the transfer
Monitoring and medications not included
Monitoring $850 and uterine-prep medications $500 to $1,500 more
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
PGT (embryo genetic testing)
What PGT costsHRC Fertility-Pasadena
Own-egg IVF package
Covers the biopsy and the lab test
Also includes assisted hatching (from its site for international patients)
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
Life IVF Center
- $1,000per embryo
Biopsy and testing
Covers the biopsy and the lab test
- $8,950for up to 4 embryos, then $1,000 per extra embryo
Precision Embryo Freezing package
Covers the biopsy and the lab test
- $850per embryo
Biopsy and testing
Covers the biopsy and the lab test
For embryos made from eggs frozen earlier
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
Embryo and egg storage
What storage costsHRC Fertility-Pasadena
- Egg freezing cycle, from $16,000
Includes the first year of storage
Medications included; from its package list for international patients
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
Life IVF Center
- $750a year
Embryo storage
Or $70 a month
- $750a year
Egg storage
- $750includes the first year of storage
Sperm freezing
Up to 3 vials; $200 for each additional vial
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsHRC Fertility-Pasadena
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
Life IVF Center
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
HRC Fertility-Pasadena is in Pasadena, CA and Life IVF Center is in Irvine, CA, about 37 miles apart. Both are in the Los Angeles metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
HRC Fertility-Pasadena
55 S. Lake Ave, 9th Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101
- Phone
- (626) 440-9161
- Medical director
- John G. Wilcox, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Life IVF Center
3500 Barranca Pkwy, Suite 300, Irvine, CA 92606
- Phone
- (949) 788-1133
- Medical director
- Frank D. Yelian, MD, PHD
- 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.
Common questions about HRC Fertility-Pasadena and Life IVF Center
Which has the higher IVF success rate, HRC Fertility-Pasadena or Life IVF Center?
For patients under 35, HRC Fertility-Pasadena reported a live-birth rate of 42.8% per intended egg retrieval and Life IVF Center reported 28.2% (CDC data for 2022). HRC Fertility-Pasadena 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 HRC Fertility-Pasadena compared with Life IVF Center?
Life IVF Center's website posts $5,950 for IVF (read Oct 1, 2026). HRC Fertility-Pasadena has no posted IVF price we could confirm. 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 HRC Fertility-Pasadena and Life IVF Center offer IVF refund programs?
HRC Fertility-Pasadena names a refund program on its website without posting its terms, and Life IVF Center 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, HRC Fertility-Pasadena or Life IVF Center?
HRC Fertility-Pasadena is the larger clinic: it reported 2,279 cycles to the CDC and Life IVF Center reported 2,030. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are HRC Fertility-Pasadena and Life IVF Center?
HRC Fertility-Pasadena is in Pasadena, CA and Life IVF Center is in Irvine, CA, about 37 miles apart. Both are in the Los Angeles metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at HRC Fertility-Pasadena and Life IVF Center?
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.