Johns Hopkins Fertility Center vs Shady Grove Fertility-Towson
Two fertility clinics in the Baltimore area, about 4 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.
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center (Lutherville, MD) and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson (Towson, MD) are fertility clinics in the Baltimore area, about 4 miles apart. For patients under 35, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center reported a live-birth rate of 42.0% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson reported 51.8% (CDC data for 2022). Johns Hopkins Fertility Center posts no IVF price on its website. Shady Grove Fertility-Towson 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, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center reported a live-birth rate of 42.0% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson reported 51.8% (CDC data for 2022). Shady Grove Fertility-Towson 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.
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Shady Grove Fertility-Towson
IVF, as its website posts it
Shady Grove Fertility’s July 2022 financial guide lists a Single Cycle IVF Program at $11,000, including one IVF cycle with a fresh embryo transfer. The guide states that prices are estimates as of July 2022 and subject to change. Embryo cryopreservation, monthly cryostorage, frozen embryo transfer, PGT embryo biopsy, PGT-A analysis, PGT-M/PGT-SR laboratory analysis, diagnostic testing, and medications are excluded or separately charged. The guide is a general Shady Grove Fertility fee reference and does not identify a Towson-specific price; local applicability and current pricing must be confirmed with the Towson financial counselor.
Read Oct 2, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workJohns Hopkins Fertility Center
Offers no IVF refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (read Oct 6, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility-Towson
- Shared Risk 100% Refund Program for IVF
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
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsJohns Hopkins Fertility Center
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Shady Grove Fertility-Towson
Posts no egg freezing price on its website (read Oct 4, 2026).
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsShady Grove Fertility-Towson
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
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center is in Lutherville, MD and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson is in Towson, MD, about 4 miles apart. Both are in the Baltimore metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center
10755 Falls Rd, Pavilion I, Suite 480, Lutherville, MD 21093
- Phone
- (410) 847-3835
- Medical director
- Valerie L. Baker, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Shady Grove Fertility-Towson
901 Dulaney Valley Rd, Suite 616, Towson, MD 21204
- Phone
- (410) 512-8300
- Medical director
- Jeffrey L. McKeeby, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Insurance law
- 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.
Common questions about Johns Hopkins Fertility Center and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center or Shady Grove Fertility-Towson?
For patients under 35, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center reported a live-birth rate of 42.0% per intended egg retrieval and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson reported 51.8% (CDC data for 2022). Shady Grove Fertility-Towson 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 Johns Hopkins Fertility Center compared with Shady Grove Fertility-Towson?
Shady Grove Fertility-Towson's website posts $11,000 for IVF (read Oct 2, 2026). Johns Hopkins Fertility Center posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 4, 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 Johns Hopkins Fertility Center and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson offer IVF refund programs?
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center offers no refund program or multi-cycle package on its website, and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson 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, Johns Hopkins Fertility Center or Shady Grove Fertility-Towson?
Shady Grove Fertility-Towson is the larger clinic: it reported 1,547 cycles to the CDC and Johns Hopkins Fertility Center reported 565, about 2.7 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Johns Hopkins Fertility Center and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson?
Johns Hopkins Fertility Center is in Lutherville, MD and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson is in Towson, MD, about 4 miles apart. Both are in the Baltimore metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Johns Hopkins Fertility Center and Shady Grove Fertility-Towson?
Yes, for many plans: Maryland requires some fully-insured health plans to cover IVF. Individual and group policies that cover pregnancy must cover three IVF cycles per live birth, up to a $100,000 lifetime maximum. Employers with fewer than 50 employees are exempt. Fertility preservation: Fertility preservation is covered when a medical treatment may cause infertility (sperm and egg storage excluded). 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.