Life IVF Center vs Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
Two fertility clinics in the Los Angeles area, about 34 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.
Life IVF Center (Irvine, CA) and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster (Redondo Beach, CA) are fertility clinics in the Los Angeles area, about 34 miles apart. For patients under 35, Life IVF Center reported a live-birth rate of 28.2% per intended egg retrieval and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster reported 54.5% (CDC data for 2022). Life IVF Center posts an IVF price of $5,950 on its website. Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster 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, Life IVF Center reported a live-birth rate of 28.2% per intended egg retrieval and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster reported 54.5% (CDC data for 2022). Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster 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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
IVF, as its website posts it
The clinic publishes an example IVF price range of $14,000-$18,000+ for one IVF treatment. Medication costs are explicitly excluded. Prices are subject to change and the final cost depends on the patient's physiology, response to medications, fertility goals, and insurance coverage. Embryo transfer is listed separately at $3,000-$4,000, and genetic testing separately at $3,000+. The pricing page applies to Reproductive Partners Medical Group's South Bay practice, which serves Redondo Beach patients from its Torrance clinic.
Read Oct 2, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workLife 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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
- IVF Success Program (Sunfish)
A refund if treatment fails (amount not posted)
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsLife 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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
One egg freezing cycle
On top: medications
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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
Embryo transfer cycle
Medications not included
The clinic's estimate
Listed apart from IVF
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
PGT (embryo genetic testing)
What PGT costsLife 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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
No posted price we could confirm.
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
- $1,000 to $2,500a cycle
IUI
On top: medications
Read Oct 8, 2026. Full terms on its page
Embryo and egg storage
What storage costsLife 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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
No posted price we could confirm.
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsLife IVF Center
Describes reciprocal IVF as one of its services, without a price (read Oct 11, 2026).
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
No reciprocal IVF price or description we could confirm.
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
Life IVF Center is in Irvine, CA and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster is in Redondo Beach, CA, about 34 miles apart. Both are in the Los Angeles metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
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
Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
510 N. Prospect Ave, Suite 202, Redondo Beach, CA 90277
- Phone
- (310) 318-3010
- Medical director
- Gayane Ambartsumyan, 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 Life IVF Center and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Life IVF Center or Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster?
For patients under 35, Life IVF Center reported a live-birth rate of 28.2% per intended egg retrieval and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster reported 54.5% (CDC data for 2022). Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster 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 Life IVF Center compared with Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster?
Life IVF Center's website posts $5,950 for IVF (read Oct 1, 2026) and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster's posts $14,000 (read Oct 2, 2026). 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 Life IVF Center and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster offer IVF refund programs?
Life IVF Center offers a program that returns money if treatment fails, and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster 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, Life IVF Center or Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster?
Life IVF Center is the larger clinic: it reported 2,030 cycles to the CDC and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster reported 1,080, about 1.9 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Life IVF Center and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster?
Life IVF Center is in Irvine, CA and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster is in Redondo Beach, CA, about 34 miles apart. Both are in the Los Angeles metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Life IVF Center and Reproductive Partners-Beverly Hills, Redondo Beach & Westminster?
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.