Palo Alto Medical Foundation vs Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley
Two fertility clinics in the San Jose area, about 9 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.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation (San Jose, CA) and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley (Sunnyvale, CA) are fertility clinics in the San Jose area, about 9 miles apart. For patients under 35, Palo Alto Medical Foundation reported a live-birth rate of 57.5% per intended egg retrieval and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley reported 52.3% (CDC data for 2022). Palo Alto Medical Foundation posts no IVF price on its website. Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley posts an IVF price of $18,875 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, Palo Alto Medical Foundation reported a live-birth rate of 57.5% per intended egg retrieval and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley reported 52.3% (CDC data for 2022). Palo Alto Medical Foundation 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.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 5, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley
IVF, as its website posts it
Spring Fertility's current cash-pay estimate for one IVF cycle with conventional insemination at its California clinics: $18,875 for the cycle. The table lists anesthesia, embryo transfer, Zymot, and saline sonogram as included; medications are separate at $3,000-$5,000; PGT is not included/applicable for this option. Estimated total shown is $22,875-$24,875. Spring states these are estimates rather than final bills, insurance coverage varies by employer plan, and a personalized cost breakdown is provided after physician consultation. The Sunnyvale clinic page identifies the Silicon Valley location in Sunnyvale, California.
Read Sep 24, 2026. Full terms on its page
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workPalo Alto Medical Foundation
Offers no IVF refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (read Oct 6, 2026).
Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley
- Spring Promise
The egg freezing fee back if the frozen eggs bring no pregnancy; enrollment up to age 38; medications extra
Price not posted
- Win Fertility Premiere (WINFertility)
A multi-cycle package with no refund
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsSpring Fertility-Silicon Valley
Pay-in-full price
Includes monitoring and anesthesia
On top: medications and storage ($950 a year)
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Frozen embryo transfer
What a frozen transfer costsSpring Fertility-Silicon Valley
Frozen embryo transfer
Includes the transfer
Medications and anesthesia not included
The clinic's estimate
Its California cash-pay estimate
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
PGT (embryo genetic testing)
What PGT costsSpring Fertility-Silicon Valley
Embryo freezing with genetic testing
The clinic's estimate
California cash-pay price
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley
- $2,798 to $3,834a cycle
IUI cycle
On top: medications ($100 to $500), for $2,898 to $4,334 in all
Spring Fertility's California price
Read Oct 8, 2026. Full terms on its page
Embryo and egg storage
What storage costsSpring Fertility-Silicon Valley
- $950a year
Embryo storage
Its California price, paid in full
- $950a year
Egg storage
Its California price, paid in full
- $950a year
Sperm storage
Its California price, paid in full
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsSpring Fertility-Silicon Valley
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
Palo Alto Medical Foundation is in San Jose, CA and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley is in Sunnyvale, CA, about 9 miles apart. Both are in the San Jose metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation
2581 Samaritan Dr, Suite 302, San Jose, CA 95124
- Phone
- (800) 597-2234
- Medical director
- Mohammad M. Ezzati, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley
550 Lakeside Dr, Sunnyvale, CA 94085
- Phone
- (415) 964-5618
- Medical director
- Nam D. Tran, 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 Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley
Which has the higher IVF success rate, Palo Alto Medical Foundation or Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley?
For patients under 35, Palo Alto Medical Foundation reported a live-birth rate of 57.5% per intended egg retrieval and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley reported 52.3% (CDC data for 2022). Palo Alto Medical Foundation 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 Palo Alto Medical Foundation compared with Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley?
Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley's website posts $18,875 for IVF (read Sep 24, 2026). Palo Alto Medical Foundation posts no IVF price on its website (read Oct 5, 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 Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley offer IVF refund programs?
Palo Alto Medical Foundation offers no refund program or multi-cycle package on its website, and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley 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, Palo Alto Medical Foundation or Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley?
Palo Alto Medical Foundation is the larger clinic: it reported 479 cycles to the CDC and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley reported 283, about 1.7 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley?
Palo Alto Medical Foundation is in San Jose, CA and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley is in Sunnyvale, CA, about 9 miles apart. Both are in the San Jose metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Spring Fertility-Silicon Valley?
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.