UCSF Center for Reproductive Health vs Zouves Fertility Center
Two fertility clinics in the San Francisco area, about 15 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.
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health (San Francisco, CA) and Zouves Fertility Center (Foster City, CA) are fertility clinics in the San Francisco area, about 15 miles apart. For patients under 35, UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported a live-birth rate of 37.8% per intended egg retrieval and Zouves Fertility Center reported 45.8% (CDC data for 2022). UCSF Center for Reproductive Health posts an IVF price of $14,000 on its website. Zouves Fertility Center posts no IVF price 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, UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported a live-birth rate of 37.8% per intended egg retrieval and Zouves Fertility Center reported 45.8% (CDC data for 2022). UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported the higher rate for patients 35 to 37, 38 to 40 and over 40, and Zouves Fertility Center for patients under 35.
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.
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
IVF, low end of a range up to $20,000
Billed on top: medications ($4,000 - $6,000), anesthesia ($816) and PGT genetic testing ($2,000)
Not stated on its page: monitoring, the egg retrieval, fertilization and embryo culture, ICSI, an embryo transfer, embryo freezing, embryo storage, a frozen embryo transfer, pre-cycle testing and assisted hatching
A cash-pay estimate that already includes the 50% cash-pay discount the page describes.
Read Oct 13, 2026. Full terms on its page
Zouves Fertility Center
Posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 26, 2026). Its price comes from a quote, usually after a consultation.
Refund programs and multi-cycle packages
How IVF refund programs workUCSF Center for Reproductive Health
- ARC Fertility IVF cycle packages
A multi-cycle package with no refund
Price not posted
- Multicycle packages
A multi-cycle package with no refund
Price not posted
Read Oct 6, 2026. Full terms on its page
Zouves Fertility Center
Offers no IVF refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (read Oct 6, 2026).
Egg freezing
What egg freezing costsUCSF Center for Reproductive Health
One egg freezing cycle
On top: medications and anesthesia
Read Oct 4, 2026. Full terms on its page
Frozen embryo transfer
What a frozen transfer costsUCSF Center for Reproductive Health
Frozen embryo transfer cycle
The clinic's estimate
Medications about $1,000 to $1,500 more
Read Oct 10, 2026. Full terms on its page
PGT (embryo genetic testing)
What PGT costsUCSF Center for Reproductive Health
PGT
The clinic's estimate
From UCSF's IVF cost table
Read Oct 9, 2026. Full terms on its page
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
- $1,900 to $2,500a cycle
IUI with minimal stimulation
On top: medications (about $500), for $2,400 to $3,000 in all
- $3,800 to $4,500a cycle
IUI with controlled ovarian stimulation
On top: medications ($500 to $3,000), for $4,300 to $7,500 in all
Read Oct 8, 2026. Full terms on its page
Reciprocal IVF
What reciprocal IVF costsUCSF Center for Reproductive Health
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
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health is in San Francisco, CA and Zouves Fertility Center is in Foster City, CA, about 15 miles apart. Both are in the San Francisco metro area. Contact details come from the CDC and may have changed.
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health
499 Illinois St, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158
- Phone
- (415) 353-3040
- Medical director
- Marcelle I. Cedars, MD
- CDC status
- Open
Zouves Fertility Center
1241 E. Hillsdale Blvd, Suite 100, Foster City, CA 94404
- Phone
- (650) 378-1000
- Medical director
- Christo G. Zouves, MD
- 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.
Compare with another San Francisco clinic
Keep one of the two and pick any other clinic of the area that reports enough to compare.
Common questions about UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and Zouves Fertility Center
Which has the higher IVF success rate, UCSF Center for Reproductive Health or Zouves Fertility Center?
For patients under 35, UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported a live-birth rate of 37.8% per intended egg retrieval and Zouves Fertility Center reported 45.8% (CDC data for 2022). UCSF Center for Reproductive Health reported the higher rate for patients 35 to 37, 38 to 40 and over 40, and Zouves Fertility Center for patients under 35. 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 UCSF Center for Reproductive Health compared with Zouves Fertility Center?
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health's website posts $14,000 for IVF (read Oct 13, 2026). Zouves Fertility Center posts no IVF price on its website (read Sep 26, 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 UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and Zouves Fertility Center offer IVF refund programs?
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health offers multi-cycle packages, with no refund if treatment fails, and Zouves Fertility Center offers no refund program or multi-cycle package on its website (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 UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and Zouves Fertility Center?
For patients aged 35-37 who were new to IVF, 49.7% at UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and 47.6% at Zouves Fertility Center had a baby after all their egg retrievals in the CDC's 2022 data, counting embryo transfers within a year of each retrieval.
How do UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and Zouves Fertility Center compare for donor egg IVF?
Of transfers of frozen embryos made from donor eggs in 2022, 42.5% at UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and 38.0% at Zouves Fertility Center led to a live birth. The CDC reports donor egg results per transfer and not by age.
Which is the larger clinic, UCSF Center for Reproductive Health or Zouves Fertility Center?
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health is the larger clinic: it reported 1,429 cycles to the CDC and Zouves Fertility Center reported 202, about 7.1 times as many. Cycle volume shows how busy a clinic is, not how good it is.
How far apart are UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and Zouves Fertility Center?
UCSF Center for Reproductive Health is in San Francisco, CA and Zouves Fertility Center is in Foster City, CA, about 15 miles apart. Both are in the San Francisco metro area.
Does insurance cover IVF at UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and Zouves Fertility 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.