Egg freezing

Egg freezing cost in Chicago, IL

What the 19 fertility clinics in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area that offer egg freezing post for it on their own websites, with what each price covers, beside the egg and embryo banking each one reported to the CDC.

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4 of 19clinics post a price
2,114banking cycles, CDC 2022

4 of the 19 clinics in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area that offer egg freezing post their prices on their own websites: $7,800 to $9,000 at Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago, $8,750 at Institute for Human Reproduction (IHR), about $7,000 at InVia Fertility Specialists and $5,500 to $11,925 at The Advanced IVF Institute, Charles E. Miller, MD, SC & Associates (read on Oct 4, 2026). The other 15 post no price on their websites, so ask for a written quote. Read each price with its terms: 3 of the 4 posted prices leave out the stimulation medications, which typically add $2,000 to $6,000 a cycle, and storage typically costs $500 to $1,000 a year once any storage a price includes ends. Nationally, one egg freezing cycle typically costs $12,000 to $20,000 all in, and many people need more than one.

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Every Chicago-area clinic's egg freezing price

What each clinic that offers egg freezing posts on its own website, read on Oct 4, 2026, with what the price includes and what it charges on top.

Ordered by the egg and embryo banking cycles each clinic reported to the CDC ART program, largest first: how much of the procedure a clinic does, not its price or its results. Amounts are never averaged or ranked, because each covers different services. A clinic belongs to the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area by the ZIP code of its address.

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What a posted egg freezing price leaves out

Three costs decide what you actually pay, and a posted price may include some, all or none of them.

Medications

3 of the 4 posted prices exclude the stimulation drugs. They typically add $2,000 to $6,000 a cycle. See the cash prices of Menopur and Gonal-f.

Storage

2 of the 4 posted prices include a first period of storage. 2 clinics post their yearly fee (listed with each price above). Storage typically costs $500 to $1,000 a year, for as long as the eggs stay frozen.

A second cycle

Most people freeze over more than one cycle, especially past 35, because a single retrieval rarely banks enough eggs on its own. Budget for the real chance of a second cycle. How many eggs to freeze at your age.

Insurance

Does insurance cover egg freezing in Chicago, IL?

Illinois

Individual and group policies must cover fertility preservation when a necessary treatment may cause infertility.

Illinois's full insurance answer

State fertility preservation laws cover freezing before a medical treatment that may cause infertility, such as chemotherapy or radiation. Elective egg freezing, with no medical trigger, is not covered by those laws and is generally paid out of pocket unless an employer offers it as a fertility benefit. How to check your own plan.

Source: RESOLVE Insurance Coverage by State · as of Oct 1, 2026

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Grants that can pay for egg freezing

Programs whose awards may be spent on egg freezing and that accept applicants from this area. Several are limited to particular groups, such as cancer survivors: the grant finder shows who can apply and when.

5 grants accept Illinois residents for egg freezing: Baby Quest Foundation, Gift of Parenthood, Hopeful Mama Grant, SAMFund Family Building Grant (Expect Miracles Foundation) and Chicago Coalition for Family Building grants.

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Questions

Egg freezing in Chicago, IL: common questions

How much does egg freezing cost in Chicago, IL?

4 of the 19 clinics in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area that offer egg freezing post their prices on their own websites: $7,800 to $9,000 at Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago, $8,750 at Institute for Human Reproduction (IHR), about $7,000 at InVia Fertility Specialists and $5,500 to $11,925 at The Advanced IVF Institute, Charles E. Miller, MD, SC & Associates (read on Oct 4, 2026). The other 15 post no price on their websites, so ask for a written quote. Read each price with its terms: 3 of the 4 posted prices leave out the stimulation medications, which typically add $2,000 to $6,000 a cycle, and storage typically costs $500 to $1,000 a year once any storage a price includes ends. Nationally, one egg freezing cycle typically costs $12,000 to $20,000 all in, and many people need more than one.

How much does egg storage cost in Chicago, IL?

Advanced Fertility Center of Chicago posts $1,000 a year and InVia Fertility Specialists posts $600 a year for egg storage (read on Oct 4, 2026). 2 of the 4 posted prices include a first period of storage. Nationally, storage typically costs $500 to $1,000 a year, for as long as the eggs stay frozen.

Does insurance cover egg freezing in Chicago, IL?

Illinois: Individual and group policies must cover fertility preservation when a necessary treatment may cause infertility. State fertility preservation laws cover freezing before a medical treatment that may cause infertility, such as chemotherapy or radiation. Elective egg freezing, with no medical trigger, is not covered by those laws and is generally paid out of pocket unless an employer offers it as a fertility benefit.

Which Chicago-area clinics do the most egg freezing?

Among Chicago-area clinics, Northwestern Fertility and Reproductive Medicine (475), Kindbody-Chicago West Loop (391) and Fertility Centers of Illinois-Highland Park IVF Center (274) reported the most egg and embryo banking (fertility preservation) cycles to the CDC for 2022. Volume shows how much of the procedure a clinic does; it is not a measure of its results or its price.

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Prices are what each clinic's own website stated on Oct 4, 2026; clinics change them, so confirm the current price and exactly what it covers in writing before you book. Banking volumes are CDC ART reports, not a measure of results. Informational only, not medical advice. Success rates vary by individual; confirm with a clinician.