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University of Chicago Medicine Center for Reproductive Medicine and Fertility

  • Offers donor eggs
  • Fertility preservation

Sources:

  • Offers donor eggs: SART data and CDC data · 2024 data
  • Fertility preservation: CDC data and SART data · 2024 data

Services

Core services

  • Outside monitoring
  • Preimplantation Genetic Testing (PGT)
  • Egg cryopreservation
  • Embryo cryopreservation
  • Egg donor
  • Embryo donor
  • Surrogacy

Support services

  • Dietitian
  • Genetic counseling
  • Ovarian tissue cryopreservation
  • Acupuncture
  • Mental health
  • Wellness program

Prices

Network prices apply at all other locations of this clinic unless noted.

Your plan: own eggs, frozen transfer, , no . loading...

Self-pay cost, added up through each transfer, before insurance.

  1. 1st transferRegional estimate, about $22,753 to $43,280Regional estimate
  2. By the 2ndRegional estimate, about $27,127 to $50,724+$4.4k to $7.4kRegional estimate
  3. By the 3rdRegional estimate, about $31,502 to $58,169+$4.4k to $7.4kRegional estimate

Insurance and coverage

Illinois law

Illinois requires many insurers to cover IVF (law effective 1991) -- up to 6 egg retrievals (4 + 2 after live birth).

Illinois law requires coverage of fertility preservation before treatment that can cause infertility, such as cancer treatment (effective 2019).

Citation: 215 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/356z.32 (HB 2617, added to the 215 ILCS 5/356m Family Building Act mandate)

Accepted insurance

Check your own plan's IVF benefit; accepting an insurer does not mean every plan covers IVF.

Health insurers

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Humana
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Oscar Health
  • UnitedHealthcare

Public programs

  • Medicaid
  • Medicare

Sources:

  • the clinic's website · as of Sep 2026
  • Baby Steps review of state law · as of Oct 2026

Fertility doctors

Reproductive endocrinologists (REIs) the national provider registry (NPPES) lists at this clinic.

Source: the national provider registry (NPPES) · as of Oct 2026

Lab records

  • Registered with the FDA to store sperm (2026 registration)

Source: the FDA tissue bank registry (HCT/P) · as of Sep 2026

Patients served

Specialties

  • Patients with HIV
  • LGBTQIA+ patients
  • Single men
  • Single women
  • Female couples
  • Male couples

Policies

  • Age limits
  • BMI guidelines

Main clinic and satellite clinics

1101 S Canal St, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
(773) 702-6642
Madeline.Gammons@uchicagomedicine.org
uchicagomedicine.org

Directors

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Sana Salih
Practice director
I am a Clinical Associate at the University of Chicago. I received my medical degree from the University of Khartoum, Sudan. I completed my residency in OB/GYN at Yale University and a Reproductive Endocrinology Fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch. I was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin for ten years. I subsequently served as the Director of the REI Fellowship at Wayne State University and was recently the REI division director at the University of Illinois.
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Juergen Liebermann Ph.D
Lab director
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Alberuni Zamah MD, Ph.D.
Medical director

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