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UCSF Center for Reproductive Health

  • Offers donor eggs
  • Fertility preservation
  • Has a female reproductive endocrinologist (REI)

Sources:

  • Offers donor eggs: SART data and CDC data · 2024 data
  • Fertility preservation: the FDA tissue bank registry (HCT/P), CDC data and SART data · as of Sep 2026
  • Has a female reproductive endocrinologist (REI): the national provider registry (NPPES) · as of Oct 2026

Services

Core services

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

Support services

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

Prices

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

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

  1. 1st transferEstimate, about $28,474 to $41,212Estimate
  2. By the 2ndEstimate, about $33,224 to $48,212+$4.8k to $7kEstimate
  3. By the 3rdEstimate, about $37,974 to $55,212+$4.8k to $7kEstimate

Source: the clinic's website · as of Sep 2026

Insurance and coverage

California law

California requires many insurers to cover IVF (law effective 2026) -- 3 oocyte retrievals, unlimited transfers (large group).

California law requires coverage of fertility preservation before treatment that can cause infertility, such as cancer treatment (effective 2020).

Citation: Cal. Health & Saf. Code SS1374.551-.552; Cal. Ins. Code SS10119.61-.62 (SB 600, ch. 853, Stats. 2019)

What insurers pay this clinic

These are rates insurers have agreed to pay the clinic. They are not your cost and are not part of the prices above.

  • CignaIVF case rate: $4,842 to $6,840
  • UnitedHealthcareIVF case rate: $6,415Sum of rates for IVF services: $1,226 to $16,302

A negotiated rate is what the insurer has agreed to pay the clinic for a billed service, not the patient's cost; the patient's share depends on the plan's IVF benefit, deductible and coinsurance. A clinic in the insurer's network file with no IVF billing codes suggests the plan likely excludes IVF.

Sources:

  • Baby Steps review of state law · as of Oct 2026
  • insurers' published rate files · as of Oct 2026

Fertility doctors

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

Sources:

  • the national provider registry (NPPES) · as of Oct 2026
  • CMS Doctors & Clinicians · as of Aug 2026
  • the clinic's website · as of Sep 2026

Lab records

  • Lab accredited by CAP (first certified 1992)
  • Registered with the FDA to store embryos, eggs, sperm and ovarian tissue (2026 registration)

Sources:

  • the federal lab certification records (CLIA) · as of Jul 2026
  • 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

  • No age limits
  • No BMI guidelines

Main clinic and satellite clinics

499 Illinois St Sixth Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
(415) 353-7475
Marcelle.Cedars@ucsf.edu
ucsfhealth.org

Directors

MC
Marcelle Cedars
Practice directorMedical director
MR
Mitchell Rosen MD
Lab director

Raw data explorer

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