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Bay IVF

  • Offers donor eggs
  • Fertility preservation

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

Services

Core services

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

Support services

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

Prices

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

  1. 1st transferEstimate, about $29,368 to $35,770Estimate
  2. By the 2ndEstimate, about $34,918 to $41,570+$5.6k to $5.8kEstimate
  3. By the 3rdEstimate, about $40,468 to $47,370+$5.6k to $5.8kEstimate

Sources:

  • the clinic's website · as of Oct 2026
  • the clinic's website (May 2025) · as of Oct 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)

Financing partners

  • Future Family

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.

Sources:

  • the national provider registry (NPPES) · as of Oct 2026
  • the clinic's website · as of Sep 2026

Lab records

  • Lab accredited by COLA (first certified 1993)
  • Registered with the FDA to store embryos, eggs and sperm (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

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

Policies

  • Age limits
  • BMI guidelines

Main clinic

1681 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA
(650) 322-0500
care@BayIVF.com

Directors

FP
Francis Polansky M.D.
Practice directorLab directorMedical director

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