How much does IVF cost abroad?

It is priced per cycle and varies widely: about $15,000–$25,000 in the US, £5,000–£8,000 in the UK, €4,500–€6,500 in Spain, and €3,000–€5,000 in Czechia or Greece. Medications, ICSI, genetic testing, freezing and donor eggs are usually extra — confirm what the cycle price actually includes.

How do I compare IVF success rates honestly?

Compare the age-banded LIVE-BIRTH rate per cycle started — not "pregnancy rate" or "per transfer", which flatter the clinic. Use the SART (US) and HFEA (UK) registries, which publish audited, age-adjusted data, over any figure on a clinic’s own website.

How do I know an IVF clinic is legitimate?

Look for a named, board-certified reproductive endocrinologist (REI) or an ESHRE-credentialed specialist, and a clinic that reports to a registry — SART/CDC in the US, HFEA in the UK, or a national ART registry. Those make outcomes and licensing auditable rather than self-claimed.

What are the red flags in fertility tourism?

Cherry-picked success numbers, a stack of unproven paid add-ons (the HFEA rates most amber/red), no registry reporting, “guaranteed baby” marketing, and glossing over the donor-anonymity and eligibility laws for your situation.

Verified directory · updated 2026-06-20

IVF clinics, verified by the specialist — and the registry.

Fertility marketing is full of cherry-picked success rates. This directory lists 74 clinics across 13 regions, each confirmed against at least two independent sources, with the named reproductive specialist verified against SART, HFEA, ESHRE or a national registry where possible. We flag leadership changes, show reviews per platform, and point you to the audited registries — not the clinic’s own number.

56 Tier-1 (registry-verified specialist) · 61 with a named verified specialist · sourced, never fabricated.

Verified clinics

How IVF pricing really works

IVF is priced per cycle, and the headline rarely includes everything. Medications, ICSI, genetic testing (PGT-A), freezing/storage and donor eggs are common add-ons that move the real total a lot.

Country	Per cycle	Notes
United States	$15,000–$25,000+ / cycle	Meds + add-ons often extra; most expensive market
United Kingdom	£5,000–£8,000 / cycle	HFEA-regulated; NHS funding limited/postcode-dependent
Spain	€4,500–€6,500 / cycle	Europe's IVF hub; anonymous egg donation; strong donor availability
Czechia / Greece	€3,000–€5,000 / cycle	Popular value hubs; donor programmes
Cyprus / Turkey	€2,500–€4,500 / cycle	Lower cost; verify lab + legal eligibility carefully

Confirm what the cycle price includes: consultations, monitoring, egg retrieval, ICSI, the transfer.
Usually EXTRA: medications (€1,000–€5,000), PGT-A genetic testing, freezing + annual storage, donor eggs/sperm, and repeat transfers.

Success rates: Compare success on the RIGHT metric: age-banded LIVE-BIRTH rate per cycle started — not "pregnancy rate" or "per transfer", which flatter the clinic. Use the SART (US) / HFEA (UK) registries, which publish audited, age-adjusted data, over any number on a clinic's own site.

The credential signal (and how to check it)

Board-certified REI (reproductive endocrinology & infertility) — Highest

In the US, a subspecialty board certification (ABOG) beyond OB-GYN — the doctor running your cycle ideally holds it. Internationally, an ESHRE Reproductive Medicine certification / fellowship is the equivalent signal. Certification attaches to the named physician, not the brand.

SART member / CDC-reporting clinic (US) — High (transparency)

SART-member US clinics report their outcomes to SART and the CDC — meaning their success rates are independently published and auditable, not self-claimed. Membership itself is a transparency signal.

HFEA-licensed (UK) — High (regulated)

In the UK every clinic is licensed and inspected by the HFEA, which also publishes per-clinic success data and an add-on "traffic light" rating. A current HFEA licence is a hard requirement, not a marketing claim.

National ART registry-registered — Solid

e.g. CNRHA (Spain), national registries elsewhere — confirms the clinic is a licensed ART centre in its country.

General gynaecologist (no REI / unregistered) — Weak alone

IVF is specialist work; a clinic without a named REI/ESHRE-credentialed lead or registry listing is a lower-trust signal — ask who runs the lab and the cycles.

Red flags

⚑ Success-rate cherry-picking

Headline "70% success" usually means pregnancy-per-transfer in young patients, not live-birth-per-cycle across all ages. If a clinic won't give age-banded live-birth data or isn't in SART/HFEA, treat the number as marketing.

⚑ Unproven add-on upselling

Assisted hatching, EmbryoGlue, immune therapy, endometrial scratch — the HFEA "add-ons traffic light" rates most of these amber/red (no strong evidence they raise live-birth rates). Being sold a stack of paid add-ons is a flag.

⚑ No registry / no named REI

A clinic that doesn't report to a registry (SART/HFEA/national) and won't name the board-certified physician running cycles is harder to verify — and impossible to audit on outcomes.

⚑ Legal / donor mismatch

Donor anonymity, age caps, and single/same-sex eligibility differ by country (e.g. Spain anonymous donation vs UK non-anonymous). A clinic that glosses over the legal rules for YOUR situation is a risk — check the eligibility rules first.

⚑ "Guaranteed baby" / refund programs

No clinic can guarantee a live birth. Multi-cycle "refund" packages can be reasonable financially but the guarantee framing is a marketing tell — read what actually triggers the refund.

How we verify (methodology)

Every clinic needs at least two independent corroborating sources before it is listed. The named reproductive specialist is verified against SART, HFEA, ESHRE or a national ART registry where possible, and leadership transitions are flagged (a founder who has handed over is marked accordingly). Reviews are shown per platform — Google, Trustpilot, Doctoralia/Top Doctors — never blended. We do not publish a clinic's self-claimed success rate as fact; the SART and HFEA registries are the authority. Contact details are recorded only where published. Tier 1 = a named, registry-verified specialist + accreditation + multi-source detail; Tier 2 = solid and sourced; Tier 3 = listed, thinner verification.

IVF clinics, verified by the specialist — and the registry.

Verified clinics

Spain (8)

Czech Republic (7)

India (7)

Cyprus (North / TRNC) (6)

Greece (6)

Turkey (6)

Denmark (5)

Mexico (5)

Portugal (5)

Ukraine (5)

United Kingdom (5)

United States (5)

Cyprus (South / Republic of Cyprus) (4)

How IVF pricing really works

The credential signal (and how to check it)

Red flags

How we verify (methodology)

Sources