Methodology · updated 2026-07-13

How this directory is verified.

Every clinic in this directory cleared at least two INDEPENDENT sources before being listed. A clinic’s own website is not, by itself, proof. We list 95 US clinics: 59 Tier-1, 35 Tier-2, 1 Tier-3. No clinic pays to be listed or to rank.

The two-source rule

Commission-driven aggregators and egg-broker / egg-sharing platforms (Bookimed, GoStork, Cofertility, EggBanxx and similar) do NOT count toward the two-independent-source test. They can add detail but cannot be the proof a clinic exists or is good.

SART clinic finder + SART CORS clinic summary reports
CDC ART Success Rates (national + per-clinic)
ASRM membership and ABOG (REI) board certification
Google Business Profile / Google Maps (existence, address, phone, ratings)
Independent press and academic-hospital directories
Per-platform patient reviews (Google, Yelp, Healthgrades) — kept separate, never blended

What the tiers mean

Tier 1: Authority-verified doctor: Named, currently-practising board-certified REI verified in an authority body, SART member, multiple independent sources, egg freezing confirmed.
Tier 2: Verified clinic: Real, multi-sourced licensed ART clinic with egg freezing confirmed and published contact — doctor or photo detail may be thinner.
Tier 3: Listed, thinner proof: Appears real but with lighter verification; shown for completeness and flagged as such.

Where we could not verify a field (a price, an email, a photo), we left it blank rather than guessing. A fabricated detail would break the one thing this directory is for.

What the accreditations & registries actually mean

SART member clinic Baseline trust: The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology is the main US professional body for ART clinics. Member clinics report every cycle to the SART CORS registry, so their egg-freezing and IVF outcomes are audited and public. Not every US clinic reports — a SART member that publishes a clinic summary report is the baseline signal you want.
CDC ART reporting Regulatory: Federal law (the 1992 Fertility Clinic Success Rate and Certification Act) requires clinics to report ART cycles to the CDC. The CDC publishes national and per-clinic data. A clinic in the CDC dataset is operating in the open; absence from it is a question worth asking.
Board-certified REI (ABOG subspecialty) Highest — the doctor: A Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility subspecialist is an OB/GYN who completed a 3-year REI fellowship and passed the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ABOG) subspecialty exam. This certification attaches to the PHYSICIAN, not the clinic. It is the strongest per-doctor credential — verify the named doctor is board-certified and currently practising there.
ASRM membership Professional: The American Society for Reproductive Medicine is the parent professional society (SART is its ART affiliate). Membership signals engagement with current standards and guidelines but, on its own, is not an outcomes audit.
CAP / CLIA lab accreditation The lab: Egg freezing lives or dies in the embryology lab. CLIA certification is the federal baseline; College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation is the higher voluntary bar. Vitrification (flash-freezing) is the technique that made modern egg freezing viable — ask whether the lab uses it and what its own thaw-survival rate is.

How to read egg-freezing pricing

Item	Typical US range	Note
One egg-freezing cycle (medical)	$4,500–$8,000	Monitoring, retrieval, anesthesia, the freeze. Varies by city and clinic.
Medications	$3,000–$6,000	Stimulation drugs, billed separately. Higher doses (often needed after ~37) cost more.
Annual storage	$500–$1,000 / year	Ongoing until you use or discard the eggs.
Later thaw + fertilize + transfer (FET)	$5,000–$7,000+	The cost you pay ONLY if and when you come back to use the eggs.

The real number: A realistic all-in figure for one cycle in the US is $15,000–$20,000+ once meds and first-year storage are counted — and most women who reach a safe egg target need more than one cycle. This is why the "per cycle" headline understates the real number.

Prices in this directory are shown ONLY where the clinic publishes them, and are tagged with their source. A clinic that publishes clear pricing is a good sign; a "call for pricing" wall is not disqualifying but is worth noting. We do not invent or estimate a clinic-specific price.

Reading a quote: Ask any clinic to separate FOUR numbers: (1) the cycle fee, (2) medications, (3) storage per year, and (4) the future thaw/transfer cost. A low cycle fee with expensive meds and storage can cost more than a higher all-inclusive package. Confirm how many cycles they expect you to need for your age and AMH.

Red flags when choosing a clinic

Best-case numbers with no age breakdown. Egg-freezing success falls steeply with age at freezing. A clinic quoting one headline success rate without tying it to your age and egg number is selling, not informing. Real counselling is per-age and per-egg-count.
No published SART / CDC outcomes. If a clinic will not point you to its SART clinic summary report or its CDC data, you cannot audit its results. Reporting clinics are the norm — evasiveness here is a flag.
No named, board-certified REI you can verify. You want to know the specific Reproductive Endocrinologist responsible for your care, and be able to confirm their ABOG board certification. "Our team of specialists" without names is weaker than a named, verifiable doctor.
Pressure, urgency, or a "today only" discount. Egg freezing is an elective, plannable procedure. Countdown-timer urgency and hard-sell financing are marketing tactics, not medical guidance.
No transparency on the lab. The embryology lab and its thaw-survival rate are central. A clinic that cannot tell you whether it uses vitrification, or its own egg-survival rate, is hiding the number that matters most.

Authority sources

This directory is independent and informational, not an endorsement, and not affiliated with any clinic. Egg-freezing decisions are medical; verify a clinic’s current license, staff, lab and pricing directly before booking. See the disclaimer.

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