Selecting the best fertility clinic in Ohio provides a strong foundation for your family-building timeline.

With major networks spread across the state, comparing success rates and costs can help you identify the right provider.

Review your local clinical data to see which Ohio facility best supports your goals. Contact a surrogacy professional for help evaluating your top choice.

Fertility Clinics in Ohio

The following providers represent a snapshot of SART-accredited facilities offering specialized third-party reproduction and gestational carrier support in Ohio.

The clinics featured in this guide are SART member clinics with laboratory accreditation through the College of American Pathologists (CAP) or The Joint Commission.

Unless otherwise noted, success rate data relies on SART’s 2024 clinic reporting.

Ohio Reproductive Medicine

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Phone: (614) 451-2280

Website: http://www.ohioreproductivemedicine.com

Services Offered:

• IVF
• ICSI
• Egg/ embryo freezing
• Donor eggs
• Donor embryos
• PGT-A / PGT-M
• LGBTQ services

Success Rates

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: With PGT-A

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	42.3%	51.8%	38.7%	6/14

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: Without PGT-A

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	52.0%	44.1%	37.3%	6/15

Frozen Donor Egg Success Rate: 3/3

Cleveland Clinic Fertility Center

Locations: Medina, Fairlawn, Strongsville, Avon, Twinsburg, Cleveland, Beachwood

Phone: (216) 839-3150

Website: http://www.clevelandclinic.org/ivf

Services Offered:

• IVF
• ICSI
• Egg and embryo freezing
• Donor eggs and donor embryos
• LGBTQ Services
• PGT-A / PGT-M
• Fertility preservation
• Gestational carrier services

Success Rates

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: With PGT-A (Medina Clinic)

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	63.8%	54.2%	58.1%	53.6%

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: Without PGT-A (Medina Clinic)

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0

Frozen Donor Egg Success Rate: 5/7

University Hospitals Fertility Center

Locations: Beachwood, Westlake

Phone: (216) 285-5028

Website: http://www.uhhospitals.org/services/obgyn/uh-fertility-center/meet-the-team

Services Offered:

• IVF
• ICSI
• Egg freezing
• Donor eggs
• Donor embryos
• PGT-A / PGT-M
• Fertility preservation
• Single parent
• LGBTQ services
• Gestational carrier services

Success Rates

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: With PGT-A (Beachwood)

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	59.1%	60.5%	69.2%	3/9

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: Without PGT-A (Beachwood)

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/1

Frozen Donor Egg Success Rate: 0/0

Institute for Reproductive Health

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Phone: (513) 924-5550

Website: www.cincinnatifertility.com

Services Offered:

• IVF
• ICSI
• Egg freezing
• Donor eggs
• Donor embryos
• PGT-A / PGT-M
• LGBTQ services
• Single parent services
• Gestational carrier services

Success Rates

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: With PGT-A

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	44.4%	50.4%	45.5%	4/17

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: Without PGT-A

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	1/1	0/0	0/0	0/0

Frozen Donor Egg Success Rates: 54.3%

Pinnacle Fertility

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Phone: (614) 895-3333

Website: https://www.pinnaclefertility.com/location/columbus-oh/

Services Offered:

• IVF
• ICSI
• Egg freezing
• Donor eggs
• Donor embryos
• PGT-A / PGT-M
• LGBTQ services
• Gestational carrier services
• Outside monitoring

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: With PGT-A

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	59.9%	48.3%	63.2%	57.1%

Success Rates of Frozen Embryo Transfers by Age: Without PGT-A

Age	<35	35-37	38-40	>40
Clinic Success	48.1%	9/12	2/8	0/4

Frozen Donor Egg Success Rate: 0/5

How to Compare Fertility Clinic Success Rates

You can objectively compare Ohio fertility clinics by evaluating their published live birth rates. This metric offers the most transparent look at a clinic’s actual success in delivering babies. Don’t base your decision on pregnancy rates since they include early pregnancies that end before birth.

You should also consider the context of a clinic’s specialty areas and typical patient age. Centers focusing on advanced maternal age or repeated implantation failure will naturally display lower success percentages.

If your medical process requires specialized third-party services like double donor IVF, verify that the clinic manages those specific cases.

Understanding the IVF Process

Your reproductive endocrinologist has the keys to understanding the timeline required to create and freeze your embryos. This preparation phase must happen before any surrogacy agency can finalize a match.

Following a comprehensive medical evaluation, you or your egg donor will undergo a cycle of ovarian stimulation. The doctor performs a quick surgical retrieval once the eggs mature. An embryologist introduces sperm to the eggs and watches the resulting embryos grow for up to a week.

You can then use preimplantation genetic testing to identify chromosomally normal blastocysts. Then your fertility clinic cryopreserves your healthy embryos while you secure a surrogate.

Average IVF Costs in Ohio

Standard IVF cycles in Ohio generally average between $15,000 and $25,000.

Egg retrieval and standard laboratory fees account for $10,000 to $15,000 of that total. You’ll also spend $4,000 to $7,000 on fertility medications.

Optional preimplantation genetic testing (PGT-A) adds another $3,000 to $5,000 to your budget. Relying on donor eggs or embryos will increase these expenses significantly. Clinics charge $500 to $1,000 annually for embryo storage.

Ohio requires coverage for fertility preservation but doesn’t mandate standard IVF coverage, so expect this to be largely a cash-pay process.

Questions to Ask Before Choosing a Fertility Clinic

A consultation lets you evaluate a clinic’s medical protocols and communication style. Ask direct questions to gauge their experience coordinating surrogacy and handling your specific medical needs.

• What is your live birth rate for my age group?
• How many IVF cycles does this facility perform yearly?
• How frequently do you manage gestational carrier transfers?
• Is your embryology lab located on-site?
• Which optional treatments will increase my total costs?
• What is the protocol if my first cycle fails?

How Fertility Clinics Work with Surrogacy Agencies

Surrogacy agencies and fertility clinics coordinate during the medical phases of IVF and surrogacy. Your agency manages surrogate matching while the clinic oversees medical screening and the eventual transfer.

Here’s how the process usually works:

• You reach out to a surrogacy agency or fertility clinic.
• You create a plan for embryos.
• You select a gestational surrogate.
• The fertility clinic reviews her past medical records.
• She travels to the clinic for an in-person medical clearance appointment.
• Attorneys finalize the legal contracts.
• The clinic performs the embryo transfer and monitors early pregnancy before transitioning care to an OB-GYN.

Talk With a Surrogacy Professional About Choosing the Right Fertility Clinic

The right fertility clinic ultimately depends on your surrogacy goals and needs, but you have access to expert support.

Surrogacy professionals can help you evaluate Ohio providers and match you with a surrogate once your embryos are created. Seek out the top-rated national surrogacy programs and compare wait times, fee structures and surrogate screening.