How Much Does it Cost to Freeze Your Eggs?

Updated on August 11, 2026 | Written by Alec Pow
This article was researched using 11 sources. See our methodology and corrections policy.

Egg freezing typically costs about $12,000-$18,000 for one self-pay cycle in 2026 when fertility medications are included. Some clinics fall below that range, while high-dose medication protocols and higher-priced fertility centers can push one cycle above $20,000. Annual egg storage commonly adds another $800-$1,250 per year.

The initial freezing cycle is only part of the financial picture. If one retrieval does not produce the number of mature eggs you and your physician are targeting, a second cycle can push fertility-preservation spending toward $28,000-$33,000. If you later return to use the eggs, thawing, fertilization, embryo culture, and embryo transfer can add another $10,000+.

A realistic long-term budget can therefore be much higher than the advertised egg-freezing package. Using one clinic’s current prices, one retrieval cycle, five years of storage, thawing and fertilization, and one frozen embryo transfer can total roughly $26,900-$28,900 before extra testing, additional transfers, pregnancy care, or a second retrieval cycle.

Article Highlights

• One self-pay egg-freezing cycle commonly costs about $12,000-$18,000 (at $30 per hour, earning that amount would take about 2.3 to 3.5 months of full-time work, before taxes) including medication.
• Current clinic pricing shows medication alone ranging from about $3,000 to $10,800 per cycle.
• Annual storage commonly runs around $800-$1,250 in current published clinic examples.
• At PFCLA, two egg-freezing cycles plus medications can total about $28,000-$33,000.
• One current clinic charges $6,500 to thaw and fertilize previously frozen eggs and $4,900 for a frozen embryo transfer.
• Egg freezing does not guarantee a future live birth, and ASRM does not endorse one universal number of eggs that everyone should freeze.
• Younger age at freezing is associated with better reproductive outcomes, but current ASRM guidance says evidence is insufficient to define one ideal age for every patient.

How Much Does It Cost to Freeze Your Eggs?

Clinic or cost item	Current price	What is included or excluded
Extend Fertility cycle	$8,500 (about 7.1 full-time workweeks at $30 per hour)	Monitoring, retrieval, anesthesia, vitrification. Medication extra.
Extend medication	$3,000-$5,000	Paid to pharmacy
Spring Fertility egg freezing	About $12,188-$15,700	Current cash totals including published medication allowance, varies by market
PFCLA one-cycle package	$11,000	Includes monitoring, retrieval, anesthesia, freezing and first year storage
PFCLA medication	$3,500-$6,000	Not included in package
CCRM egg-freezing cycle	$5,500-$11,925	Medication, testing and storage can be separate
CCRM medication	$4,000-$10,800	Protocol dependent
Annual storage	About $800-$1,250	Current examples from Extend and Spring
Using frozen eggs later	$11,400	Extend example: thaw/fertilization plus one frozen embryo transfer

Current Extend Fertility pricing lists one egg-freezing cycle at $8,500, including monitoring, egg retrieval, anesthesia, and vitrification. Medication adds another $3,000-$5,000. That creates a basic cycle total of about $11,500-$13,500 before long-term storage.

Spring Fertility’s current cash-pay schedules provide another useful benchmark. Depending on market, its published egg-freezing totals run from about $12,188 to $15,700 after adding its listed $3,000-$5,000 medication allowance.

At the upper end, CCRM currently lists an egg-freezing cycle from $5,500-$11,925, medication from $4,000-$10,800, anesthesia from $525-$1,400, and an initial consultation from $100-$559. Testing and storage are additional. Using the highest published figures puts one treatment episode above $24,000.

What One Cycle Includes

Egg freezing, also called oocyte cryopreservation, starts with a fertility assessment and ovarian stimulation. Patients typically inject fertility medications for roughly 10 to 12 days while the clinic uses blood tests and ultrasound monitoring to follow follicle development. Mature eggs are then retrieved during an outpatient procedure and frozen through vitrification.

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine’s patient guidance on planned egg freezing separates the financial process into three stages: the consultation, medication and retrieval, storage of the frozen eggs, and the cost of later using those eggs to attempt pregnancy.

This is why two clinics advertising similar “cycle prices” may produce very different final bills. One quote may include anesthesia, bloodwork, ultrasounds and freezing while another separates one or more of those items. Medication is especially likely to sit outside the advertised package.

Medication Can Add Thousands

Fertility medication is one of the largest variable expenses because dosing depends on the stimulation protocol and how a patient’s ovaries respond. The old assumption that medication consistently costs only $3,000-$5,000 (about 2.5 to 4.2 full-time workweeks at $30 per hour) is too narrow for current pricing.

Published examples now include $3,000-$5,000 at Extend and Spring, $3,500-$6,000 at PFCLA, and $4,500-$8,500 in the current Shady Grove Fertility cost guide. CCRM’s current estimate extends as high as $10,800.

A patient who needs a higher medication dose can therefore spend several thousand dollars more than someone using the same clinic package with a lower-dose protocol. Pharmacy benefits and fertility-specific insurance can also change the out-of-pocket amount.

Two Cycles Can Push the Bill Past $30,000

Not every patient freezes the desired number of mature eggs in one retrieval. Age, ovarian response, baseline egg supply and treatment protocol all affect the number obtained in each cycle. That makes the possibility of a second retrieval one of the most important financial risks to understand before starting.

Pacific Fertility Center Los Angeles currently lists egg-freezing packages of $11,000 for one cycle, $21,000 for two cycles, and $30,000 for three cycles. The packages include one year of storage, but medications are excluded.

Using PFCLA’s current medication estimate of $3,500-$6,000 per cycle, two cycles work out to:

$21,000 package + $7,000-$12,000 medication = $28,000-$33,000

Three cycles would be:

$30,000 package + $10,500-$18,000 medication = $40,500-$48,000

Those totals come before the future cost of actually thawing and using the eggs.

Storage and Using the Eggs Later

Frozen eggs can remain stored for years, but annual storage turns into a meaningful recurring expense. Extend currently lists a one-year storage plan at $800. Spring publishes storage fees from $800-$1,250 per year depending on market. PFCLA quotes roughly $500-$1,000 per year outside packages that already include the first year.

Five years at $800 per year equals $4,000. Ten years at the same price would equal $8,000, before any future price increases.

The bigger hidden bill arrives if the eggs are used. Extend currently charges $6,500 to thaw and fertilize previously frozen eggs and $4,900 for a frozen embryo transfer. Together, that is $11,400.

Those services are separate from the original retrieval and storage bill. Depending on the treatment plan, there can also be charges for medications used around embryo transfer, genetic testing, additional transfers, or other laboratory services.

The $12,000 Cycle That Becomes $29,000

A useful long-term example uses one clinic’s current prices rather than combining unrelated fee schedules.

Using Extend Fertility:

• Egg-freezing cycle: $8,500
• Medication: $3,000-$5,000
• Five years of storage at $800 per year: $4,000
• Thaw and fertilization: $6,500
• One frozen embryo transfer: $4,900

The calculated long-term total is:

$26,900-$28,900

Extend separately lists an initial fertility assessment and consultation at $250, but its current service page says that fee can be credited toward the first freezing cycle when treatment is started within the stated period. Extra testing, another retrieval, another transfer or other treatment would move the total higher.

This example shows why an advertised $8,500 egg-freezing cycle is not the same as the eventual cost of preserving and then using the eggs.

Age, Egg Count, and Success

Age matters, but there is no evidence-based age at which egg freezing suddenly changes from “good” to “bad.” The ASRM evidence guideline says live-birth outcomes appear better when planned egg freezing occurs at a younger age, but there are insufficient data to name one ideal age for the procedure.

The same caution applies to statements such as “20 eggs guarantees a baby.” ASRM says there is insufficient evidence to prescribe one absolute number of mature eggs needed for a reasonable chance of live birth.

One study reviewed by ASRM estimated that a 70% chance of one live birth could require about 14 mature eggs at ages 30-34, 15 at ages 35-37, and 26 at ages 38-40. ASRM stresses that the underlying evidence is limited, so those numbers are estimates rather than promises.

Ovarian-reserve testing such as AMH can help estimate how many eggs may be produced in a stimulation cycle. ASRM says those tests have not been shown to independently predict the eventual live-birth rate after planned egg freezing. A patient may therefore have a strong expected egg yield without being able to translate that result into a guaranteed future pregnancy.

The CDC also advises caution when comparing fertility clinic success rates. Outcomes vary with age, patient characteristics, treatment type and clinic practices, and a clinic’s published average does not predict one individual’s result.

Planned vs. Medical Freezing

Insurance treatment differs sharply between planned egg freezing and fertility preservation needed because of a medical treatment.

Spring Fertility currently describes planned egg freezing as very rarely covered unless a patient has fertility-specific employer benefits such as Carrot or Progyny. A patient considering planned egg freezing should ask separately about consultation, fertility testing, medication, retrieval, anesthesia, laboratory work and storage because an insurance plan may cover one category but not another.

Medically indicated fertility preservation is a different situation. ASRM’s 2026 fertility-preservation guidance says insurance coverage is increasing through state laws and employer decisions, although access can still require appeals and financial navigation.

Medical indications can include treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation or surgery that threaten future fertility. The National Cancer Institute’s fertility guidance describes egg freezing as one established fertility-preservation option that may be discussed before fertility-damaging cancer treatment.

Does Egg Freezing Make Financial Sense?

Egg freezing is fertility preservation, not a guarantee of a future child. That distinction matters financially because a person can spend tens of thousands of dollars on retrievals and storage and never use the eggs, or can later use them without achieving a live birth.

The ASRM Ethics Committee’s guidance on planned oocyte cryopreservation warns against presenting frozen eggs as an “insurance policy” that creates false confidence. It also notes that some patients may need multiple cycles to bank enough eggs for their family-building goals.

Makes sense if:

• You understand that the quoted cycle price may not include medication, storage or later embryo transfer.
• Your budget can accommodate the possibility of more than one retrieval.
• You have discussed age, expected egg yield and clinic-specific outcomes with a reproductive endocrinologist.
• You understand that frozen eggs create another reproductive option but do not promise a future pregnancy.

Does not make financial sense if:

• Paying for one retrieval would leave no budget for a second recommended cycle.
• You are budgeting only for retrieval and ignoring years of storage and future IVF-related services.
• You are relying on a fixed egg-count calculator as a guarantee of one live birth.
• A clinic quote does not clearly identify what is included and what you will pay separately.

What We Verified

• Checked: current clinic cash pricing supports a useful one-cycle planning range around $12,000-$18,000 with medications, while some higher-cost protocols exceed $20,000.
• Confirmed: medication can range from roughly $3,000 to more than $10,000 per cycle across current published clinic schedules.
• Cross-referenced: ASRM says younger age at egg freezing is associated with better outcomes but there is insufficient evidence to identify one universal best age or one absolute egg target.
• Verified: current clinic pricing shows that later thawing, fertilization and one embryo transfer can add more than $10,000 to the original freezing and storage cost.

Related Fertility Costs

Using frozen eggs later moves the patient into IVF-related treatment, so our guide to the cost of IVF provides a useful comparison for laboratory fertilization, embryo creation and transfer expenses.

A lower-cost fertility treatment used in different clinical circumstances is intrauterine insemination and its costs. IUI does not include egg retrieval or egg freezing and should not be treated as a substitute when the goal is preserving unfertilized eggs for future use.

Couples considering shared participation in assisted reproduction can also compare the cost of reciprocal IVF, which involves one partner providing eggs and another carrying the pregnancy.

Answers to Common Questions

How much does egg freezing cost in 2026?

A useful self-pay planning range is about $12,000-$18,000 per cycle including medications. Some clinic and medication combinations can exceed $20,000.

How much are fertility medications for egg freezing?

Current clinic estimates range from approximately $3,000-$10,800 per cycle. Several clinics cluster closer to $3,000-$6,000, but higher-dose protocols cost more.

How much does egg storage cost?

Current examples commonly run around $800-$1,250 per year, although some clinics charge less or include the first year in a package.

How much does it cost to use frozen eggs later?

One current clinic charges $6,500 for thawing and fertilization plus $4,900 for one frozen embryo transfer, or $11,400 combined before possible additional services.

How many eggs should I freeze?

There is no universal number. One study reviewed by ASRM estimated that a 70% chance of one live birth could require about 14 mature eggs at ages 30-34, 15 at ages 35-37, and 26 at ages 38-40, but ASRM says evidence is insufficient to prescribe one absolute target for every patient.

Does freezing eggs guarantee a future baby?

No. Success depends on factors including age when the eggs were frozen, number and maturity of eggs, survival after warming, fertilization, embryo development, transfer outcomes and individual medical circumstances.