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Description
Assisted Fertility Program is a fertility clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and was founded in 1985 by Marwan M. Shaykh.
The clinic staff consists of a multidisciplinary team of fertility specialists, embryologists, coordinators, clinical medical assistants, nurses, etc.
Furthermore, Assisted Fertility Program has its own IVF laboratory in order to carry out all fertility treatments in the practice. According to information on the website, this clinic also offers financing programs and discounts for military members.
Apart from this, they also collaborate with the Livestrong fertility discount programs so that cancer patients can get their fertility preservation at a lower cost. However, all of this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.
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Treatments and costs
The fertility treatments performed at Assisted Fertility Program are listed in the table below.
| Embryo cryopreservation | $750 |
| Fertility preservation | Price not available |
| Frozen Embryo Transfer | $2,800 |
| In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI | $6,800 |
| IUI with Donor Sperm | Price not available |
| IUI with Partner's Sperm | Price not available |
| IVF with Donor Eggs | $14,000 |
| IVF with Donor Sperm | Price not available |
| Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis | $3,000 |
| Reciprocal IVF | Price not available |
This clinic also offers surrogacy since the country's legislation allows this treatment.
On its website, Assisted Fertility Program details the tests and techniques that are included in the price of the treatments we have indicated above. For example, One out-of-pocket IVF cycle is $6,800. In case ICSI is required during IVF, the costs increase by $800. Donor Egg IVF, on the other hand, is charged $14,000 and a frozen embryo transfer costs $2,800.
However, anesthesia and additional techniques such as ICSI, Assisted Hatching, Embryo Freezing, Embryo Genetic Testing, and Delayed Embryo transfer are not included in any of the fertility treatments and must be paid extra.
If you're still unsure which fertility treatment is right for you and would like to know more about it, we suggest you read on here: Fertility Treatment Overview.
The treatment costs may vary significantly depending on the tests or techniques included or not, such as the seminogram, medication, fertility testing, medical visits, prolonged culture or embryo vitrification.
This Tool helps you to find out the exact costs of the different fertility clinics (what's included and what's not) and provides you with lots of useful tips for your first appointment.
Complementary techniques
In addition to the treatments indicated, Assisted Fertility Program has a multitude of complementary techniques that allow us to personalize fertility treatments and try to maximize the chances of pregnancy:
- Ovulation Induction.
- Assisted Hatching.
- Intravaginal culture InVoCell.
- Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer (GIFT).
- Zygote Intrafallopian Transfer (ZIFT).
It is advisable to ask in the clinic what the costs are for these techniques before starting the treatment in order to avoid surprises in the budget.
Diagnostic tests
Before determining the appropriate assisted reproduction treatment, the following diagnostic studies can be performed at Assisted Fertility Program according to the information on its website:
- Female fertility testing.
- Male fertility testing.
- Semen analysis.
- Tubal ligation reversal.
However, all of this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.
Success rates
This data has been collected by the American CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in the year 2016. Directly comparing pregnancy rates between different clinics can lead to mistakes.
IVF/ICSI
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
Cycles with fresh eggs
Cycles with frozen eggs
IVF with egg donation
Realized cycles
Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.
Pregnancy probability per transfer
Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.
Reviews
Most of the reviews of Assisted Fertility Programs are positive. Below, we show some of the comments made on Google Business.
According to patient Laniece, the clinic accepts numerous insurances and describes the staff as informative and welcoming. Heather and Latrina also made a positive experience.
However, there is also one negative comment from Liz. While she portrays Dr. Shaykh as nice and knowledgeable, her surgery was canceled and she had to go somewhere else.
Medical team
Location: how to get to the clinic?
The Assisted Fertility Program is located at 3627 University Blvd S # 450, Jacksonville, FL 32216, United States.
The nearest airport to the clinic is Jacksonville International Airport and it takes about 25 minutes via I-95 S to get to Assisted Fertility Program.
3627 University Blvd S # 450, Jacksonville, FL 32216, United States
Seems that their success rates are pretty high. Maybe we should schedule an appointment there.