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Care Fertility

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Last Update: 06/17/2020

Description

Care Fertility is a private fertility clinic in Glendale, California, with another office in Acardia and Upland. Medical Director is Dr. Rudy Quintero who works together with a multidisciplinary team of infertility specialists, embryologists, etc.

This center also has its own IVF laboratory and offers discount programs for its fertility treatments.

According to information on their website, Care Fertility also receives international patients and provides, therefore, patient assistance in several languages. However, all this information could not be verified by the inviTRA specialists.

If you want to know how to get to the clinic, click here.

Fertility treatments and costs

The fertility treatments performed at Care Fertility are listed in the table below.

Embryo cryopreservationPrice not available
Fertility preservation$6,500
Frozen Embryo Transfer$3,950
In Vitro Fertilization / ICSI$12,000
IUI with Donor SpermPrice not available
IUI with Partner's Sperm$2,000
IVF with Donor Egg & Donor SpermPrice not available
IVF with Donor EggsPrice not available
IVF with Donor SpermPrice not available
Preimplantation Genetic DiagnosisPrice not available
Reciprocal IVFPrice not available
Sperm freezingPrice not available

Care Fertility also offers surrogacy and sex selection services, as the country's legislation allows for these treatments.

On its website, Care Fertility details the tests and techniques that are included in the price of the treatment we have indicated.

A standard IVF cycle is priced with $12,000 and includes office visits, monitoring, all related IVF procedures, and embryo storage for one year. Moreover, fertility preservation by means of egg freezing is situated at $6,500 and includes office visits, monitoring, egg retrieval, anesthesia, and the freezing and storage of the embryo for one year. The more economic intrauterine insemination treatment, on the other hand, is priced with $2,000 and includes office visits, monitoring, medications, and one insemination procedure. Lastly, the frozen embryo transfer costs $3,950 and includes office visits, monitoring as well as the thawing, preparation, and the transfer of the embryo.

However, it should be kept in mind that fertility medications, PGT-A embryo testing, diagnostic testing and infectious disease screening are not included in the budget and have to 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 all the treatments indicated in the previous section, Care Fertility has the necessary technology to perform the following complementary techniques in order to increase the possibilities of success of the treatments:

Diagnostic tests

At Care Fertility, the following diagnostic tests can also be performed on men and women to find out the reason for infertility:

  • Female fertility testing.
  • Male fertility testing.
  • Tubal reversal.
  • Semen analysis.
  • Hysteroscopy and laparoscopy.
  • Hysterosalpingography.

However, all this information has not been 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.

The CDC stipulates both the total number of cycles realized per clinic in general and number of cycles performed by the patient's age group: under 35 years, between 35-37 years, between 38-40 years, between 41-42 years and above 43 years.

This is the total number of performed cycles by Care Fertility in a year.

More information
Total Cycles with Fresh Eggs: 82 per year
Total Cycles with Frozen Eggs: 173 per 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

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
55.6%*
* Percentage extracted from 9 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
50%*
* Percentage extracted from 8 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
16.7%*
* Percentage extracted from 6 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
0%*
* Percentage extracted from 4 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
0%*
* Percentage extracted from 5 cases only

Cycles with Frozen Eggs

Age of the recipient woman: under 35 years old
64.4%
Age of the recipient woman: between 35 and 37 years old
55.6%
Age of the recipient woman: between 38 and 40 years old
64.3%
Age of the recipient woman: between 41 and 42 years old
50%*
* Percentage extracted from 10 cases only
Age of the recipient woman: over 43 years old
18.2%*
* Percentage extracted from 11 cases only

IVF with egg donation

Realized cycles

Number of total cycles performed by the clinic in a year.

In regards to egg donation cycles, these are the ranges of annual cycles carried out by Care Fertility.

More information
Total Cycles with Fresh Embryos: 0 per year
Total Cycles with Frozen Embryos: 14 per year

Pregnancy probability per transfer

Probability that an embryo transfer will lead to a pregnancy, regardless of the number of embryos transferred.

Fresh Embryo Transfer
No data
Frozen Embryo Transfer
53.9%*
* Percentage extracted from 13 cases only

Medical team

Dr. Rudy Quintero, MD
Dr. Rudy Quintero, MD
Founder & Medical Director
Infertility Specialist
Dr. Semara Thomas, MD
Dr. Semara Thomas, MD
Infertility Specialist
Dr. Levent Keskintepe
Dr. Levent Keskintepe
Scientific Director
Embryologist

Reviews

Most of the comments found on the Internet about Care Fertility are positive. Below are some reviews from Google Business.

Jacqueline, for example, was at a different fertility clinic before she came to Care Fertility. She describes the staff as nice, welcoming, and patient. They also helped her analyzing her options with insurance coverage. She finally was able to get pregnant at this center. Irene coincides with the description of the staff and describes the treatment as personal and empathetic.

However, there is also one negative comment from Edwin. Her frozen eggs and to be discarded because of poor quality. Contrary to what was said, the patient didn't get a refund nor a replacement for the discarded oocytes.

Location: how to get to the clinic?

As above mentioned, Care Fertility is located in Glendale, California, specifically in 1500 E Chevy Chase Drive Suite #450.

The nearest airport to the clinic is Los Angeles International Airport and a 30-minutes drive to the clinic via I-110 N.

Last Update: 06/17/2020