US IVF Success Rates by Age (2026)

Cumulative live birth rates per intended egg retrieval, patients using their own eggs, across 452 reporting fertility clinics and 433,836 cycles. Source: CDC NASS ART Summary, 2022 reporting year.

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Updated May 2026

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How this page is sourced

Updated May 2026

Sources

CDC ART clinic data
Published fertility clinic information
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TreatCompare compiled US IVF affordability dataset

Methodology: We compare publicly available clinic service data, published cost assumptions and TreatCompare affordability modelling. Actual patient costs can vary by clinic, medication protocol, insurance plan and number of cycles.

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Important context

IVF success rates vary by age, diagnosis, treatment type, use of donor eggs, embryo transfer approach and patient selection. TreatCompare summarises published clinic-level data for comparison and research purposes only. It is not medical advice and should not be used as the sole basis for choosing a clinic. Patients should verify current figures, treatment suitability and pricing directly with the clinic.

Source type: Official public dataset
Primary source: CDC clinic-level fertility reporting
Reporting period: 2022 ART reporting year, latest compiled TreatCompare view
Last updated: May 2026
Figure type: Official public dataset
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TreatCompare uses the latest available CDC clinic-level fertility reporting and groups results by patient age band. The table below is cycle-weighted, so larger reporting clinics have more influence on national and state averages. Clinic-level success rates are not a simple quality ranking: age, diagnosis, donor-egg use, embryo-transfer approach, reporting choices and patient mix can materially change the number shown.

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CDC ART 2022

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National average — cycle-weighted

Patient age	Live birth rate per intended retrieval
Under 35	48.3%
35–37	35.0%
38–40	22.7%
Over 40	8.3%

Weighted by each clinic’s reported cycle volume — larger clinics count more. This is the cumulative success rate metric CDC publishes for patient-facing comparison.

By state

Sorted by under-35 weighted average. Click a state to see clinics ranked by cycle volume.

State	Clinics	Cycles	<35	35–37	38–40	>40
North Dakota	1	493	69.1%	47.4%	0.0%	0.0%
New Hampshire	1	488	65.5%	47.1%	30.4%	0.0%
Idaho	1	1,143	61.7%	39.5%	21.4%	13.3%
South Carolina	4	4,142	59.6%	44.0%	33.8%	10.8%
North Carolina	11	9,004	59.5%	46.0%	31.1%	12.7%
New Jersey	14	20,809	56.2%	42.1%	28.8%	10.7%
Minnesota	5	6,173	55.5%	40.2%	23.7%	8.3%
Utah	4	5,904	55.4%	40.4%	26.0%	12.1%
Nevada	6	3,121	55.2%	34.9%	24.1%	7.0%
Oregon	4	4,171	54.5%	42.8%	31.3%	13.1%
Maine	1	811	53.9%	40.7%	36.9%	12.5%
Texas	44	33,825	53.2%	37.3%	24.2%	9.6%
Iowa	2	2,282	53.0%	43.0%	26.7%	13.1%
Maryland	5	18,313	52.9%	38.3%	23.7%	7.9%
Hawaii	5	2,033	52.9%	41.3%	21.4%	7.0%
Georgia	10	9,926	52.7%	36.3%	24.2%	9.2%
Delaware	2	1,590	52.5%	41.5%	23.3%	6.2%
Massachusetts	8	17,609	52.2%	39.5%	27.1%	10.0%
Pennsylvania	11	11,936	52.2%	40.7%	24.2%	8.7%
Arizona	10	6,768	51.9%	35.8%	24.8%	9.5%
Ohio	10	9,869	51.7%	37.7%	25.1%	8.5%
Mississippi	3	890	51.6%	33.6%	8.6%	0.0%
Louisiana	4	3,004	51.4%	29.8%	21.1%	8.5%
Washington	12	10,082	51.0%	37.4%	26.9%	10.7%
Wisconsin	6	2,720	50.8%	34.0%	19.7%	3.6%
Tennessee	7	4,675	50.6%	36.5%	27.2%	8.3%
Kansas	5	3,224	50.5%	35.7%	19.2%	6.0%
Vermont	2	772	50.0%	25.3%	12.4%	4.3%
Virginia	11	7,645	49.9%	34.8%	24.0%	7.0%
Michigan	8	7,145	49.6%	33.1%	21.2%	5.1%
Kentucky	4	1,184	49.3%	36.7%	14.8%	0.0%
Alabama	5	2,294	49.2%	25.1%	17.4%	2.1%
Montana	1	507	49.1%	37.2%	24.2%	0.0%
Nebraska	2	2,002	48.7%	30.0%	14.7%	5.1%
Indiana	7	4,484	47.9%	31.4%	21.4%	5.9%
Connecticut	7	8,118	46.7%	34.7%	23.7%	7.2%
Illinois	21	22,694	46.6%	33.0%	19.8%	6.3%
Florida	26	18,797	44.3%	34.8%	19.1%	7.5%
Rhode Island	1	991	44.2%	40.8%	24.6%	9.8%
California	85	71,445	43.7%	32.9%	22.7%	9.4%
Colorado	8	11,373	43.3%	31.1%	18.9%	7.7%
Missouri	9	6,871	43.2%	26.9%	17.0%	6.4%
Arkansas	1	293	43.1%	28.6%	11.5%	0.0%
New York	44	67,869	41.1%	29.1%	19.0%	6.8%
New Mexico	2	771	40.2%	29.1%	21.2%	1.4%
Oklahoma	3	989	40.1%	28.8%	17.0%	4.6%
District of Columbia	2	1,043	39.6%	33.6%	19.2%	5.0%
South Dakota	1	640	38.5%	32.2%	11.1%	0.0%
West Virginia	2	417	37.5%	25.2%	0.0%	0.0%
Alaska	1	55	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%

How to read these numbers

The CDC reports several success-rate metrics; the one shown here is “percentage of intended egg retrievals resulting in live-birth deliveries” — the cumulative metric that follows a patient through any frozen transfers from the same retrieval. It is the most clinically meaningful comparison metric.

Live birth rates fall sharply with patient age. The drop between 35–37 and 38–40 is generally larger than the drop between under-35 and 35–37, reflecting reduced ovarian reserve and increased aneuploidy.

State averages vary because of clinic mix (academic vs commercial), patient demographics, and self-selection (lower-success patients may travel to higher-success clinics). Use state averages directionally, not as a clinic-quality ranking.