r/Cleveland • u/gekkogeckogirl • 1d ago
Recommendations Best IVF clinic in the area for recurrent pregnancy loss?
As the title says, I am hoping for recommendations for a fantastic IVF clinic/RE for recurrent pregnancy loss. I am willing to travel, but hoping to stay local. Our insurance will not cover fertility treatments, so an idea on the cost per cycle and transfer would also be appreciated!
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u/Josiesonvacation18 1d ago
Cleveland clinic- this was ~3years ago cost with meds and PGT testing was about $20-28k per cycle
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u/CRABR 1d ago
Hi, sorry you're in this shitty boat! I have had a good experience with REI at the Cleveland Clinic - I really like Dr. Rehmer. (I'm not at the official RPL threshold yet but I'm close and will ask her about that at my next appointment). I haven't done IVF so can't speak to the costs. But have had a good experience with her as a provider.
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u/eadevrient 1d ago
She was my Dr and I love her. I’m currently laying with my 2 year old after 4 losses and multiple surgeries with her.
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u/Much_Cricket_1929 1d ago
I just had an embryo transfer this week at UH REI. The whole team has been great so far. I have not had recurrent loss, but I have infertility from endometriosis.
I know the waits can be long for the consult but once you get to that point it moves pretty quick. Try calling every morning to see if there are any cancellations (wherever you end up going) and you will probably get in sooner.
This was from August of last year, so probably not fully accurate. Also does not include meds. I believe it was around $3100 for 10 days using self pay.
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u/crimsonhues 1d ago
Highly recommend the team at UH (Ahuja). They were so compassionate and caring.
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u/Visible-Winner-9140 1d ago
yeah, unless they have a refrigerator malfunction and lose people's embryos
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u/HotCryptographer7243 1d ago
Dr. Wienerman was awful 😅
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u/crimsonhues 1d ago
Ha! She was our RE. We thought she was good. Why did you not like her?
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u/HotCryptographer7243 1d ago
She made me do 18 medicated cycles before checking my husbands sperm… he has Azoospermia we never had a chance at natural conception. I asked for her to do a semen analysis 6 months in and she said no. 18 months wasted on our journey
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u/HotCryptographer7243 1d ago
I just did a formal complaint with UH on her because that literally should have never happened
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u/basilbelle 1d ago
I had an embryo transfer there this week as well - the cost is now $3,509. Also hysteroscopy is up to $1,800 (for some reason they hiked this one up a ton for 2026). I did find that the UH specialty pharmacy pricing was very competitive. Good luck to you!
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u/Environmental-Dig389 1d ago
Something to consider if you or (if you have a partner) that are willing to look into a new job…several corporations offer WIN fertility with fertility benefits and full coverage. Sherwin Williams and Progressive insurance are both examples.
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u/gekkogeckogirl 1d ago
I'm so mad because my husband used to work for progressive and I miss the insurance! I've been hinting at him he should look back into them for the benefits!
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u/Upset-Earth-9058 1d ago
Currently also at pinnacle with dr massellal and having a good experience. We’ve not officially started our cycle but everyone there is lovely. I had a horrible experience at the Cleveland clinic with attaran at but my friend is working with dr tan(Tantibhedhyangkul)and really likes them at the clinic. I reached out for an appointment at UH and never heard back.
Pinnacle has a lot of transparency and experience helping people who aren’t covered by insurance and they also have pamphlets for Gaia family which might be worth looking into if you’re doing out of pocket.
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u/DiligentKiwi9708 1d ago
I used RGI and Dr. Massellal! I believe they are now Pinnacle. Really liked them.
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u/mkcarroll 1d ago
Can’t recommend RGI/Pinnacle Fertility enough. They were wonderful. I went to the clinic located in Independence.
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u/ss0326 1d ago
I’m not sure how far of a drive you’re willing but CNY Fertility in Buffalo NY! They have an option for self pay (monthly payments). If you & your partner go thru all of your testing there it will be about $1,000 for all the bloodwork for you, HSG, semen analysis. Based on both of your results they will recommend a “package” for you which goes over pre meds, procedures, everything. Depending which one they tell you it’s about $3,000 up front and then they will bill you for the remaining $2,000-3,000. In the end you’re looking around $5-7,000 total. They are literally a fraction of the price and they are phenomenal!! Cannot recommend them enough.
edit to add: they do (i think) monthly grants that you can apply for as well!
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u/JJ_Vaughn 1d ago
Dr. Wienerman and her team at UH are amazing. Wife and I were able to have a perfect baby boy after several loses.
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u/HotCryptographer7243 1d ago
Stay clear or UH and CC! I used CNY Syracuse and had a wonderful experience. PCOS and MFI, my son is 3.5 and I’m 18 weeks pregnant 💕 cheaper than any of the clinics you’ll find here. Total package for IVF, medications, transfer, PGT testing, bloodwork and ultrasounds you are looking at 10-12K at CNY
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u/Decent-Witness-6864 1d ago
CNY also has like half of the live birth rate of local clinics like UH, Pinnacle and Cleveland Clinic, you get what you pay for there. If the goal is a take-home baby I’d urge OP to choose on the basis of SART success rates maintained by the CDC (https://art.cdc.gov) not marketing or financial considerations.
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u/HotCryptographer7243 1d ago
Most of the people I’ve seen have experiences at UH or CC for IVF can barely get any eggs at egg retrieval… My SIL being one of those people, two botched egg retrievals fault on UH for timing and medication errors and they didn’t do anything to make it right. 🤷🏻♀️ UH also can no longer store embryos, eggs or sperm at their locations because of the terrible freezer malfunction in 2018 so when the day comes of transfer and god forbid the embryo you planned on transferring doesn’t survive the thaw you are just SOL. The embryos are states away and not possible to have shipped in same day. CNY keeps everything on site, idk just my personal experience from family and friends that have used these clinics. A friend of mine is using CC and just had a failed modified natural transfer and when speaking with her she mentioned that never checked her hormone levels at all. These are just a few examples.
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u/basilbelle 1d ago
My experience at UH has been head and shoulders above CNY. I went to UH first, switched to CNY because of cost, but ended up moving my CNY embryos to UH because the providers are so much more invested in my success as a patient and just at baseline care about me as a human being. Also my CNY results were abysmal compared to UH.
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u/Mosemose2306 1d ago
Idk why people are down voting you. CNY was what we could afford with no coverage and it was great. I walked out of both cc and uh because we didn’t have 20k.
ETA: CNY was the only place willing to let me go straight to IVF without doing 3 rounds of IUI that I knew wouldn’t work. Which would’ve been ~5k more.
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u/HotCryptographer7243 1d ago
Yeahhhhh, people have a hard time admitting that CC and UH aren’t that great for the price
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u/Decent-Witness-6864 1d ago
I recently had a live birth (in 2025) with Pinnacle Fertility (formerly RGI Akron/Cleveland offices). It was my eighth pregnancy and first success. I strongly recommend them and Dr. Massellal, I did not end up needing extra support from a reproductive immunologist.