The Average Cost of Egg Freezing in London

How much does it cost to freeze your eggs in London?

There’s the laborious and emotional part of egg freezing, which involves doctors, hospitals, your effort, time, and medication. Then there’s the financial aspect of it. 

The financial aspect of egg freezing includes the cost of consultations, the actual freezing cycle, the medications, fertility tests, and the cost of keeping the eggs frozen until they’re used. 

On average, an egg-freezing cycle in London costs around £5000-£7000. This varies on the basis of clinics but includes the cost of all aspects of the cycle, such as fertility tests, medication, and so on.

What are some factors that can affect the cost of your egg-freezing cycle?

While budgeting for a cycle, it's important to remember that there’s no “one price for all” or a master plan. Egg freezing cycles can vary from clinic to clinic, and can also depend on several factors such as:

Age

Egg freezing is said to be most optimal when done before ages 37-40 1. This is because, as we age, the quality and quantity of our eggs reduce. 

AKA, someone in their 20’s may retrieve fewer eggs, but of better quality. But the situation may not be the same for someone in their late 30s or in perimenopause.

Your age may also affect your hormone levels, how you respond to medication, the number of eggs remaining, and egg growth in response to medications. All these factors weigh in on whether you require a single or two cycles, back to back, known as egg pooling.

Tests required

Some tests are common and prerequisites for all egg freezing cycles, such as virology, AMH levels, and AFC via ultrasound. Depending on the clinic chosen, specific tests might be included in the cycle's base package. 

Any additional tests such as transvaginal/pelvic ultrasound scans, thyroid tests, any other blood tests or genetic screenings can be additional and based on further investigation by the doctor. 

Ideally, these tests are done to help create a personalised egg-freezing treatment plan that’s tailored to your health conditions and medical history.

Clinic chosen

Not all clinics offer the same treatment plan or have the same costs for the tests required prior to freezing. Depending on the clinic, your egg-freezing treatment package may vary.

🌞Did you know? 

You can now use Amilis’s clinic comparator to check the average costs for egg-freezing cycles in different clinics in London and the UK!

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With the clinic comparator, check average costs for egg freezing cycles, a breakdown of the costs, medication, and storage. You also get a FREE consultation when you book a clinic visit via Amilis.

Duration of freezing and storage costs

The cost of egg freezing can be split into two segments to understand this part better. 

One is the cost that comes with the egg-freezing cycle itself- the tests, the medications, scans, and the egg retrieval. Second, is the cost that comes with keeping the eggs frozen. On average, the yearly cost of keeping eggs frozen in clinics within London ranges from £150 to £350, with the average being around £300.

This cost may vary on the basis of the number of eggs frozen. Certain clinics offer a fixed price for a batch or a specific number of eggs.

Medication variability

Medications are a part of your egg-freezing process, as doctors stimulate the eggs in your ovary to grow and mature. This helps them time the egg retrieval accordingly, to ensure that the eggs are mature when retrieved. While medications are included in your cycle costs, the average cost for it varies from around £500 to £1500. 

Now, this can differ from one person to another as well. Simply put, either your clinic may charge higher or lower, or you may respond better to higher doses of medication. This enables doctors to suggest personalized treatment plans for your case. This ultimately affects the type of medications you receive, and the amount it tags along.

Medicine replacements

Some clinics may offer you the option to have hormonal medications injected at the clinic. But, these medications are to be taken on a daily basis. 

And, we get it, traveling every day can be a nightmare. Be it traffic or taking public transport, it can be physically exhausting to do so. 

Due to this reason, many are taught and advised to self-inject the medications. 

Given that these are hormone-sensitive medications, they often have a specific method of storage. In case this is tampered with, damaged, expired, or lost, there may be additional charges in your cycle for medicine replacements.

A price breakdown of the egg-freezing cycle

To understand your egg-freezing cycle better, here’s an outline and a cost breakdown that can also help you choose a plan, and prepare for a budget prior to the procedure:

1. Costs for tests + egg freezing

This is a common route where you decide on a clinic, go for tests prior to your egg-freezing process, enter a medication cycle, and complete the egg retrieval. This also includes the cost of storing the eggs post the cycle. 

On average, the tests alone cost around £400-£500. This includes an initial consultation, a follow-up, AMH, AFC, and thyroid tests. The egg-freezing cycle, which includes screening, monitoring the growth of the eggs, scans, medication, and the annual storage fee, costs around £5500-6500 on average, bringing the total cost of the entire egg-freezing journey to an average of £6200-£7000.

Now, the first step is to test your fertility, before you make the choice to freeze your eggs. If you go via private clinics, the cost can be exorbitant. On the other hand, waiting to get a spot on the NHS waitlist or a referral from your GP could just defer your testing plans. 

Instead, we at Amilis, decided to make fertility testing accessible and affordable for women in the UK. We offer a cost-effective Anti Mullerian Hormone test for just £80 and a full hormone panel for just £130 (50% cheaper than fertility clinics). We’ve partnered with Randox for quick, in-and-out appointments at a clinic near you. 

You can expect results in 3-4 days, and a personalised report detailing your AMH or hormone levels and what they mean for your fertility and age. Your report will be accepted across our partner clinics in London and in the UK. 

Additionally, you also save on appointment costs with Amilis as you get a free consultation (Worth £250) with our partner clinics.

2. Costs of multi-cycle packages

Clinics also offer multi-cycle packages if you’re going for 2-3 rounds of egg freezing. This may arise in cases where there is less ovarian reserve (lesser number of eggs in the ovary), poor response to hormonal stimulation, if you are starting chemotherapy soon, or do not have the bandwidth to undergo two cycles over 2-3 months.

In such cases, the costs vary substantially. Clinics offer multi-cycle packages at around  £5000-9000 for 2 cycles, and from  £9000-£13,000 for three cycles. These costs exclude medication and storage costs. 

3. Cost of an Egg sharing program

An egg-sharing program refers to an egg-freezing cycle where you choose to donate half the eggs obtained during the retrieval. You will be asked to sign a consent form and be explained the process of egg sharing for donation to others, or for research purposes.

Clinics offer such programs under select criteria of age, medical history of the patient, ovarian reserve levels, etc. If you do pass these criteria and are eligible, there are clinics in London that offer these programs at an average of £300-£400 a year. This is due to the fact that all the costs, except the freezing part, are covered by the clinics for this specific program.

How much should I budget for my egg-freezing cycle?

On average, every person might face financial variability in their egg-freezing cycles. There’s no single plan that fits all, and most clinics don’t offer a fixed amount for a cycle. 

Ultimately, this difference in costs can be beneficial for you. At any clinic, the treatment is personalized in a way that best fits your medical history, health, and what works best for your cycle. 

Hence, we recommend saving up an average amount that may cover your treatment plans and needs. 

If you’re looking to freeze your eggs in clinics within London, here’s a look into the average amount you’d need to budget:

1. For a single egg-freezing cycle- £6200-£6500
2. For multiple cycles- £5000-£13,000
3. For egg-sharing programs- £300-£400

While these costs may vary from one clinic to another, having a rough estimate of the costs can help you save, check up on your insurance benefits, or just plan efficiently for an egg-freezing cycle.

How can I find a clinic that offers egg freezing in London?

If you’re looking to source budget-friendly fertility clinics for egg freezing in London, Amilis can be your choice. 

We’ve partnered with vetted clinics across London and the UK to bring affordable, personalized egg-freezing programs. Here’s how to find a clinic that offers egg freezing, via Amilis:

Step 1: Visit the Amilis homepage and click “Find a clinic”

You can either browse through our partner clinics or click “Compare clinics side by side” for the clinic comparator.

Step 2: Access the clinic comparator

With the clinic comparator, you’ll be able to get a breakdown of the cost of an egg-freezing cycle across clinics in London. You’ll be able to view costs of medications, tests, multi-cycle packages and even storage costs.

Step 3: Choose a clinic and book a free consultation

Step 4: Book a free consultation

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You can schedule a free consultation with the clinic based on your schedule. With free cancellations or rescheduling (say goodbye to waiting lines), you can get a free consultation with any of our partner clinics across London.

Affordable Egg Freezing in London, via Amilis

As per recent stats, 751,000 women are waiting for gynaecological care in the UK, of which 30,000 women have been waiting more than a year for an appointment.

Be it egg freezing, getting a hormone panel done, or even an ultrasound appointment.

So at Amilis, we decided: This narrative, no more.

That’s why we are working to make reproductive care accessible and affordable in the UK.

Here’s how:

• Let’s start with fertility testing- We offer AMH testing or a full hormone panel test at half the price that clinics offer, via Randox with minimal to no wait times. Get tested at a nearby Randox clinic, at your schedule
• Free consultations with top fertility doctors based on your health concerns, medical history and insurance partners
• A personalised, free AMH/hormone panel report and free 1-1 calls with the Amilis team to discuss the next steps
• Free consultations with top fertility clinics in the UK, at your convenience

And throughout, you’ll have Amilis experts (that’s us 👋) supporting you on your journey.

Figuring out where to get started? Book a free call, or take our personalised fertility quiz to know more!

We’re bridging the healthcare gap for millions of women in the UK, one day at a time 💪🏻