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IVF abroad or at home: waits and published prices compared

We read what clinics in 8 countries publish for an IVF cycle and set it against the official wait and the self-pay price in the UK, Canada, Ireland and the US. Price unit: one IVF or ICSI cycle with your own eggs: monitoring, egg collection, lab work and one fresh embryo transfer. Medicines count as included only where the clinic says so.

Updated 26 October 2026 · Every figure links to its source

Countries with a price
4 of 8Turkey, Poland, Japan and Thailand
Lowest abroad
£1,230Japan, before travel
UK private
£3,800lowest published self-pay price
Price lines read
1111 providers

Short answer

Providers in 4 countries publish a price for an IVF cycle that we could check. Converted to pounds, they run from £1,230 to £7,760, before flights and a hotel. Paying privately in the UK costs about £3,800.

Countries with a price
4 of 8: Turkey, Poland, Japan and Thailand
Range abroad
about £1,230 to £7,760 before travel
UK private
about £3,800
NHS England
No NHS figure for this
Price is for
one IVF or ICSI cycle with your own eggs: monitoring, egg collection, lab work and one fresh embryo transfer. Medicines count as included only where the clinic says so

Key findings

  1. 4 of 8 countries publish a comparable price. The lowest is Japan at £1,230; the highest published figure is £7,760, before travel.
  2. From the UK, 4 of 4 countries are cheaper than a private IVF cycle at home before travel, and 2 after an example flight and 14 hotel nights. The lowest UK self-pay price we found is £3,800.
  3. No official waiting-time figure is published for this in the UK, Canada or Ireland that we could use; it is mostly bought privately.
  4. No verified comparable price in Mexico, Hungary, South Korea and China. A gap means we could not find a price the provider publishes itself, not that the treatment is unavailable.

Figure 1Lowest to highest comparable price, by country (GBP, before travel)

Each bar runs from the lowest to the highest published price that matches the unit; the dashed line is the lowest UK self-pay price we found. Converted at the ECB rate. Click a country for every price line.

Figure 2Cheapest total trip from each home country

Cheapest total trip for an IVF cycle from the UK, Canada, Ireland and the US
FromTurkeyPolandJapanThailandPay at home
UK£3,880£2,910£3,250£5,200from £3,800
CanadaC$7,960C$6,290C$5,770C$9,780from C$9,000
Ireland€4,560€3,410€3,730€6,080from €5,300
US$5,900$4,670$4,290$7,290from $7,990
Lowest published price plus an example return flight and 14 hotel nights, in each reader's currency. Green means the trip costs less than the lowest self-pay price at home. Flights and hotels are round examples, not quotes: put in your own.

What an IVF cycle is

In IVF, hormone injections stimulate the ovaries, the eggs are collected in a short procedure, fertilised in the laboratory, and an embryo is transferred to the womb a few days later. ICSI injects a single sperm into each egg. Clinic prices often leave out the medicines, which can cost as much as the cycle, and extras such as freezing embryos. Rules on who may have IVF differ by country.

IVF prices by country

The range in each country covers only the prices that match the unit above. Click a country for every price line, what it includes, and how to book as a visitor.

IVF published prices by country
CountryProvidersIn GBPIn CADIn EURIn USD
Turkey1£2,510C$4,700€3,000$3,360
Poland2£1,670–£2,960C$3,130–C$5,530€2,000–€3,530$2,230–$3,950
Japan1£1,230C$2,310€1,470$1,650
Thailand2£3,330–£7,760C$6,220–C$14,520€3,970–€9,270$4,450–$10,370

No page yet for Mexico, Hungary, South Korea and China: we did not find a published price there that we could verify.

Waiting and paying at home

The latest official waiting figure in each country, and what providers there publish as a self-pay price.

Waiting times and self-pay prices at home for IVF cycle
Where you liveOfficial waitPay at home
UKNo official figure found£3,800
CanadaNo official figure foundC$9,000 to C$13,500
IrelandNo official figure found€5,300
USNo national figure$7,990 to $12,8902021 hospital data or a dental school

England: NICE guideline NG257 (31 March 2026, replacing CG156) recommends offering an initial 3 full IVF cycles to women under 40 who meet its criteria, and 1 cycle at 40 or 41 (NICE). Local integrated care boards decide what is funded: the fertility regulator says some areas fund three attempts and others one or none, and 27% of UK IVF cycles were NHS-funded in 2022, down from 40% in 2012 (HFEA, HFEA key facts). The NHS patient page still uses the older age wording (NHS).

Ireland: the HSE funds 1 round of IVF or ICSI per couple through a regional fertility hub. The woman must be under 41 at referral, with a BMI between 18.5 and 30, and the couple must use their own eggs and sperm; single people and same-sex couples are not currently eligible (HSE).

Thailand limits IVF to legally married couples, according to a Bangkok clinic citing the 2015 assisted reproduction act (Genesis Fertility). The Japanese price is a university hospital's self-pay list, and the hospital adds inpatient fees, medicines and tests on top (Kyorin University Hospital).

Add your flight and hotel

Choose where you live and the calculator lines up your wait, your price at home and each country's price plus travel for an IVF cycle.

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How to compare IVF cycle prices

  • Check whether the medicines are in the price. Many clinics quote them separately because doses differ.
  • Ask whether ICSI, embryo freezing, storage and a frozen transfer are included or extra.
  • Ask how many monitoring scans you need at the clinic, and whether some can be done at home.
  • Ask for the clinic’s own success figures for your age group, and how they are counted.

Do not travel for an IVF cycle if

  • Anyone the destination’s law excludes. Thailand, for example, limits IVF to legally married couples, according to a Bangkok clinic.
  • People who have not had fertility tests at home: a clinic abroad will usually ask for them first.

Before you book

  • Check what your home health service funds first. NICE in England recommends up to three cycles under 40, but local health boards decide, and the HSE in Ireland funds one round for eligible couples.
  • Ask the clinic for a written plan with dates, medicines and every fee, and agree how embryos are stored if you do not use them all.

After you come home

  • Tell your GP if you are pregnant after treatment abroad, with the clinic’s report on the transfer.
  • Severe tummy pain, swelling or breathlessness after egg collection can be a reaction to the hormones and needs urgent care.

Bringing results home so your own doctor can use them is covered in how to bring your results home.

IVF abroad: questions

Where is an IVF cycle cheapest abroad?

Before flights, the lowest published prices we found are in Japan (about £1,230), Poland (about £1,670 to £2,960) and Turkey (about £2,510). The cheapest country is not always the cheapest trip: a short flight can matter more than the price difference.

How long is the wait for an IVF cycle on the NHS?

NHS England does not publish a waiting-time figure for this that we could use. Ask your GP or dentist what the NHS offers in your case.

How much does a private IVF cycle cost in the UK?

about £3,800 at the UK providers we checked, before any consultant fees they list separately.

What does the price of an IVF cycle usually include?

On this site the price should cover one IVF or ICSI cycle with your own eggs: monitoring, egg collection, lab work and one fresh embryo transfer. Medicines count as included only where the clinic says so. Check whether the medicines are in the price. Many clinics quote them separately because doses differ.

How long do I need to stay abroad for an IVF cycle?

About 2 to 3 weeks for a fresh cycle if you start the injections at the clinic; less if the clinic lets you start them at home and come for the last scans, egg collection and transfer. Ask the clinic for the schedule in writing before you book flights.

Sources

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  3. IVF treatment. Acıbadem Healthcare Group (international patients). Read 26 October 2026.
  4. 生殖補助医療 自費料金表 (self-pay fees for assisted reproduction). Kyorin University Hospital, Department of Gynaecology, 1 June 2024. Read 26 October 2026.
  5. IVF and ICSI costs at Gift Fertility. Gift Fertility (Bangkok). Read 26 October 2026.
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  13. Costs and funding of fertility treatment. Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). Read 26 October 2026.
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