Egg freezing is not one bill. It is several, spread across different stages of the process, and understanding the shape of those costs before you speak to a clinic makes it much easier to compare quotes properly, rather than being anchored by whichever headline number a clinic leads with. Costs vary by clinic and by region, but the line items themselves are broadly consistent across UK providers. This guide walks through each one, cross-checked against published UK pricing from three clinics rather than relying on a single source (TFP Fertility, 2026; Manchester Fertility, 2026; Harley Street Fertility Clinic, 2026), so you know what to ask about when you get a personalised quote.
1. Initial fertility assessment: around £590
This usually includes an AMH blood test and an antral follicle count (AFC) ultrasound scan. Together, these give the clinic a sense of your ovarian reserve and help them counsel you on what to expect from a cycle, including a rough estimate of how many eggs you might collect. Some clinics bundle a consultation with a fertility specialist into this fee; others charge for the consultation separately, so it is worth asking exactly what the assessment fee covers before you book it.
2. The egg freezing cycle itself: roughly £3,900 to £5,000
This covers monitoring appointments through the stimulation phase, the retrieval procedure itself, and the freezing and initial storage setup. Exact pricing depends on the clinic and sometimes the region; clinics in and around London tend to sit at the higher end of UK pricing generally, though this is not a universal rule. Checking this figure against more than one UK clinic confirms it sits within a reasonable, representative range rather than being an outlier: Harley Street Fertility Clinic prices its initial cycle at £3,900, Manchester Fertility's first cycle is £4,995, and TFP Fertility's published figure falls between the two at £3,845 to £4,700 (TFP Fertility, 2026; Manchester Fertility, 2026; Harley Street Fertility Clinic, 2026). This figure typically does not include the anaesthesia fee for retrieval, which is often billed separately (see below).
3. Medication: variable, priced individually
Stimulation drug cost depends on your dose and how many days of stimulation you need, which your clinic will not know precisely until they have assessed you. This is often the single biggest cost swing between patients, since a higher starting dose, a longer stimulation phase, or the need for additional medication to prevent ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) can all add cost that is difficult to estimate in advance. As a general planning figure, medication for a single cycle commonly runs into four figures, a pattern that holds across clinics: Harley Street Fertility Clinic quotes roughly £800 to £2,500 for medication, and Manchester Fertility quotes roughly £985 to £3,200 (Harley Street Fertility Clinic, 2026; Manchester Fertility, 2026). Ask your own clinic for a personalised estimate based on your AMH and AFC results rather than relying on an average.
4. Annual storage: roughly £360 to £425 per year
This is the ongoing fee to keep your eggs frozen. It is easy to budget carefully for the cycle itself and then forget that storage is a recurring cost for as long as you keep your eggs stored, potentially for decades given that UK law now allows storage for up to 55 years (HFEA, 2022). TFP Fertility's published figure of around £389 a year sits comfortably between Harley Street Fertility Clinic's £360 and Manchester Fertility's £425, so this is a representative range across UK clinics rather than one provider's outlier pricing (TFP Fertility, 2026; Harley Street Fertility Clinic, 2026; Manchester Fertility, 2026). It is worth setting a calendar reminder for this fee, and being clear with yourself about how many years of storage you are implicitly budgeting for when you choose to freeze.
5. Costs that catch people off guard
A few costs tend not to appear in a clinic's headline pricing, and are worth asking about directly before you commit:
- Anaesthesia or sedation fees for the retrieval procedure, which some clinics itemise separately from the cycle fee.
- Extra monitoring or repeat testing, if your first round of scans suggests your protocol needs adjusting partway through.
- A second cycle, if your clinic recommends banking more eggs than one cycle produced, particularly relevant if you are freezing later in your thirties, when yield per cycle tends to be lower.
- Genetic or additional screening some clinics recommend or require, depending on your personal and family medical history.
Financing options
Egg freezing is very rarely NHS funded unless it is medically necessary; see our separate guide on NHS eligibility for the detail on when funding is available and when it is not. For self-funded cycles, some clinics offer 0% interest payment plans over 12 months through third-party providers, which can make a large upfront cost more manageable month to month. If you are still building your shortlist, our comparison of egg freezing clinics in London is a useful starting point, and it is worth asking every clinic you shortlist what financing they offer before you compare headline prices. A lower quoted price with no payment plan can end up costing more in practice, in terms of cash flow pressure, than a higher one that spreads the cost over the year.
How costs compare across the process
It can help to think about the total cost of egg freezing less as a single number and more as three separate financial commitments: the one-off assessment, the one-off (or occasionally repeated) cycle cost including medication, and the ongoing annual storage fee for as long as you keep the eggs. Treating these as genuinely separate budget lines, rather than one lump figure, makes it easier to plan realistically, particularly the storage fee, which is the one cost that continues indefinitely rather than being a single upfront payment.
Questions worth asking when you compare quotes
When you are speaking to more than one clinic, a like-for-like comparison is harder than it sounds, because clinics itemise their pricing differently. It is worth asking each clinic directly: does this quote include anaesthesia for retrieval; is medication included in the headline cycle price or billed separately; what is the storage fee and how often does it increase; and what happens, cost-wise, if my cycle needs to be adjusted or extended partway through. Asking the same set of questions of every clinic you consider is the most reliable way to compare them fairly, rather than comparing headline numbers that may not represent the same scope of service.
The honest total
All in, a single self-funded cycle in the UK commonly lands somewhere in the £4,500 to £6,000-plus range once assessment, cycle and typical medication costs are added together, before ongoing storage is factored in. At clinics with higher medication costs or no separate assessment fee, the all-in total for a single cycle can run notably higher than this, sometimes £7,000 or more once medication is included, so treat this range as typical rather than a ceiling. If you need a second cycle to bank more eggs, budget accordingly; it is far better to go in expecting this possibility than to be caught off guard by it partway through the process.
What drives price differences between clinics
Several factors explain why one clinic's headline price sits noticeably above another's for what looks like the same service. Location is one: clinics in major cities generally carry higher overheads than those in smaller towns, and this tends to be reflected in pricing. The level of included monitoring is another; some clinics build a generous number of scans and blood tests into their standard cycle fee, while others charge per appointment beyond a baseline number, which can make a seemingly cheaper headline price more expensive in practice for anyone who needs closer monitoring. The lab and embryology team behind the scenes also varies: clinics with higher-volume, more specialised embryology labs sometimes charge a premium, reflecting investment in equipment and expertise that is harder to see from the outside than a simple price comparison suggests.
None of this means a higher price guarantees a better outcome, or that a lower price signals lower quality. It does mean that price alone is a poor way to choose a clinic, and that reading exactly what is and is not included in a quoted figure matters more than the headline number itself.
Multiple cycles: budgeting for the possibility
Not every patient needs more than one cycle, but a meaningful proportion do, particularly those freezing in their late thirties, when egg yield per cycle tends to be lower. If your clinic suggests, after reviewing your AMH and AFC results, that you may need two cycles to bank a reasonable number of eggs, it is worth asking for that guidance in writing and building it into your budget from the outset, rather than treating it as an unwelcome surprise partway through. Some clinics offer a modest discount on the assessment fee for a second cycle within a set time window, since much of the initial workup does not need repeating; it is worth asking directly whether this applies.
Planning for the possibility of a second cycle also affects how you think about financing. A payment plan sized around a single cycle may not stretch comfortably to cover two, so it is worth discussing this scenario with any financing provider before you commit, rather than after a second cycle turns out to be necessary.
Budgeting for the years ahead, not just the cycle
Because eggs can now legally be stored for up to 55 years, it is worth thinking about the storage fee as a long-term commitment rather than an afterthought. At roughly £360 to £425 a year depending on clinic, ten years of storage adds somewhere between about £3,600 and £4,250 on top of the cycle cost, a figure that is easy to underestimate when you are focused on the immediate cost of the procedure itself. Some women choose to set aside a small amount each month specifically for storage renewal, treating it similarly to a subscription, so the annual fee never comes as a surprise.
Figures above are indicative, cross-checked against published pricing from three UK clinics rather than a single source, not a quote from any of them. Get a personalised cost estimate from any clinic you are considering, since pricing structures vary.
References
- TFP Fertility (2026) How much does egg freezing cost? Available at: https://tfp-fertility.com/en-gb/blog/how-much-does-egg-freezing-cost (Accessed: 23 September 2026).
- Manchester Fertility (2026) Egg freezing. Available at: https://www.manchesterfertility.com/treatments/fertility-preservation/egg-freezing/ (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
- Harley Street Fertility Clinic (2026) How much does it cost to freeze your eggs? Available at: https://hsfc.org.uk/news/how-much-does-it-cost-to-freeze-your-eggs (Accessed: 24 September 2026).
- HFEA (2022) New law comes into force giving greater flexibility for fertility patients. Available at: https://www.hfea.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-press-releases/2022/new-law-comes-into-force-giving-greater-flexibility-for-fertility-patients/ (Accessed: 23 September 2026).