Using a donor changes what treatment costs, and the extra is rarely one line on an invoice. Here are our figures first.
Donor sperm itself is quoted separately, because the price depends on the bank and the vials your treatment needs. Every other price we charge is published in full on our prices page, and you can read it before you speak to anyone.
If you are looking for standard IVF costs rather than donor treatment, read how much IVF costs in the UK instead.
Three things sit on top of a normal cycle.
The donor themselves. UK donors are not paid for their eggs or sperm — that is illegal here. They receive fixed compensation set by the regulator: £985 for egg donors and £45 per clinic visit for sperm donors, rates that rose on 1 October 2024 and had not changed since 2011. That compensation, plus the donor's own screening, counselling and clinic time, is what you are covering.
Screening and matching. Donors are tested for infectious diseases and a panel of genetic conditions, and the results have to be current. Matching you to a donor takes clinical time.
Synchronising two cycles. With fresh donor eggs, your cycle and the donor's have to line up. That means more monitoring than a standard cycle needs.
Donor egg IVF starts at £8,950 here. That covers the donor's compensation and screening, matching, the laboratory work, fertilisation, embryo culture and your transfer.
It does not cover your own medication, which we quote against your actual prescription rather than as a range, nor ICSI at £1,300 where sperm quality makes it the right choice, nor freezing and storing any embryos you do not transfer.
Ask any clinic one question before you commit: how many eggs are you guaranteed, and what happens if fewer are collected or none fertilise? Clinics answer this very differently, and the answer belongs in writing.
The UK has a real shortage of donors from some ethnic backgrounds. If you are Black, South Asian, East Asian or of mixed heritage, you may be told the wait for a matched donor is long — sometimes years — or you may be steered towards treatment abroad.
We will tell you the honest picture for your own heritage at your first conversation, including how many matched donors there realistically are, rather than take a deposit and leave you waiting. That is the whole reason we publish this rather than bury it.
Donor sperm is used in three common situations: male factor infertility, female couples, and solo motherhood by choice. The treatment costs differ from each other quite a lot.
On top of either, you pay for the sperm itself. Vials are bought from a licensed bank and priced per vial, so the number you need changes the total. Ask how many vials your plan assumes, and what a second attempt would cost, before you compare two clinics' headline prices.
In reciprocal IVF — also called ROPA, or shared motherhood — one partner provides the eggs and the other carries the pregnancy. Both are part of the pregnancy, which is the point of it.
Ours is £4,500 fixed, excluding donor sperm and medication. It is priced as a fixed fee deliberately, because this is a route where costs elsewhere have a habit of arriving in instalments.
Legally, both partners can be the child's legal parents from birth if you are married or in a civil partnership. If you are not, you will need to complete the parenthood consent forms before treatment. We will walk you through them.
This is not a cost, but it is the thing most people wish they had understood earlier.
Anyone conceived with a donor in the UK can apply at 18 for identifying information about their donor. Donors are not anonymous here and have not been since 2005. That is worth factoring into your decision alongside the price, and it is one of the differences between treating in the UK and treating abroad.
At Veya, donor egg IVF starts at £8,950, excluding your medication and ICSI. Across UK clinics the range is wider, largely because of what each includes and how many eggs are guaranteed.
A Conventional IVF cycle from £4,500 plus the sperm itself and medication. If IUI is clinically appropriate, IUI with donor sperm starts at £1,500 and is worth discussing first.
Ours is £4,500 as a fixed fee, excluding donor sperm and medication.
No. Payment for donation is illegal in the UK. Donors receive fixed compensation — £985 for egg donors, £45 per visit for sperm donors — which covers their time and expenses, not the eggs or sperm.
Often the headline price is lower. Weigh it against travel and accommodation for a cycle that cannot easily be rescheduled, the fact that donor anonymity rules differ, and what happens if something needs follow-up once you are home.
Yes, before you pay anything. If the honest answer is that a matched donor may take a long time, you need that at the start, not after a deposit.
Know your total before you commit. Start with a free 15-minute consultation with a Fertility Specialist — no referral needed, no obligation. Book a free consultation, or read every price we charge first.
Next step: read about IVF at Veya Fertility.
