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IVF in India from the UK: what the trip costs against paying at home
Prices checked (Taipei time)
Short answer
For UK patients, an IVF cycle in India costs £788–£2,210 at the clinics we checked, or about £2,510 with a rough travel estimate added. That is about £1,290 less than the lowest self-pay price we found in the UK (£3,800).
- Clinic price
- £788–£2,2102 providers, 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
- With travel
- £2,510clinic £788 + about £1,720 travel (rough estimate)
- Pay privately in UK
- £3,800–£5,240
- Wait in UK
- No official figure found
- Cover in UK
- NICE says to offer IVF to women under 42 (3 cycles under 40, 1 cycle at 40 or 41), but each local ICB decides who it funds and may add rules on age, weight, smoking or children.
- Soonest booking there
- Not published: ask in writing
- Rank from UK
- 1 of 9 countries by total trip cost
Figure 1Where the money goes, in GBP
Trip total £2,510£1,290 under home
Figure 2IVF: cheapest trip from the UK, by country
IVF prices in India, hospital by hospital
Cheapest first, in GBP, each from the provider's own price list. The dashed line is the lowest self-pay price in the UK. Open the details for what each price covers and where we read it. The same prices in every currency, with each hospital's booking page: IVF cost in India.
Prices in GBP
Published priceUK private from £3,800
Indira IVF
from £788
Basic IVF, per cycle (Advanced IVF/ICSI from ₹1,80,000)
As published: From ₹100,000
What the price includes, source
Basic IVF, per cycle (Advanced IVF/ICSI from ₹1,80,000) From ₹100,000
Basic IVF: IVF stimulation injections, ultrasounds, consultations, doctors’ fees, hospital, theatre and lab charges. Excludes check-ups, blood tests, pharmacy medicines, other injections, freezing, thawing and donor charges. Advanced IVF/ICSI adds laser, blastocyst culture, freezing of 2 embryos and 1 embryo transfer. Both marked with an asterisk; “T&C Apply”.
Indira IVF · read 2 November 2026
Apollo Fertility
£1,260–£2,210
IVF cycle, Hyderabad
As published: ₹160,000 to ₹280,000
What the price includes, source
IVF cycle, Hyderabad ₹160,000 to ₹280,000
The clinic says “the cost usually includes everything, from stimulation to embryo transfer and post-transfer follow-up”, depending on individual needs; PGD or ICSI add to the cost. From a clinic article, not a price list.
Apollo Fertility · read 2 November 2026
Cheapest first. Prices are converted at the European Central Bank rates of 23 October 2026 and rounded, before flights and a hotel. “Book” opens the provider's own page for foreign patients; we take no fee and pass on nothing.
More hospitals in India that offer an IVF cycle without a published price
These hospitals run a service for international patients; the booking time is each one's own words. Ask for a written quote and a date before you book flights.
MGM Healthcare, Chennai
No booking time published: ask in writing
4 published pricesDetails
Manipal Hospitals, Old Airport Road
No booking time published: ask in writing
Estimated prices for 1 treatmentDetails
Both Indian prices are clinics' own starting prices for patients in India. Indira IVF's ₹1,00,000 Basic IVF excludes blood tests, pharmacy medicines, freezing and donor charges, and its Advanced IVF/ICSI starts at ₹1,80,000 with blastocyst culture, freezing of 2 embryos and 1 transfer (Indira IVF). Apollo Fertility gives ₹1,60,000 to ₹2,80,000 per cycle in Hyderabad in a clinic article (Apollo Fertility). Neither page says whether patients from abroad pay the same, so ask for a written quote in your own currency and check what the medicines will cost.
Against waiting or paying in the UK
We have not found an official waiting-time figure for an IVF cycle in the UK. Prices at home next to every country: IVF cost in the UK.
Paying privately in the UK: £3,800–£5,240, from CREATE Fertility, Salisbury Fertility Centre (Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust), Cambridge IVF (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and NHS Grampian, Aberdeen Fertility Centre.
Can the NHS pay?
NHS and HSE schemes do not reach India. The NHS S2 route covers state treatment in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and the HSE schemes cover the EU, EEA, the UK and Switzerland. Treatment in India is paid by you or by a private insurer who agrees in advance. NHS S2 route, HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme.
Planning the trip from the UK
- Get a written quoteSend the clinic your referral or reason for an IVF cycle and ask for an itemised price in writing, with the date and what happens if the result needs follow-up.
- Before you goCheck 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.
- Before you goAsk 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.
- Entry rulesCheck the official advice before booking: UK citizens (FCDO entry requirements).
- LanguageHindi and many regional languages; English is used in private hospitals.
- After you returnTell your GP if you are pregnant after treatment abroad, with the clinic’s report on the transfer.
- After you returnSevere tummy pain, swelling or breathlessness after egg collection can be a reaction to the hormones and needs urgent care.
Compare with your wait and price at home
Compare India with every other country for an IVF cycle from the UK: price, how soon, and the hospitals.
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IVF in India from the UK: questions
How much is an IVF cycle in India for UK patients?
The published prices we found work out at £788–£2,210 at the clinic, from Indira IVF and Apollo Fertility. Adding a rough travel estimate of £1,720 for a return flight and a hotel, the trip comes to about £2,510. Your own fares and dates will change that part.
Is it cheaper than paying privately in the UK?
Yes, by about £1,290 on these example figures: the lowest self-pay price we found at home is £3,800. The gap shrinks if your travel costs more than our estimate.
How long is the wait for an IVF cycle in the UK?
We have not found an official waiting-time figure for this in the UK.
How many days do I need in India?
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. That is our planning estimate, not medical advice; ask the clinic for its schedule in writing.
Will the NHS pay for it?
No. The NHS S2 route covers state treatment in the EU and a few other European countries; India is outside it.
Sources
- How much does IVF treatment cost in India?. Indira IVF. Read 2 November 2026.
- IVF & ICSI treatment cost in Hyderabad. Apollo Fertility. Read 2 November 2026.
- IVF & fertility treatment costs: our prices. CREATE Fertility (UK). Read 26 October 2026.
- Fertility Centre: treatment prices. Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. Read 31 October 2026.
- Prices (April 2026 price list). Cambridge IVF, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Read 31 October 2026.
- Costed treatment plan: charges for 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027 (CO-GN-0013 Rev49, PDF). NHS Grampian, Aberdeen Fertility Centre, 2 April 2026. Read 27 October 2026.
- Planned treatment: S2 funding route. NHS (nhs.uk). Read 26 October 2026.
- Treatment Abroad Scheme. Health Service Executive (HSE). Read 26 October 2026.
- Fertility problems: assessment and treatment (NG257), access criteria for IVF. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), 31 March 2026. Read 27 October 2026.
- Euro foreign exchange reference rates. European Central Bank, 23 October 2026. Read 26 October 2026.