Location
Tijuana, Zona Río
Inside Hospital Angeles Tijuana, near the San Diego border.
Fertilite Tijuana · U.S. patients
IVF in Tijuana, built for patients coming from the U.S.
Fertilite is a reproductive-medicine clinic in Tijuana, inside Hospital Angeles, minutes from the San Diego border. This site exists so you can understand treatment, the laboratory, travel, and cost before you talk to anyone.
The conversion we want is not “book IVF.” It is: this looks legitimate, understandable, and doable. Then a conversation.
Door-to-door from SAN is often 1–2.5 hours. Border waits are the variable, not the miles.
Facts we can stand behind
What this clinic is, geographically and clinically
Border
San Ysidro corridor
Typical drive from San Diego International Airport to the border is about 15–25 minutes, depending on traffic.
Coordination
English-speaking
U.S. patients work with coordinators who handle scheduling, records, and travel logistics.
Established
Founded 2007
Fertilite was founded in Tijuana by Dr. Fabián Walters and Dr. José Hernández Ledezma.
Laboratory
On-site embryology
IVF, ICSI, embryo culture, biopsy, and cryostorage are performed in Fertilite’s own laboratory.
Pricing
Published in USD
Package prices are listed in U.S. dollars. Medications, travel, and some add-ons are separate.
We do not display unverified awards, invented success percentages, or stock “world-class” badges. If a fact is not documented, it is not on this page.
Process
How IVF in Tijuana actually works
Most of stimulation can happen at home if a U.S. clinic will monitor you. Tijuana is for retrieval, the laboratory, and transfer — not for living at a hotel for three weeks.
Step 1 of 10
Consultation
- Where am I physically?
- Video from the U.S., or in person in Tijuana
- Do I need to be in Tijuana?
- Usually not
- How long does this take?
- 45–90 minutes, plus time to send records
- Who am I talking to?
- A reproductive-medicine physician and a U.S. patient coordinator
- What costs occur here?
- Ask whether the first consultation is complimentary, credited, or billed. Do not start stimulation on a verbal quote alone.
- What could change the schedule?
- Missing records, especially prior stimulation sheets and embryology reports, delay a useful plan.
Review history, prior IVF records, AMH, semen analysis, uterine imaging, and your goals. The output should be a diagnosis-informed plan, not a generic package pitch.
Cost
Transparent pricing, including the inconvenient parts
The clinic lists IVF/ICSI at $4,950 USD. Medication, PGT, travel, and some add-ons are separate. We would rather show a messy total than a clean package that is not what you pay.
| Category | Fertilite Tijuana | Typical U.S. clinic |
|---|---|---|
| IVF / ICSI procedure fee | $4,950 listed package | $12,000–$18,000 typical base cycle |
| Medication | Not in the listed own-egg package; budget a separate pharmacy bill | $3,000–$7,000 typical |
| PGT-A | $2,500 + $250 per biopsied embryo, as listed | $3,500–$6,000 typical add-on, sometimes including freeze and FET |
| Travel | Required. San Diego patients can drive or fly into SAN and cross the border. | Usually local if you already live near your clinic |
| Local monitoring | Often possible in the U.S. during stimulation if a clinic will share results; otherwise monitoring is in Tijuana | Usually available at the treating clinic |
| Treatment location | Tijuana, Mexico, in Hospital Angeles Tijuana | United States |
| English-speaking care | English-speaking coordination is part of the U.S. patient workflow; confirm physician language at consultation | Yes in most U.S. clinics |
| CDC / SART outcome reporting | Not reported in CDC/SART. Mexican clinics are outside that framework. | Participating U.S. clinics report to CDC; SART members also publish clinic reports |
This table is not designed so Fertilite “wins” every row. Travel and the absence of CDC/SART reporting are real disadvantages. U.S. cost ranges are published market estimates, not official CDC prices.
Laboratory
Embryos are handled in Tijuana, by a named laboratory team
The laboratory director trained in embryology in the United States and is listed with American Board of Bioanalysis high-complexity laboratory credentials. Photography of the actual rooms will replace the placeholders as soon as the clinic supplies it for this site.
Photograph forthcoming
IVF laboratory overview
Culture room layout, not a stock microscope still.
Photograph forthcoming
Incubators
Where embryos actually spend five to seven days.
Photograph forthcoming
ICSI / micromanipulation workstation
The bench used for injection and biopsy.
Who handles embryos
Eggs, sperm, and embryos are handled by the embryology and andrology team: laboratory director Dr. José J. Hernández Ledezma; laboratory supervisor Daniel Hernández, MSc; and QFB embryology/andrology staff listed by the clinic. Physicians retrieve eggs and perform transfers; they do not replace the laboratory for culture and freeze.
Culture and fertilization
After retrieval, eggs are identified and either inseminated (conventional IVF) or injected (ICSI). The clinic describes culture through blastocyst development, with transfer considered around day 5 and a stated maximum of two embryos transferred. Ask which incubators and culture media are in use for your cycle — those are fair questions.
Witnessing and identification
Every serious IVF laboratory has a witnessing protocol so that gametes and embryos remain linked to the correct people. Ask Fertilite to walk you through labels, double checks, and any electronic witnessing at retrieval, ICSI, biopsy, freeze, and transfer. Request that the method appear in consent documents.
People
Who is actually responsible
Fabián Walters, MD
Medical Director, Fertilite Medical Group
As medical director, Dr. Walters oversees clinical protocols for IVF patients, including consultation, stimulation planning, retrieval, and transfer. U.S. patients typically meet a reproductive-medicine physician for diagnosis and treatment planning before a cycle is scheduled.
Training and credentials as published on Fertilite’s Our Experts page.
José J. Hernández Ledezma, MD, PhD, MSc
Laboratories Director, Fertilite Medical Group
The laboratory director is responsible for the systems that handle eggs, sperm, and embryos: culture, identification, biopsy workflow, cryostorage, and quality control. Patients do not usually sit with the lab director at every visit, but that role is who sets the laboratory standard for a cycle.
Training and credentials as published on Fertilite’s Our Experts page.
Leslie Patrón, MD
Medical geneticist
Dr. Patrón is listed as the clinic’s medical geneticist. For PGT-M or PGT-SR, a genetics conversation is often needed before a probe or testing strategy is ordered. PGT-A still benefits from a plain-language explanation of what a result can and cannot say.
Role as published on Fertilite’s Our Experts page.
Outcomes
We will not publish a single success rate
Fertilite’s Mexican website has used cumulative pregnancy-rate graphics. A single percentage without age, egg source, transfer type, sample size, and a definition is not enough for a U.S. patient making a medical decision.
Fertilite is not a CDC/SART-reporting U.S. clinic. That is a genuine limitation, not something to paper over with a large number. Clinic-reported historical volume (“more than 1,500 babies born through IVF” on fertilite.com.mx) is the clinic’s claim; it is not a live-birth-per-transfer table.
A useful conversation is your age, AMH, prior embryology, and whether PGT is indicated — not a homepage badge. Detailed, method-stated outcome tables are a Phase 2 item for this site, and they will be labeled with denominators when they exist.
Travel
The border is a commute, not a medical mystery
San Diego International Airport, a 15–25 minute typical drive to San Ysidro, a passport crossing, then Zona Río. Waits vary. Hotels should be near Hospital Angeles, not at the beach.
Direct answers
U.S. patient questions
Questions U.S. patients actually ask
Patient stories
This launch does not use stock testimonials or anonymous five-star widgets. When patients consent to named stories with dates and treatment type, they will live here. Until then, ask a coordinator what cases similar to yours have looked like — including the ones that did not work on the first transfer.
Start
If this already feels clearer, the next step is a plan — not a booking.
A coordinator can map testing, monitoring, travel, and an itemized quote to your actual records. You do not need to decide on IVF to have that conversation.
Contact
Talk to a coordinator, not a chatbot
Coordinators typically reply during clinic hours. If you write overnight from the U.S., expect a response the next business morning, Pacific Time.
United States
+1 (619) 586-7830+1 (619) 254-8050Mexico / WhatsApp
+52 (664) 316-6488Open WhatsAppClinic hours
Monday–Friday: 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. local time
Saturday: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. local time
Fertilite Tijuana is part of Fertilite, a fertility center based in Tijuana, Mexico. The Tijuana clinic is located in Hospital Angeles Tijuana, Zona Río. Fertilite also operates clinics in other Mexican cities; this site is specifically for U.S. patients considering treatment in Tijuana.