What does IVF with egg donation cost in Spain?
The cost of IVF with egg donation in Spain ranges from £5,600 to £8,200, against around £6,500 to £7,500 in the UK. That price covers donor selection, sedation and the transfer. The procedure itself takes 20 minutes as a day case, with no overnight stay required.
📊 Price table 2026
| Type of treatment | Price in Spain | Price in the UK |
|---|---|---|
| IVF with egg donation (standard) | £5,600 - £7,300 | £5,500 - £7,000 |
| IVF with egg donation + PGT-A | £7,300 - £9,500 | £7,500 - £11,000 |
| Double donation (eggs + sperm) | £6,500 - £8,200 | £6,500 - £8,500 |
| Embryo adoption (optional) | £2,600 - £3,900 | - |
If you are considering treatment abroad, it is worth checking what your NHS cover provides in your situation. Funding rules for fertility treatment differ across the UK and are set locally by your integrated care board.
What is egg donation?
Egg donation in Spain, in Barcelona and elsewhere, is the process by which a woman, usually a younger one, provides eggs (oocytes) to another person and/or their partner for assisted reproduction, so that the recipient can have a child with her partner or using donor sperm.
What does the egg donation process involve?
The fertility egg donation process consists of retrieving eggs from a woman whose ovaries function normally. After retrieval, the eggs are fertilised in the in vitro fertilisation (IVF) laboratory with the sperm of the recipient couple’s partner or, in some cases, with donor sperm.
After laboratory fertilisation and embryo growth over 3 or 5 days, the resulting embryos are transferred into the uterus of the woman who wishes to carry the baby. If a pregnancy is established, the recipient woman becomes the mother who carries the developing baby throughout the pregnancy and birth, with all the joy that experience brings.
Egg donation is one of the most widely performed infertility treatments in Spain. Spanish law makes the donation anonymous and keeps donors’ identities confidential[1]. Neither the recipient nor the donor can therefore know the other’s identity, and it is not possible to name a sister, a niece or a friend as the donor.
| Treatments | Price in Spain |
|---|---|
| IVF with your own eggs | £3,900 - £5,600 |
| IVF with egg donation | £5,600 - £7,300 |
| Medical consultation | £110 |
| Donor sperm | £350 |
| Frozen embryo transfer | £1,300 - £2,200 |
What is egg donation treatment?
Egg donation treatment gives the patient the option of using donated eggs during an in vitro fertilisation cycle. Most clinics offer protocols designed to work with an egg donor or to use frozen donor eggs from an egg bank.
These packages vary in the services and prices they include, depending on whether patients use frozen eggs from an egg bank. When a donor egg bank is used, the cost of the egg batch (including donor compensation and retrieval) is usually not included in the treatment package.
What does a success rate mean in egg donation?
Three figures circulate under that single name. In a series of 1,867 cycles, egg donation produced 63.6% live births per transfer and 87.9% cumulative live birth rate over a complete cycle[2]. Another series of 262 cycles measured 55.7% per started cycle[3]. That is where guaranteed pregnancy programmes come from.
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Sperm donation and egg freezing
Spanish fertility clinics hold sperm and frozen egg banks. Because donation is anonymous, selection is down to the medical team: for sperm donation in Spain, the law expressly forbids choosing the donor at the recipient’s request and requires the closest possible phenotypic and immunological match[1].
FAQ - Frequently asked questions
How much does IVF with egg donation cost in Spain?
Expect £5,600 to £8,200 in Spain, against around £7,000 in the UK. Double egg and sperm donation sits between £6,500 and £8,200. Stimulation medication and preliminary tests are charged separately.
Is there an age limit for receiving an egg donation in Spain?
Spanish law sets no maximum age: it opens these techniques to any adult woman with full legal capacity[1]. It does require the patient to be informed of the risks of motherhood at a clinically unsuitable age. Each centre sets its own limit.
Is there a long wait for egg donation?
In Spain, clinics have donor banks and report short waiting times. In the UK, patients waiting for donor eggs also face long waits, and many turn to treatment abroad for that reason.
Is egg donation treatment carried out in Spain reimbursed by the NHS?
Fertility treatment funding in the UK is decided locally by your integrated care board, and NHS-funded care abroad is exceptional. Most patients pay privately, so it is worth checking what your NHS cover provides in your situation.
Are egg donors paid in Spain?
No. Spanish law bans any profit-making or commercial element in donation[1]. The compensation paid strictly covers physical discomfort, travel costs and loss of earnings linked to the donation, and cannot amount to a financial incentive.
How many children can be born from the same donor in Spain?
Six at most. Spanish law caps at six the number of children born in Spain from the same donor’s gametes[1]. The donor must declare previous donations, and the centre is required to verify that declaration.
What affects the chances of a live birth?
Across a series of 262 egg donation cycles, only two factors stood out: the number of good-quality eggs and the recipient’s body mass index[3]. A BMI of 25 or above halves the cumulative live birth rate.
Sources & References
- Espagne. Ley 14/2006, de 26 de mayo, sobre técnicas de reproducción humana asistida (articles 5.3, 5.5, 5.7, 6.1, 6.2 et 6.5). 2006. View the source
- Cubillos-García SP, Revilla-Pacheco F, Meneses-Mayo M, et al. Required number of blastocysts transferred, and oocytes retrieved to optimize live and cumulative live birth rates in the first complete cycle of IVF for autologous and donated oocytes. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2024. View the source
- Malhotra N, Gupta M, Yadav A, et al. Multivariate analysis of oocyte donor and recipient factors affecting cumulative live birth rate in oocyte donor IVF cycles. JBRA Assisted Reproduction. 2021. View the source
- Agence de la biomédecine. Rapport médical et scientifique 2023 - Don d’ovocytes. 2023. View the source
- Assurance Maladie. Assistance médicale à la procréation réalisée en UE ou en Suisse : votre prise en charge. 2026. View the source
