Acacio Fertility Center-Bakersfield

About Acacio Fertility Center-Bakersfield

Acacio Fertility Center-Bakersfield is a reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) practice serving Kern County and the southern Central Valley. Dr. Brian Acacio, MD, FACOG — board-certified in REI and a UCLA clinical associate professor — founded the center and built it around a specific niche: reproductive immunology, and the patients other clinics hand off when IVF keeps failing.

The clinic’s day-to-day case mix leans heavily toward repeat implantation failure (RIF), recurrent pregnancy loss, and PCOS. It runs a full ART lineup from a single location, and it is a small, physician-led practice: roughly 200 cycles a year, against a national clinic average around 400.

One thing to know up front: Acacio has consolidated all services into the Bakersfield office at 2225 19th St. The former Laguna Niguel location is closed, and its patients are seen in Bakersfield. If you were looking at the south Orange County clinic, this is the same practice under one roof now.

On success rates, the honest answer: this clinic’s own per-age live-birth numbers are not published in a CDC/SART-clinic form in our dataset. The 2022 CDC listing for this practice shows its services as “not reported,” and the source states no reason for that gap. For context, CDC 2022 national averages for fresh IVF are 55.1% live birth per retrieval under 35, 41.2% at 35-37, 26.7% at 38-40, and 13.6% over 40. Dr. Acacio’s published reputation rests more on difficult-case management than on headline success-rate numbers, so ask the clinic directly for its current SART report during consultation.

Accreditations & Awards

• Board certification in REI: Dr. Acacio is certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, and a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (FACOG)
• Super Doctors (multiple consecutive years; our source does not list the years): A peer-nominated physician recognition the clinic’s founder has held for several years running
• Academic appointments: UCLA clinical associate professor, and Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Kern Medical Center
• 50+ peer-reviewed publications and presentations in national journals and conferences
• Google rating 4.2 across 26 reviews (21 five-star, 5 one-star), reflecting a small but strongly opinionated patient base

Why Choose Acacio Fertility Center-Bakersfield

• Reproductive immunology depth: The clinic’s core differentiation. Dr. Acacio evaluates immune factors behind failed implantation and recurrent loss — an area most general IVF clinics refer out rather than manage in-house.
• Complex-case referral destination: Other providers send difficult RIF and recurrent-pregnancy-loss cases here, which is a practical signal of peer standing.
• Single-attending accountability: With one board-certified REI physician leading every cycle, you are treated by the specialist, not rotated across a team.
• Full ART scope on site: IVF, ICSI, PGT-A, donor egg and sperm programs, and fertility preservation are handled within one practice.
• Ovarian regeneration option: For diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), the clinic offers PRF (platelet-rich fibrin) ovarian regeneration, which it describes as delivering 3-5x more growth factors than standard PRP.
• Telehealth access: Remote initial consultations and follow-ups are available, useful for Central Valley patients who would otherwise drive long distances.

IVF & Fertility Services

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): Full-cycle management — stimulation, monitoring, retrieval, embryo culture, and transfer
• Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI): Sperm injection for male-factor infertility
• PGT-A: Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy on embryos before transfer
• Egg Donation: Programs for patients using donor eggs
• Sperm Donation: Donor sperm available as part of treatment
• Fertility Preservation: Egg and embryo freezing
• Reproductive Immunology Workup: Immune evaluation and targeted protocols for repeat implantation failure and recurrent pregnancy loss
• Ovarian Regeneration (PRF): Platelet-rich fibrin treatment for diminished ovarian reserve

Fees & Packages

The clinic does not publish package pricing. What’s documented: an initial consultation is offered at a reduced rate so patients can understand their situation before committing to a cycle. From there, costs depend on the treatment path (IVF, ICSI, PGT-A, donor gametes) and medication, and are quoted after the first visit. There is no fixed public price list to compare against — request a written cost estimate and a financing/insurance breakdown during consultation.

Patient Journey

1. Consultation: Book online or call (661) 326-8066. Open Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM-5:00 PM. A reduced-fee initial consult reviews your history and likely causes of infertility. Telehealth consults are available.
2. Fertility assessment: Testing tailored to your case — hormone panels, semen analysis, and imaging.
3. Protocol design: With Dr. Acacio, including immune evaluation if you have repeat implantation failure or recurrent loss.
4. Stimulation and monitoring: Injectable stimulation with ultrasound and bloodwork tracking follicle growth.
5. Egg retrieval: Transvaginal, ultrasound-guided retrieval under sedation.
6. Fertilization and culture: IVF or ICSI in the lab, with embryos cultured to the blastocyst stage; PGT-A if applicable.
7. Transfer and follow-up: Ultrasound-guided embryo transfer, a blood hCG test about 10-14 days later, and early-pregnancy ultrasound monitoring. Telehealth supports follow-up for distant patients.

Local Legal Framework

California is among the most legally protective states in the U.S. for assisted reproduction, which matters for third-party and donor cases.

• Surrogacy: Fully enforceable. California’s Uniform Parentage Act (Family Code §§7960-7962) lets intended parents establish legal parentage by pre-birth or post-birth order, and permits compensated gestational agreements.
• Egg and sperm donation: Under Family Code §7613, a donor who provides gametes through a licensed physician has no parental rights or obligations — donor anonymity/known-donor arrangements are legally clean here.
• PGT: Legal, with no state embryo-selection restrictions beyond FDA and informed-consent standards.
• LGBTQ+ family building: All intended parents are treated equally under California law; no barriers to donor or surrogacy-based treatment.
• Embryo status: California does not treat embryos as legal persons. Disposition of frozen embryos follows the parties’ signed prior reproductive-consent agreements, which courts enforce over later objections.

Location

• Address: 2225 19th St, Bakersfield, CA 93301, USA
• Phone: (661) 326-8066