Pinnacle Fertility - Los Angeles

About Pinnacle Fertility Los Angeles

This practice works at 11818 Wilshire Boulevard on Los Angeles’s Westside. It operated for decades as California Fertility Partners (CFP) and, on its own page, dates that work to 1982. The rebranding did not move anything: the SART record for this center still carries SART number 0040 under clinic registration 2010 at the same Wilshire address, with Karine Chung, MD as medical director and Rebecca Stones, PhD, HCLD as laboratory director. The clinic now presents itself as part of the Pinnacle Fertility group, which runs shared services such as an egg bank and a surrogacy business. Our sources show that group structure but never give a number of offices, so no count appears here.

Outcomes, and what the numbers measure. The figures come from the 2023 SART Final Clinic Summary Report for registration 2010. The measure is cumulative live birth per intended egg retrieval, counting every embryo transfer from that retrieval, for patients using their own eggs: 50.0% under 35 (88 cycles in the band), 42.0% at 35-37 (88), 27.7% at 38-40 (112), 15.2% at 41-42 (46) and 14.6% over 42 (48). The 14.9% shown for 41 and over is those last two bands weighted together, not a separate published line. Total cycles reported for the year: 1,588.

Against the national row from the same registry and the same year. SART’s 2023 national summary — the comparison row the data table on this page carries — reads 53.2% under 35, 39.9% at 35-37, 26.2% at 38-40 and 9.4% over 40. So this center is below the national figure in the youngest band, 50.0% against 53.2%, and above it in the three older bands, 42.0% against 39.9%, 27.7% against 26.2% and 14.9% against 9.4%. That is the whole picture: the under-35 group does not lead, and where this clinic does lead, the bands are small — the 41-42 and over-42 groups together cover 94 cycles of the 1,588 reported. Read your own age band, not the headline number. One marketing claim to check against that table: the Pinnacle group’s own success-rate page states that its rates meet or exceed national averages, which the 2023 registry rows above do not support for under-35 patients at this Los Angeles registration. The clinic was also listed at #68 in Newsweek’s 2024 America’s Best Fertility Clinics, and in the Top 100 for 2023, both posted on the clinic’s own page.

Accreditations & Awards

• Newsweek, America’s Best Fertility Clinics — listed at #68 for 2024 and inside the Top 100 for 2023. The clinic posts these on its own page; the 2024 ranking and the 2023 band were also checked against Newsweek’s published lists. A commercial ranking, not an accreditation.
• SART member clinic — SART number 0040, member since 1987, filing cycles to the public registry under clinic registration 2010. That filing is why the age-band numbers above exist in public and can be pulled independently.
• CAP accreditation of the embryology laboratory — recorded as “CAP Accredited” in this clinic’s SART registry entry, the accreditation that governs how eggs and embryos are handled, cultured, frozen and biopsied for testing.
• AAAHC, CLIA and FDA registration, all as stated by the clinic (per its own awards list: AAAHC for ambulatory procedural care, CLIA for the clinical laboratory, FDA registration as a donor tissue processor). Our sources capture these as the clinic’s statements; we did not verify them against those registries.
• Castle Connolly — the clinic’s awards list carries Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors and LGBTQ+ Provider designations, and several physicians in this practice appear as Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctors. Attribution matters here: a provider listing in a physician directory is not a statement about who owns the clinic.

Why Choose Pinnacle Fertility Los Angeles

• Long history at one address: the practice has served the Los Angeles community since 1982, first as California Fertility Partners, reporting under the same SART number (0040) it holds today
• Third-party reproduction runs through this practice: donor-egg services are on the Los Angeles service list, the network handles surrogate matching with legal and medical support, and Dr. Guy Ringler, who practices here, is described on his clinic profile as a pioneer in helping gay men build families through egg donation and surrogacy
• A named medical director: Karine Chung, MD, holds the medical director line on the SART report, alongside a lab director listed in the same record (Rebecca Stones, PhD, HCLD)
• Results that split by age band, in both directions: 50.0% live birth per intended retrieval under 35 against SART’s 2023 national 53.2% — behind the country in the youngest band — and ahead of it at 35-37 (42.0% vs 39.9%), 38-40 (27.7% vs 26.2%) and over 40 (14.9% vs 9.4%), where the reported cycle counts are much smaller
• LGBTQ+ family building as a stated program: the clinic’s own page lists leading LGBTQ+ family-building programs among its services, and Castle Connolly carries the practice as an LGBTQ+ Provider
• Group resources, with the boundary made explicit: donor-egg matching through the Pinnacle Egg Bank and surrogacy support are network services shared across Pinnacle’s offices, not something this Wilshire Boulevard registration runs alone
• What our sources do not document here: no published price list, no outcome breakdown by physician, no separate fresh-embryo or frozen-transfer rates for this registration in our extract, and no stated wait time to a cycle start

IVF & Fertility Services

The clinic’s Los Angeles page lists these treatments; the group’s network pages cover the third-party programs.

• In Vitro Fertilization (IVF): stimulation, monitoring, retrieval and transfer managed as one cycle
• Intrauterine Insemination (IUI)
• Egg retrieval: transvaginal, ultrasound-guided, done at this office
• Genetic testing (PGT): preimplantation genetic screening and testing, listed by the network among the techniques it uses to select embryos
• Egg freezing and fertility preservation: vitrification for patients planning family later, and for those facing gonadotoxic treatment such as chemotherapy — cancer-related fertility support is listed at group level
• Embryo transfer, fresh and frozen: the 2023 registry data for this registration does not publish a separate fresh and frozen split, so ask for both if a transfer plan depends on them
• Donor egg services: donor matching through the Pinnacle Egg Bank, a shared network resource rather than a Los Angeles-only program
• Surrogacy services: intended-parent and carrier pathways, with matching, legal and medical coordination offered across the Pinnacle network
• LGBTQ+ family building: programs listed for same-sex couples and transgender patients
• Counseling and support: psychological support alongside treatment

Fees & Packages

There is no published price list. The clinic says its financial counselors review a patient’s benefits, walk through what is included and outline next steps, and that it provides detailed cost breakdowns with flexible payment options; specific cycle, medication and add-on prices are quoted in that conversation rather than posted online.

• Insurance: the practice now accepts insurance, and states that diagnostic testing and development of a treatment plan may be covered depending on the plan. Coverage turns on the individual policy, so get a written benefits determination before medications start.
• PatientFi: third-party financing built around fertility treatment, with installment options.
• CapexMD: patient financing for fertility care; the clinic describes quick approvals and competitive rates.

Our sources do not list a self-pay package price, a medication cost or a storage fee for this clinic, and they do not describe what a cycle fee includes.

Patient Journey

1. Book a consultation online or by phone. The clinic states that appointments can be scheduled as early as the following week, subject to availability.
2. First visit, usually virtual: a fertility specialist reviews your medical history, lifestyle and any prior attempts at conception, and answers questions. Bring prior treatment records, surgical notes and lab results if you are transferring care.
3. Testing: blood work for hormone levels and ovarian reserve, ultrasound for ovarian and uterine anatomy, semen analysis where a partner is involved, and an HSG to check the tubes if needed. Additional genetic or thyroid testing depends on your history.
4. Plan: results drive the choice of treatment — IVF, IUI, egg freezing or a donor-egg or carrier path — and the physician walks through the steps.
5. Cycle monitoring: ultrasound and bloodwork track follicle growth and hormone levels while medication is adjusted around the retrieval date. Our sources do not publish a stimulation length or a scan schedule for this clinic.
6. Retrieval and culture: transvaginal egg retrieval, then fertilization and embryo culture in the laboratory, with PGT when it is elected. Our sources do not describe the anesthesia or the culture length used at this office.
7. Transfer: a fresh or frozen embryo transfer after consent.
8. Pregnancy test and follow-up: a blood test confirms pregnancy, then early-pregnancy guidance follows. Our sources do not state how many days after transfer that test is scheduled.

Local Legal Framework

Our sources describe California as one of the most surrogacy-friendly states in the US. What they actually document for this page:

• Egg donation: lawful, proceeding on written informed consent. California Family Code is the reference this page’s legal record carries, without a section number, so confirm the exact provision with counsel.
• Surrogacy: California recognizes enforceable gestational-carrier agreements, commercial and altruistic alike, which is why third-party programs sit inside practices here. The written agreement and independent counsel for each party remain the patient’s responsibility.
• Parentage orders: our sources note a California Family Building Act taking effect in 2025 that lets California residents apply for parentage orders, alongside the state’s existing parentage law. Ask how and when that filing happens before a transfer or a carrier cycle.
• LGBTQ+ family building: state law protects these rights, and the clinic’s own service list leads with LGBTQ+ family-building programs.
• PGT: preimplantation genetic testing is legal practice in California, subject to informed consent and laboratory standards.
• Stored embryos: this page’s legal record states that California does not treat an embryo as a legal person and that patients keep disposition rights, so the disposition consent signed when embryos are created governs storage, transfer, donation or destruction. Our sources cite no statute for that point; read your own clinic consent.
• Reporting: SART and CDC reporting rules are why the numbers on this page are public at all.

Location

• Address: 11818 Wilshire Boulevard #300, Los Angeles, CA 90025
• Phone: +1 310-828-4008