According to CDC's 2021 state data brief (published December 2023), 9 fertility clinics in Michigan reported ART data, and Michigan residents underwent 5,320 ART procedures. That is 2,434 per million women aged 15 to 49, below the U.S. rate of 3,250, and 1.9% of Michigan births in 2021 were conceived with ART (U.S.: 2.3%).
CDC counts ART procedures and births by the patient's state of residence. A Michigan woman treated in another state counts as Michigan, and a visitor treated in Michigan counts for her home state, so these figures may not reflect the clinics located in Michigan.
| 2021, by state of residence | Michigan | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Clinics that reported ART data to CDC | 9 | 453 of 501 |
| ART procedures for residents | 5,320 | 246,087 |
| ART procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49 | 2,434 | 3,250 |
| Embryo-transfer procedures | 4,424 | not listed |
| Live-birth deliveries from those procedures | 1,943 | 91,906 |
| Live-born infants from those procedures | 2,175 | 97,128 |
| Share of all infants born in 2021 conceived with ART | 1.9% | 2.3% |
Source: CDC, State-Specific ART Surveillance, 2021 Data Brief (published December 2023). Procedures exclude cycles in which eggs or embryos were only banked.
The procedures performed for Michigan residents in 2021 included 4,424 embryo transfers and resulted in 1,943 live-birth deliveries and 2,175 live-born infants. Separately, 2,015 of the 104,980 infants born to Michigan mothers during 2021 were conceived with ART. The two counts measure different things and do not match.
Nine reporting clinics give you a real choice, and a state total will not tell you which one suits you. Ask each clinic for its own outcomes for women your age and with your diagnosis, and what a full cycle includes.
On cost, no federal law requires health plans to cover infertility treatment (healthinsurance.org, June 2026). Ask your insurer or HR exactly what your plan pays for diagnosis, IUI and IVF before you commit, and confirm again before each new cycle, because benefits and rules change.
Map to the Positive argues that the human criteria matter as much as technique. A good professional:
Warning signs include 10-minute appointments, "don't worry, that's normal", questions left unanswered, being treated as anxious, tests pushed without explanation, IVF recommended too early without a workup, and no empathy in the face of loss.
How to choose the right doctor is Chapter 31 of Map to the Positive, in Station IV, with eight questions to ask at the first appointment and when to change doctors. The same station covers when to see a specialist, the treatment ladder and IVF step by step.
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References: State-Specific Assisted Reproductive Technology Surveillance, United States: 2021 Data Brief (CDC, with ASRM, SART and RESOLVE) (2023-12) · Does the ACA require infertility treatment to be covered by health insurance? (healthinsurance.org) (2026-06-18)