CDC's 2021 state data brief (published December 2023) puts Minnesota near the national average: 3,160 ART procedures per million women aged 15 to 49, against 3,250 for the U.S. Minnesota residents underwent 3,969 procedures, 5 clinics in the state reported data, and 2.6% of babies born to Minnesota residents in 2021 were conceived with ART (U.S.: 2.3%).
| 2021, by state of residence | Minnesota | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Clinics that reported ART data to CDC | 5 | 453 of 501 |
| ART procedures for residents | 3,969 | 246,087 |
| ART procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49 | 3,160 | 3,250 |
| Embryo-transfer procedures | 3,367 | not listed |
| Live-birth deliveries from those procedures | 1,593 | 91,906 |
| Live-born infants from those procedures | 1,735 | 97,128 |
| Share of all infants born in 2021 conceived with ART | 2.6% | 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.
In 2021, the 3,969 procedures for Minnesota residents included 3,367 embryo transfers and led to 1,593 live-birth deliveries and 1,735 live-born infants. CDC also counts births in the calendar year: 1,670 of the 64,425 babies born to Minnesota mothers in 2021 were conceived with ART.
CDC assigns every procedure and birth to the patient's state of residence. If a Minnesota woman is treated at a clinic in another state, she still counts here. CDC notes that state figures may therefore not reflect the clinics located in that state.
Five clinics reported in 2021, and the state total does not separate them. What you need is each clinic's results for women your age and with your diagnosis, plus a clear list of what a cycle costs and includes.
No federal law requires health plans to cover infertility treatment (healthinsurance.org, June 2026). Ask your insurer or HR, in writing, what your plan covers for testing, IUI and IVF, and check again before each cycle, since benefits and rules change.
Map to the Positive lists three technical criteria for choosing a fertility doctor:
The book adds that the human side, time, listening and transparency, matters just as much.
These criteria come from Chapter 31 of Map to the Positive, in Station IV, which also gives eight questions for the first appointment and a guide to second opinions. The same station explains when to see a specialist and what happens in IVF.
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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)