CDC's 2021 state data brief (published December 2023) lists 2 reporting clinics in West Virginia, and women living in the state had 477 ART procedures. At 1,296 per million women aged 15 to 49, that is well below the U.S. rate of 3,250, and 1.0% of babies born to West Virginia residents in 2021 were conceived with ART (U.S.: 2.3%).
For women living in West Virginia, counting procedures started with the intent to transfer at least one embryo:
| CDC measure, 2021 | West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Clinics in West Virginia reporting to CDC | 2 |
| ART procedures for women living in West Virginia | 477 |
| Procedures per 1 million women aged 15 to 49 (U.S.: 3,250) | 1,296 |
| Embryo-transfer procedures among them | 398 |
| Live-birth deliveries from these procedures | 180 |
| Live-born infants from these procedures | 197 |
| Babies born in 2021 to West Virginia residents conceived with ART | 175 of 17,198 (1.0%; U.S.: 2.3%) |
Counted by the patient's state of residence; excludes cycles in which eggs or embryos were only banked. Source: CDC, State-Specific ART Surveillance, 2021 Data Brief (December 2023).
The 398 embryo transfers led to 180 live-birth deliveries and 197 live-born infants. During 2021, 175 of the 17,198 babies born to West Virginia residents were conceived with ART.
CDC counts procedures where the patient lives, so West Virginia women treated in neighboring states are part of these figures, and the 2 clinics are those that reported (453 of 501 nationally in 2021).
On cost, West Virginia law lists "infertility services" among the basic services HMOs must provide (W. Va. Code §33-25A-2) without defining them, and there is no IVF mandate. Ask your insurer or HR exactly what your plan pays, ask each clinic for its results for women your age, and confirm, because rules change.
Map to the Positive stresses that the workup is not only about you. A urologist, ideally with specialty training in reproductive medicine, is essential when there is an abnormal semen analysis or a history that suggests male factor. The book's red flags for seeing a specialist early include:
Asking for both evaluations at the start can save months.
Who to see, including the urologist's role, is Chapter 29 of Map to the Positive, at the start of Station IV. The station continues with choosing the right doctor, the treatment ladder (where ICSI is the classic answer to severe male factor) 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) · State-Specific ART Surveillance (CDC) (2024-10-09) · State and Territory Infertility Insurance Laws: West Virginia (ReproductiveFacts.org, ASRM) (accessed 2026-10-30)