The Instituto Bernabeu – Alicante was established in 1985 and is a private clinic. In 2020, they performed 2,333 treatment cycles and 1,907 frozen transfers making this one of the larger IVF clinics in Spain. 36% of the treatments were egg donation cycles and 64% were IVF cycles using own eggs. The Instituto Bernabeu group has eight clinics: seven clinics in Spain (Alicante, Madrid, Mallorca, Albacete, Elche, Cartagena, Benidorm) and another one in Venice (Italy). The Alicante IVF clinic has parking on-site with access for the disabled, Wi-Fi and an on-site pharmacy. There are three laboratories and two theatres and nine en-suite single recovery rooms.
The Medical Director is Dr. Rafael Bernabeu MD, PhD. He graduated in 1980 and since 1984 has specialised in obstetrics and gynaecology working in many international clinics throughout his career. He holds many different professorial offices including the Director of the Reproductive Medicine Professorship in the medical school of the University Miguel Hernández in Elche. He has published over 150 papers and speaks at international conferences regularly. He is a member of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), and many other societies including the British Fertility Society. At Instituto Bernabeu, there is a team of 30 doctors and those who care for international patients all speak fluent English. There are 15 senior embryologists and four of them are also ESHRE accredited embryologists.
There is an international department that speak English and many other languages. Their role is not just translation, but to offer patients guidance and reassurance throughout their stay at the clinic.
The clinic has ISO accreditation ISO 9001: 2008 as well as other accreditations including Spanish and European healthcare quality standards e.g. EFQM European Quality Management.
In November 2021, Instituto Bernabeu received the ASEBIR national award for its research on the non-invasive technique of embryo genetic diagnosis (niPGT-A). This is the most important award in assisted reproduction in Spain awarded at the 11th Congress of the Association for the Study of Reproductive Biology. The work has been developed in the genetics laboratory whose scientific director, Dr Belén Lledó, is the main author of this research, in collaboration with the embryology and IVF laboratory. This is the third time the clinic has received this award, having already obtained it in 2009 and 2013.
Instituto Bernabeu Treatments
- IVF/ ICSI
- Egg donation
- Embryo donation
- Donor sperm
- PGD/PGS
- Assisted Hatching
- Egg and sperm freezing
- Embryo freezing
- Primo Vision
- ROPA
There is no egg sharing treatment at this clinic. They guarantee a minimum of 8 quality eggs for donor egg treatment. On average 12 eggs are collected from each egg donor.
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Instituto Bernabeu Recovery Room
Instituto Bernabeu Success Rates 2020
In 2020, the egg donation clinical pregnancy success rates were 53.8%. For IVF with own eggs, the clinical pregnancy success rates were 29.2%. The breakdown of the clinical pregnancy success rates per patient’s age was as follows:
- women under 35 – 42.3%
- women aged 35-40 years old – 25.3%
- women over 40 years old – 21.3%.
The frozen embryo clinical pregnancy success rate was 32% and the embryo donation clinical pregnancy rate was 45%.
They submit their results to the Spanish Fertility Society (SEF) for verification. On average they transfer 1.08 embryos. The multiple birth rate in 2020 was only 4.3%. The doctors at Bernabeu recommend and practice embryos at the blastocyst stage.
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Instituto Bernabeu Laboratory
Cost of Treatments & Guarantee Program
Costs will vary depending on each patient and their particular situation as each treatment is personalised. However, as an indication, the advertised price of egg donation is 7500 Euros. This includes donor medication and stimulation, egg retrieval, ICSI, assisted hatching, time-lapse embryo monitoring and culture to blastocyst. The cost of the first consultation is 140 Euros.
The advertised price of IVF treatment using own eggs is 5000 Euros per cycle. This includes ICSI, assisted hatching, time-lapse embryo monitoring and culture to blastocyst.
The clinic also offers a “pregnancy guarantee“. This is a guarantee of a normal pregnancy or a 100% refund. Contact the clinic directly for further information about the guarantee and any terms and conditions associated with it.
For help understanding IVF costs abroad, use our IVF Cost Calculator. More information on egg donation in Spain is also available.
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Who Attends?
Of the people who attend the Instituto Bernabeu, 29.51% are from the UK, 22.42% are from Italy, 11.67% from Germany, 7.32% from France, 6.78% from Switzerland, 4.81% from the Netherlands.
From the staff
Personalised procedures, particularly in cases of poor ovarian response, implantation failure and repeat miscarriages mean we are a leading European centre in the field of Reproductive Medicine.
We are the first centre in Europe to offer a 100% viable pregnancy guarantee or money back package. Over 30 years, we have achieved more than 12.000 births and cared for patients coming from over 63 countries. Each of our six clinics are equipped to perform the most advanced treatments
Clinic Location
The clinic is located 1 km from the centre of Alicante. There is a free chauffeur pick-up and return to the airport service.
