Boston IVF's Stoneham operating entity is located at 2 Main St, Suite 150, Stoneham, MA 02180, in Middlesex County north of Boston. This editorial covers the operating entity at the Stoneham location — the clinical practice that provides direct patient care under the Boston IVF brand. A companion editorial covers the BostonIVF CRMI Holding LLC entity, which is a corporate entity associated with the same address but holds a separate NPI registration. The practice website is at bostonivf.com, the clinic holds a 4.2-star rating across 31 reviews, and it is listed among Massachusetts fertility clinics. Massachusetts has a comprehensive infertility insurance mandate that provides significant coverage for most patients with qualifying employer-sponsored health plans.
Boston IVF as an organization is among the largest and most recognized fertility systems in the United States. The Stoneham location — as a satellite office within the broader Boston IVF network — serves patients in the northern suburbs of Boston who prefer to minimize travel to downtown Boston or Waltham for monitoring appointments and consultations. Stoneham sits at the intersection of I-93 and Route 28, making it accessible from Woburn, Winchester, Malden, Reading, Wakefield, and communities along I-93 north.
Physicians and Clinical Team
Boston IVF is staffed by reproductive endocrinologists who hold ABOG dual board certification in Obstetrics & Gynecology and in Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, with many physicians holding academic appointments at Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and other Boston-area academic institutions. SART membership requires annual submission of ART cycle data for external review and publication.
Boston IVF's physician network includes physicians who have made significant contributions to reproductive medicine through research publication, clinical innovation, and leadership in ASRM and SART. The Stoneham location is staffed by Boston IVF network physicians who may see patients at multiple locations depending on schedule. Clinical support staff — cycle coordinator nurses, embryologists, and sonographers — provide on-site support for monitoring and clinical procedures.
Patients new to the fertility treatment process can review our guide to IVF treatment for a plain-language overview of the IVF cycle before their first consultation.
Services and Treatments
Boston IVF Stoneham (operating entity) provides access to the full Boston IVF service menu consistent with its role as a satellite location:
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) with individualized controlled ovarian stimulation
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for male factor infertility
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI) with or without ovulation induction
- Egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) for elective and medical fertility preservation
- Embryo cryopreservation and frozen embryo transfer (FET)
- Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (PGT-A) and monogenic disorders (PGT-M)
- Donor egg IVF through Boston IVF's established egg bank and fresh donor programs
- Donor embryo (embryo donation) cycles
- Donor sperm services and therapeutic donor insemination
- Gestational carrier and surrogacy coordination
- Recurrent pregnancy loss evaluation and management
- Male fertility evaluation including semen analysis and sperm DNA fragmentation testing
- Ovarian reserve assessment (AMH, FSH, antral follicle count)
- Uterine evaluation via hysteroscopy and saline infusion sonography
Laboratory and Success Rates
Boston IVF is recognized as a high-volume, high-performing IVF program in the SART database. The practice's laboratory infrastructure supports in-house embryology across its network, including ICSI, extended blastocyst culture, trophectoderm biopsy, PGT coordination with reference genetics laboratories, vitrification, and warming for frozen embryo transfer cycles. Annual cycle data are submitted to SART for independent review and published through the SART Clinic Summary Report and CDC ART Surveillance database.
Patients should review the most current cycle-level data published by the CDC's ART Surveillance program and the SART Clinic Summary Report.
Boston IVF's large annual cycle volume provides statistical confidence in published outcomes. However, as a satellite location, the Stoneham office's contribution to the network's SART data is combined with other Boston IVF sites under the consolidated reporting structure; patients should confirm with the practice which SART registration applies to cycles treated at the Stoneham operating entity specifically.
Patient Experience
The Stoneham operating entity offers the same clinical quality associated with the broader Boston IVF brand in a suburban north-Boston format. Patients who value the Boston IVF name recognition and track record, and who also want to avoid commuting to downtown Boston or Waltham for every monitoring appointment, find the Stoneham location a practical compromise. Reviews from the Stoneham location describe staff as professional and organized, consistent with the Boston IVF system's operational standards.
The suite 150 office at 2 Main St is in a mixed commercial/medical building in Stoneham's Main St corridor. The location is straightforward to navigate by car from I-93 exits, and parking is available. Patients who commute from points along the Orange Line can take the commuter rail to Stoneham or connect via bus, though the location is primarily car-accessible. Some patients note that the suburban scale of the Stoneham office — smaller than downtown or Waltham sites — means wait times for monitoring appointments are typically manageable.
Considering At-Home Insemination?
Not every fertility journey begins in a clinic. At-home intracervical insemination (ICI) is a lower-cost, private option that suits patients with no known fertility diagnosis — including single parents by choice, same-sex couples, and people who want to try a few cycles before committing to clinical treatment.
At-home insemination kits like those from MakeAMom come with step-by-step instructions designed for donor or partner sperm. Kits are a one-time purchase that can be reused until conception succeeds, require no clinic visit, and arrive in plain, discreet packaging. Many patients use them as a first step while working toward a fertility consultation — or alongside ovulation tracking while they wait for an appointment slot.
If you have a known fertility diagnosis, have been trying for 12 months without success (six months if you're over 35), or your physician has already recommended IUI or IVF, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist is the right next step.
Insurance and Financing
Massachusetts has a comprehensive infertility insurance mandate. Under M.G.L. c. 175 § 47H and related provisions, fully insured Massachusetts group health plans with six or more employees must cover the medically necessary diagnosis and treatment of infertility, including IVF. The mandate covers up to six oocyte retrievals per insurance contract lifetime and requires coverage regardless of marital status or sexual orientation.
Important caveats: self-funded ERISA plans are not bound by the Massachusetts mandate, federal employee plans differ, and Medicaid does not cover IVF. Patients should confirm whether their plan is a fully insured Massachusetts group plan. Additionally, patients should verify which NPI entity — the operating entity (Boston IVF Stoneham) at Suite 150, or the CRMI Holding LLC at the same address — will appear on claims, as the in-network status may differ between the two. Boston IVF's billing and insurance team can assist with this clarification.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the operating entity at Suite 150 different from the CRMI Holding LLC at the same address? Both are associated with the Boston IVF Stoneham location at 2 Main St, but they are separate corporate entities with distinct NPI registrations. The operating entity (Suite 150) is the entity providing direct clinical care; the CRMI Holding LLC is a corporate holding entity. From a patient care standpoint there is no difference — the same physicians, nurses, and laboratory serve both. The distinction matters for insurance billing and in-network verification.
What procedures can be completed at the Stoneham location versus at another Boston IVF site? The Stoneham office handles consultations, monitoring appointments, and standard clinical procedures. Egg retrievals and embryo transfers, which require a procedure room and embryology laboratory access, may be performed at a designated Boston IVF site with full surgical infrastructure. Patients should confirm the specific logistics for their planned treatment when scheduling.
Does Boston IVF Stoneham have specific physicians assigned to the location? Boston IVF's physician network serves patients across multiple locations; individual physicians may see patients at Stoneham on certain days while being based primarily at another site. Patients who want to see a specific physician should confirm that physician's Stoneham schedule when booking. The practice can advise on which physicians regularly see patients at the Stoneham location.
Is the Stoneham location appropriate for complex cases, or better suited to straightforward IUI and IVF? As a satellite of a large, experienced IVF system, the Stoneham location can serve patients across the complexity spectrum. Patients with complex diagnosis categories — recurrent pregnancy loss, severe male factor, prior failed cycles — benefit from the Boston IVF network's physician depth and laboratory resources, though some complex procedures may be coordinated at a primary Boston IVF site. The physician at the Stoneham consultation can advise on which elements of your treatment are best managed locally versus at a network site.