Repromed Fertility Center

Dr Pinto knows what he’s doing and is dedicated to his work. We were going through IVF during the snowpocalypse of 2021. We were supposed to have a pregnancy test and blood draw in the middle of the storm. The whole city was closed, but Dr Pinto was at his single handedly running it. He was the front desk staff, the technician, and the doctor that day. My wife and I both were under the care of Dr Pinto. He found I had blocked tubes that meant I needed them surgically removed. With that IVF became our only route to get pregnant. My wife and I both had full work ups and her ovarian reserve was much better than mine so we decided to retrieve her eggs, fertilize with donor sperm, and transfer to me. She had fewer eggs retrieved than expected (6), but incredibly 5 of those fertilized and were genetically normal! Dr Pinto was pretty matter-of-a-fact after her disappointing egg retrieval which was tough as it was a difficult time for us. Fortunately though it all worked out with just that one round of egg retrieval. Dr Pinto was very involved with our transfer and care afterwards. When we had questions on why a certain thing was done, he answered them. The part that could be frustrating at times was that most of the time questions were first filtered through the nurses and there wasn’t always a direct line of communication with him. Dr Pinto can be a little on the quirky side, pretty direct, and is incredibly knowledgeable.

Ask questions directly to Dr Pinto when you meet with him. Also a few of my appointments with Dr Pinto started late. My first one started 1-2 hours late. Keep that in mind when scheduling.

Dr Pinto did a work up where it was found my Fallopian tubes were blocked and needed removed. I was referred back to my OBGYN for that and 3 months after the surgery I was able to get started on the path to a transfer. In the meantime my wife was getting her eggs retrieved. I do not remember the meds we used, but I do remember it included birth control for a period of time for both of us.

I believe the grand total for one round of egg retrieval and one transfer was $27,000

Dr Pinto told us he’d only transfer one embryo at a time. We didn’t ask the rationale for this as we weren’t interested in transferring more than one.

I appreciate his straight forward manner and candor. He doesn’t sugar coat things and is up front with risks and benefits. He can be rushed at times, but always slows down if I have questions or am confused. He can be sarcastic and teasing with his staff, which I enjoy but not everyone would. When treatments have not yielded the results we wanted he has not hesitated to adjust my protocol.

Be willing to ask questions and expect him to be straightforward.

Had a hysterectomy to remove polyp before doing any cycles. We did one round of letrozole with a trigger shot. It was the first cycle with the clinic and we wanted to see how I responded to the meds. Did one round of letrozole and trigger shot with IUI. 3 rounds of IUI with Gonal-f, letrozole and trigger shot. Dosages were adjusted within every cycle based on response. After 3 tries felt continuing was an exercise in finishing returns. Had an egg retrieval that resulted in only one ovary responding (meds were menopur, Gonal-F, cetrotide and a trigger shot). After PGS we only had one embryo. Dr. Pinto strongly recommended a second retrieval before attempting a transfer. 2nd retrieval he added Clomid to my protocol and we had much better response. After PGS we have two more embryos. Due to my age and the small number of embryos he strongly recommended an ERA. Now prepping for transfer.

I don’t recall specific breakdowns but in total we have spent roughly $45,000 (that includes medication costs, embryologist fees, surgery center fees, anesthesia, etc) for all of our treatments. The cost for IVF has been roughly $35,000 0f the $45,000 total.

His rule of thumb is one embryo is tested genetically normal and two if PGS testing was not completed.

Dr Pinto works at multiple locations and it feels like he’s hardly ever at the office. It feels like he is torn in a million directions with all the patients he has and I didn’t feel like he had time to really dig in to my case. His bedside manner is not great. He wasn’t really rude but I didn’t feel like he was invested in me as a patient at all. I felt like a number and only saw him a couple of times over the course of several months. You can tell he wants to do IVF and was kind of pushing me to go in that direction when I didn’t want to. Everything is done through the nurses. He was pretty thorough with testing though, which I appreciated

don’t expect much face time with your provider. The nurses are great but if you want a doctor that feels like they really know you and your history, go elsewhere

Dr Pinto is really into supplements. I’m talking absurdly expensive vitamins. I have mixed feelings on that. But otherwise he was pretty reasonable with treatment. I did 5 cycles of timed intercourse with letrozole and hcg trigger shot. This involved ultrasound monitoring each month. I felt like they were triggering me a little bit early. And one cycle was a bust because they started giving me estrogen pills which then stunted my follicle growth. The other cycles were fine. I also took baby aspiration and progesterone (orally) during the luteal phase. I conceived on the 3rd cycle but unfortunately had an early miscarriage. I tried a couple more cycles before he met with me and encouraged IVF for my RPL, which I declined. I moved a couple of months later and left the practice

I had HRA credits through my employer so I didn’t have to pay anything out of pocket. I’m not sure of the exact costs

Dr. Pinto ran all the tests necessary to diagnose infertility, and everything for my husband and I came back totally normal. So we set up another consultation to discuss the next steps, and he chalked it up to “sometimes it’s just unexplained.” He repeated the success rates for IUI and IVF again, and he wasn’t pushing IVF per se, he was just letting the statistics speak for themselves.

Come with questions! And take notes!

After several tests and consultations, we decided not to pursue treatment with Dr. Pinto. We got a second opinion with another RE and had a much better connection with her.

Our insurance doesn’t offer fertility coverage, so everything was out of pocket. I paid my specialist visit copay every time I had an appt, even a 5 min baseline sonogram with a nurse. My HSG was about $275, and Sonohyst about $330. The meds they called in for our first IUI cycle came from a mail-order pharmacy and I felt the prices were very reasonable!

While Pinto maybe extremely intelligent, I just did not feel like I was important as a patient to him. In a span of 1 year, I saw him 3 times. All the other times I spent with his nurses. It was difficult to connect with a doctor you rarely see during this extremely stressful time.

Be ready to just do IVF, I felt like that was their main interest.

We did several cycles of IUI. The first 3 was only assisted with Letrozole, however it wasn't successful in growing the follicles. The last 2 cycles gonal-f injections were introduced, but in very low dosages, producing in one (per cycle) mature follicle. None produced children.

On average we spent about $1200 for a regular cycle of IUI including medications (multiple sonograms, letrozole, and trigger shot). When doing the more aggressive IUI cycle (sonograms, letrozole, hormone shots, trigger shot, IUI) it was closer to about $1800.

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Dr. Pinto is completely committed to your care. He has a big personality and is quirky, but I find this endearing and genuine. He is extremely ethical in his work, and keeps costs as low as possible. He will call at 8pm if needed to give feedback about labs or next steps, and told me to call him with any questions. I truly appreciate that he will tell me the truth and talk through the issues to create the best, most informed, treatment plan. He is up to date on all research and incorporates this with clear explanation.

Ask every question you need to know. He may "seem" rushed, but is just high energy and efficient, and will absolutely sit with you and answer every question.

My egg retrieval/freezing was four years ago, so unfortunately I don't remember the details for medications. I had one stimulation trial that had to be cancelled due to few eggs, but the second trial was very successful. I am about to start my first FET cycle.

My insurance covers labs, sonos, etc. For egg freezing (one cancelled cycle, one successful cycle), approximately $8K. For upcoming IVF (including my choice to do more expensive PGS), approximately $12-13K

Dr. Pinto very clearly explained the latest research and suggested guidelines, and follows these, with minimizing multiple embryo transfer unless of advanced age or lower embryo quality/no PGS testing, etc.

Dr. Pinto has a big personality. Yet, I experienced him as a knowledgeable professional, so I welcomed his personality. It was nice to feel like I was working with a real person, and not just another staunch, detached medical professional. Perhaps most importantly, Dr. Pinto inspired a glimmer of hope during a very trying time in my life. Treatment with Dr. Pinto was successful (on our first cycle), and I am currently 29 weeks pregnant.

Ask questions about your diagnoses/treatment plan! Infertility is complex, baffling and draining. By gaining a better understanding of my situation, and I regained some sense of control (and sanity).

We paid close to $1,000 out of pocket for medications, lab work, monitoring, diagnostic imaging for one cycle that resulted in my current pregnancy.

I did not receive detailed information from him which was very frustrating. I dreaded my appointments. I felt like just a number to him and no personal connection. Infertility was the hardest thing I had faced and I felt like I was not receiving and compassion. My husband did not care for him either.

Do not go to this clinic, find a different one instead. There are much better choices in the DFW area.

Birth control and Lupron before starting a cycle and then we moved to stimulation drugs. The IVF process at this clinic was very long and drawn out.

The IVF cycle was a package we bought.

I went to Dr. Pinto for an infertility work-up. I had already been diagnosed with PCOS causing anovulation and had taken clomid 6 times, resulting in 2 miscarriages (a blighted ovum at 8 weeks and a chemical pregnancy) and was having a very light almost non-existent period each month. This had all been under the treatment of an ob/gyn in California where I was living before. After doing the infertility work up, Dr. Pinto said everything looked good except for my uterus which seemed to show a large polyp on a saline ultrasound. When I went in for the hysteroscopy, he diagnosed me with severe "Asherman's Syndrome" and tried to cut away the intrauterine scars. I did not talk to him for over a week after the procedure; he talked to my husband briefly right after the procedure and told himabout the Asherman's Syndrome diagnosis and then headed out on a vacation. I get that doctors need vacations (my husband is a doctor), but I thought it was really weird that he didn't schedule a time to talk to me about the diagnosis since it was a really big deal and I wanted to know more about the severity of the scarring since that matters for prognosis and I also wanted to know more about the post-op protocol. This was the beginning of things going downhill in our doctor-patient relationship. I felt like I had to hound Dr. Pinto for a meeting. When we finally met with him, he was really rude about the procedure and his vacation and answering my questions. I get that I am doing some shooting the messenger here. I probably would not have been happy with any doctor who told me that I had this diagnosis. But these are the moments when infertility patients need extra care and attention - when they are scared and don't know what's going to happen next! After taking estrogen for three weeks and then progesterone to induce a period, I had another saline ultrasound one month after the first hysteroscopy. Just based on the saline ultrasound, Dr. Pinto said my lining looked bad and there was nothing else he could do for us and that we needed a gestational carrier. My husband and I both felt like he did not seem to want us as patients anymore and was kind of "firing" us by saying we needed a gestational carrier. I was distraught. I now know for a fact that a saline ultrasound after one hysteroscopy is not the standard of care for Asherman's Syndrome patients. You cannot tell how the lining is without performing a repeat hysteroscopy and it's not true that there is nothing else to do at this point. This is when we left Dr. Pinto's practice and went to another fertility doctor in Dallas and also started going to our doctor in California for subsequent hysteroscopies. The California doctor did two more hysteroscopies and then said we could try to get pregnant. The California doctor did not know what Dr. Pinto saw on the initial hysteroscopy but he did not think it was severe Asherman's Syndrome and he also did not think you would be able to say there is nothing else to do after performing one hysteroscopy. Moreover, some doctors think that you can get better results if you place a balloon in the uterus after a hysteroscopy. This was not done, nor was I given the option for it, nor did I even consent to a hysterscopy for lysis of adhesions from Dr. Pinto. If I had been given the choice, I may not have even wanted him to be the doctor who initially cut away the scars.

I went to Dr. Pinto because he was convenient to where I lived at the time. Convenience matters when you think you will be doing a lot of monitoring. However, if you have an at all complicated case, I would go to a different doctor. I don't think Dr. Pinto had a good handle on the latest research relating to our situation. We would ask for evidence on things and he would just talk about his clinical experience. I'm sure if you got a good result with this doctor, you would like him because he was very personable. But seriously, stay away if your situation is complicated.

I already explained this above.

I don't remember paying anything for my care. I think an infertility work-up was covered by our insurance plus the hysteroscopy was a medical treatment that was also covered. The only thing that I remember thinking was expensive was that the hysteroscopy was performed at an off-site out-patient facility that charges about $1,000 just for using the facility for several hours. Other than that, surprisingly there were no bills. I always wonder if Dr. Pinto just wrote the whole thing off because he felt bad for us?!

I have no thoughts on this. We didn't get there with this doctor.

Dr. Pinto is very personable, straightforward, caring, and passionate about creating life for people wanting to become parents. He explains patiently and clearly whatever we are discussing and gives me adequate time to ask questions. When my child was born premature and in the NICU, he called to check on how we were doing.

Dr. Pinto has high quality and highly trained nurses who do most of the ultrasound check-ups. They are more than capable to do this, which allows him to focus on the more difficult procedures. I had no problem with this, but some patients expect the doctor to be there every single time. That is impractical and unnecessary and costly. Usually I saw the same nurse each week for my ultrasound check-ups before and after getting pregnant.

I appreciated that Dr. Pinto was conservative about putting in the minimum number of embryos. With my second child, he only put in one because I had previously had a premature baby, due to incompetent cervix, and he knew the risk with twins would be too high of them being born too early. He is very conservative, which I really appreciate.

He is very matter-of-fact, which I appreciated. He explained everything to me like I was an educated adult, and empowered me to make the decisions that were best for me. He never tried to push me into one course of treatment or another. He explained each treatment, the pros and cons of them, and based on literature, the most successful outcome. Some people think he is too abrupt, but he is actually very caring. He doesn't coddle you. He informs you and makes sure that you have all the information that you need to make these important decisions. I found it to be very empowering after having spent three frustrating years trying to get pregnant with no success on my own.

If you want someone to "there-there" you, he might not be the best doctor for you. He never overstates the issues -- you'll never hear him say that you have to use donor eggs, or that you'll never get pregnant with it IVF -- but he does give you the straight up scientific data on your odds of successful treatment. If you want someone who will treat you like an educated and informed adult, capable of making your own treatment decisions, he is absolutely perfect for you. And don't be off-set by his matter of factness. He cares about you, and he wants your treatment to be a success.

Maxed out insurance lifetime max at $25,000; additional out-of-pocket at $20,000. This included three rounds of IVF egg retrieval (one of which had to be cancelled), and one implantation.

Overall, although we didn't end up with the result we wanted, I was happy with Dr. Escobar and the clinic in Dallas. I don't think he's at that clinic anymore though. Our treatment was a few years ago and I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that Dr. Escobar was very kind, understanding and direct. We understood the process and the next steps all the way through our treatments. I saw him every time I had an appointment. He has a very casual bedside manner and is easily relatable. After my 1st or 2nd failed IUI, I had the uncomfortable dye test and he was great during the procedure. It was painful and he kept me calm throughout.

Our insurance covered the meds and IUI treatments. It would have covered the IVF cycle, but the clinic's lab was not approved/covered by our carrier. The lab costs for the IVF cycle were going to be $6K.

Dr. Pinto has been able to cater to mine and my Husband’s treatment. He has been correct in dosages of injectables and oral medication from the beginning which I feel is very hard to do. There have been times at the end of a work day where Pinto has called my Husband and I just to ask us how we are doing and if we had any questions and that is something I can’t put a value on. We know conceiving is in the cards for us someday and truly believe Dr. Pinto will help us achieve it.

Ask questions.

2 rounds of femara with timed intercourse and trigger. 2 rounds of femara with injectables and timed intercourse with trigger. 1 round of IUI with femara, injectables and trigger. 2nd round on hold.

Our insurance does not have infertility coverage, so sonos after the baseline sono were $235 each and I would have 2 of them. Femara is around $15. Gonal F pen is around $200, ovidrel around $50. IUI procedure is $750.

He was very detailed in explaining the process. At first we were overwhelmed since we weren’t working with an agency but he calmed our nerves and made everything very simple! He always took the time to talk to us and never felt rushed. We saw him for 3+ years.

Ask questions. He is very knowledgeable and is willing to answer anything.

He created calendars for us and made sure our surrogate was trained in taking the medication. Everything worked out perfectly and we are now pregnant with a baby girl due in July!

I believe we spent around $30,000 with the fertility clinic alone. That includes all the IVF process egg donor/surrogate medication.

Since we had only 2 normal PGS tested embryos he recommended only transferring 1 embryo to be safe.

Dr. Pinto is very personable and has good bedside manner. I have a little trouble sometimes understanding him due to his accent but it's not something that would keep me from going to his clinic. Every cycle that I've gotten a negative he has personally called me with kind words to lift my spirit and to assure me that we will get this all figured out.

Dont be afraid to ask questions!

We did cycles 1-3 with letrazole, trimmed intercourse and trigger shot followed with progesterone. Skipped cycle 4 due to a cyst. Cycle 5 we did letrazol, trigger shot, iui and progesterone. Waiting on results now

My insurance does not cover any fertility treatment at all so my husband and I are completely cash pay.

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Dr. Escobar was nice and friendly. He fully explained to me what he thought I needed as far as treatment went. He discussed a plan of action and possible risks and complications. I told him my fears and concerns and he seemed to recognize those.

Be sure to ask him any questions you have!

He believed I had a hydrosalpinx due to endometriosis and recommended a laparoscopy. I went ahead with the procedure and he was correct. My left tube had a hydrosalpinx and was damaged.

I had to prepay him 3000 before he would do the laparoscopy. The HSG test was 375. My sonohysterogram was 350.

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I did multiple cycles and never saw him. He was rarely in the office and when I did see him it was for a very short time. He had very little bed side manner. At times it seemed that he treated my husband much better than he did me, it was almost as if he had an issue with me.

Find someone different.

We never found a reason why I am infertile, diagnose with unexplained infertility. He never told us that my husbands sperm count, motility or morphology was low. We did 3 rounds of clomid and 3 rounds of femera with normal ovulation and normal follicle growth.

He was exceptional. I have zero complaints about him. His demeanor was pleasant and he never stated anything that gave me false hope. I appreciated his honesty and did exactly what he told me would up our chances of success.

Don’t see him if you want things sugar coated. He is direct about the good and the bad

He treated me with clinics, Femara and my husband with hcg. Eventually we went to ivf.

15,000 ish for everything.

He would not transfer three embryos even though we asked him to. His reasoning was very ethical and we appreciated the education we received.

Dr Pinto was amazing. He was very informative. He would call me after hours and check in on me and answered any questions my husband or I had. He personalized a plan for me the 2nd time around when I had low HCG numbers that resulted in a chemical pregnancy. I began seeing an acupuncturist to help with blood flow and added certain vitamins. That method proved to work as now I'm pregnant and my number were above average this time! I'm going to miss him seeing him once I graduate from his office (5/6/24). I thank the Lord for bringing Dr. Pinto into my life.

Be patient and go in with an open mind.

$264 doctor's visit for sono and blood until deductible $375 FET $1755 Embryo Transfer (since deductible hadn't been met)

I have a daughter! Saying that makes anything that could be a negative seem small. Dr. Pinto is a business man. I had no problem with him. I felt heard most of the time, and felt pretty free to suggest things for my cycle.

Keep in mind the number of offices and therefore patients he has. He might not see you every time, or have the bedside manner you are hoping for. (He does make small talk) My take away: there is a huge wall full of baby photos that he helped make happen. His prices are average for the area.

I of course took the pills and did 3 IUIs before moving on to IVF. My first IVF was kinda standard high dose stim fresh day 3 transfer. It didn’t go well at all. (Low number of eggs and low quality embryos) My second time, we talked about antagonist protocol. (Quality over quantity) I took supplements and did a natural start antagonist cycle. I got quality over quantity (which is what we were going for) we froze the embryos and did a FET. (Day 3) I had my daughter from that cycle. I felt like Dr. Pinto was open to my using supplements and he had me stim an extra day. My second cycle was discounted which was awesome. I was very pleased with my results. I was impressed that he recognized in that first IVF that I would do better with a different protocol. I’ve heard many people say they tried the same protocol multiple times before switching and I wouldn’t have had $$$ for multiple tries.

IVF back in 2013/2014 was about 12K with meds.

Dr. Pinto let me put 2 embryos in since I had a failed IVF. He was ok putting 3 in If I was open to reduction in the event of triplets. (Which I wasn’t)

Times when his in a hurry he just tells you rapidly whats going on and walks out but when he is patient he explains every detail and gives you hope to keep trying. He now knows i like to write everything down so he tells me sizes of ovaries and lining, he calls even when not in business hours and even on weekends if needed he goes to the office.

Be patient with him sometimes he is in a rush but he makes up for it

First times I tried clomid50 mg the. 100mg did not respond.3 time letrozole2.5 and didnt respond 4 again letrozole and Gonal f 50 units every other day, until my ultrasound then trigger ovidrel 250mg , 5 time 7.5 gonal f 50 units and trigger shot ovidrel 250mg with every time in a negative.

I’ve been paying 100-300 per visit unless its a cyst check then ill pay only my ins deductible. I’ve also paid full price for all shot gonal f and ovidrel! So in shots around 500

Dr. Pinto was/is extremely patient and understanding to each person’s situation. He analyze what need be before taking on any further treatment such as surgery’s before moving forward outside of the actual cycle.

Go in with a clear mind and understanding. Trust the process!

Wait on cycle, start birth control on day 2 and the calendar was sent a week later. My meds were already ordered and ready to go. We had to cancel the cycle due to financial issues.

My overall cost would’ve been 15k

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Dr Pinto was always very helpful and willing to answer any questions. I never felt rushed or pushed aside. He was always willing to be called at anytime. During tough procedures he was comforting, kind and thorough. Dr Pinto would explain the processes and why we needed them.

He does not sugar coat the truth but does absolutely everything possible to be successful. He was always kind and caring.

Retrievals- I don’t remember exactly but I know gonal f and menopur. Transfer- started with lupron shots then gonal F shots then moved on to estrogen pills and patches. Lastly added progesterone. Continued progesterone and estrogen after transfer and added lovenox and aspirin. Also did a novarel shot after transfer.

$13000 surgery center $7700 IVF cycle $8000 meds $3000 ERA Plus appt, sonograms and other expenses Total around $40,000

As mentioned above, I feel like he has a standard protocol despite his website stating he has a special interest in PCOS, which is why I went to him after others pushed for me to try another area RE. While he was personable and available to answer questions after hours via phone (pre-arranged by his nurse), I feel like he doesn't vary from his standard protocol. We left our last appointment with three courses of action and statistics for them to consider. Apparently, he/the clinic took it upon themselves to decide that we were going to proceed with IVF rather than ask if that's what we wanted to do. When I emailed back with my concerns, while I did not fully expect him to respond, I'm surprised that he did not because he randomly called the person who referred me to him who had since stopped treatment with him due to financial reasons.

He will not coddle you -- he is a 'this is how it is' person. He will try to lighten the mood in terms of the awkwardness some procedures are. He did do both my sonohyst and my HSG test personally. However, he rotates between five offices and my husband and I feel he forgets what he tells patients from one appointment to the next.

He was hell bent on the fact my age had to mean DOR or egg quality issues and did not address/respond to the PCOS aspect at all. He never tested testosterone levels. I was referred to him mainly for testing, not to immediately jump into treatment, but after all the workup, I was told that due to my age (no mention of PCOS) what my odds were via the natural (no meds) route, IUI, and min stim IVF. He provided stats on his live birth rates with each option. We have not proceeded with treatment yet due to hesitation on the fact he seems to want to do procedures, not address the underlying issue to make certain it does not interfere with said procedures.

My insurance paid a majority of the costs associated with the diagnostic testing (I was out of pocket less than $400 on copays and coinsurance for two office consulatations (one including an ultrasound), lab work (10 vials), sonohyst, and HSG). However, my insurance will not pay for any infertility treatment. I am facing approximately $2000 per round for IUI or $25,000 for one round of minimal stimulation IVF (which includes two rounds of egg retrievals and one embryo implantation after PGS testing). My husband had to pay $140 out of pocket for a semen analysis that the offsite lab would not file insurance on.

He stated that he would only do a single embryo transfer in my "situation". However, had he asked my preference, I would be okay with a multiple embryo transfer.