Estimated Expenses (Surrogate Cycle)

This page provides an outline of the total expenses the typical couple, using a surrogate, will face.  This list shows total overall expenses including medical expenses such as surrogate medications, the surrogate's IVF procedure, etc. The list below does NOT include the cost of the egg donor cycle (if you are using an egg donor). The expenses below reflect only the surrogate portion of the process.

Aside from our agency fee, the expenses listed below are expenses you are likely to face regardless of what agency you work with.

For a list of expenses related to an egg donor, please see the list at the bottom of this page.

Agency fee: $6900 (less if using Consulting Service or if qualify for discount program)

Surrogate fee: $20,000 (first time surrogate. Experienced surrogate will ask a higher fee, typically $25,000 to $35,000)

Psych eval: $500  (experienced surrogate will already have had this done)

Escrow fee: $600 plus $10 per check charge (We handle most escrow accounts for our clients. There is no extra charge for this service. $600 only applies if you choose to utilize our outside escrow agency)

Attorney fees: $6000 to $6750. Can vary (typically $2500 to draft, $750 to review with surrogate, $3000 for pre birth order . Most attorneys charge this fee, some are slightly less, some slightly higher)

Cost of surrogate meds and IVF procedure - please consult your clinic for cost, but here are some estimates:

Surrogate meds: approx. $4,000

IVF Procedure: approx. $15,000 (can be somewhat lower/higher...depends on clinic you choose and their fees)

Surrogate monitoring:  $1,000 (if surrogate is out of state, a clinic close to her will perform her first few monitoring appts. This minimizes the amount of time she must travel, thereby minimizing your expense. This doesnt end up costing you more, because this means your clinic will do a few less, and will offset their charges accordingly)

Surrogate testing:  $2,000

Intended Parent testing: varies depending on if your insurance covers this or not. This includes STD testing, semen analysis and anything else your clinic feels is necessary.

Criminal background checks on all parties: $500

Surrogate travel : varies ($500 to $3000, depending on how many times your clinic wants to see her and how long she must stay. If surrogate in same state and close enough to drive this will also reduce this expense)

Surrogate extras: (these fees can vary depending on the surrogate. We always confirm the fees a surrogate is asking prior to matching you)

Transfer fee: $750 (this is for undergoing the IVF procedure)
Maternity Clothes: $800
Life Insurance: $300
Lost Wages : (varies)
Invasive procedure fee: $500 to $1000 (if Surrogate must undergo Selective Reduction, Termination, D & C, Amniocentesis, etc)             Loss of Reproductive Organ: $4,000 (varies) (Some surrogates will ask for compensation if they lose a reproductive organ)           Multiple Births: $5000 per additional fetus she carries

Monthly allowance: (for vitamins, local travel, co pays, etc) $250/month for , usually, 12 months

Housekeeping/childcare if on bed rest : (We usually put a cap on this. Housekeeping not more than $75/week, childcare not to exceed $250 week. Again, this is something we'd confirm with that particular surrogate prior to matching you)

TOTAL ANTICIPATED FEES for Surrogacy: $66,750 to $93,000 (higher end would be if using more experienced surro, if surro asks the higher fee, if she conceives multiples, if she's out of state, if she asks loss or reproductive organ fee and has higher travel, etc. This total does not include possibility of surrrogate ending up on bed rest and needing lost wages, childcare, FET if first IVF is not successful, etc.)

 

Estimated Expenses (Egg Donor Cycle)

This page provides an outline of the total expenses the typical couple, using an egg donor, will face.  This list shows total overall expenses including medical expenses such as donor medications, the donors retrieval procedure, etc. The list below does NOT include the cost of the recipient (Intended Parent or Surrogate's) IVF cycle. The expenses below reflect only the egg donor portion of the process.

Agency fee  :    $3,900        (Lower if qualify for discount program. This is the only fee we charge for our service. Other expenses listed below are for attorneys, donor testing, donor travel, donors compensation, etc and are expenses you would face regardless of what agency you work with )

Donor compensation:   $5,000 and up*  (*First time donor will ask $5,000 typically. Experienced/proven donors will ask between $6000 to $9000 with most proven donors asking somewhere in the middle (we rarely have a donor ask $9,000). We will confirm the fee donor is asking prior to your selection of any donor. Keep in mind an experienced donor will already have had much of her testing completed, thereby saving alot of testing expense.)

Attorney fees:  $1,000  (Fees vary from one attorney to another. We will provide information on available attorneys, including their fees, and you choose which attorney you want to work with. This fee is for one attorney to draft the contract on your behalf and another attorney to review with donor prior to signing)

Donor attorney: $500

Donor travel:    Varies   $500 - $3000  For ex: a local donor (a donor who lives within an hour of your clinic) will only require reimbursement of mileage for her driving to your clinic for visits. Donors who live several hours from the clinic or out of state will have higher travel expenses as they may require a hotel room, meals, mileage and or rental car, gas for rental car, etc.

Typical expense for a local donor tends to be approx. $350  to $550 for mileage.

Typical expense for donor who lives several hours away but does not need airfare tends to cost between $600 and $1200 (also depends on how many trips your particular clinic requires the donor to make)

Out of state donors travel will cost approx. $3000, depending on what state she is in and the associated airfare, how many trips your clinic requires her to make,etc.

Note: The first trip a donor makes to your clinic for testing, etc tends to be two days/one night travel and donor usually goes alone. However, the week of the actual retrieval your donor will be required to stay 5 to  7 days near the clinic. For safety reasons and to ensure the donor has someone to care for her following the procedure, a donor must have a companion join her during this time.

For the first trip a donor makes, she will receive $50/day for food (since its just her), $100/day for hotel (including taxes), $50/day rental car (if needed), $20/day rental car insurance, $20/day gas for rental car (if donor lives close enough to drive her own car, she is paid 43 cents per mile for every mile driven instead of a rental car). If donor must fly to clinic her aifare is also paid.

For the final trip, to complete the egg retrieval, the donors companion must join her. This increases food to $100/day and, if donor must fly, airfare for her companion is also paid. However, the companion does not have any affect on the remainder of expenses (they must share hotel room, rental car, etc)

** WHEN YOU FIND A PARTICULAR DONOR OF INTEREST, WE CAN GO OVER ESTIMATED TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THAT PARTICULAR DONOR **

Donor monitoring:   Varies   $0 - $1500  (If donor lives within an hour of your clinic, your clinic will perform all monitoring and the cost of this will be included in the fee they charge you. If you select a donor more than an hour from your clinic or who lives out of state, we will arrange for a satellite clinic close to the donor to perform a few of early monitoring appointments.  This minimizes the amount of time she must remain near your clinic, thereby minimizing your travel expenses and the time she must miss from work or school. Your clinic will usually offset their fee since they will be doing only the last few monitoring appointments before retrieval....please inquire with your clinic and/or with us for further details)

Donor testing:    $0 to $1500  If your clinic has an in-house lab they might handle all testing of the donor and this is included in their fees. If, however, some of the testing is done through a lab outside of your clinic, we are the responsible party the lab will bill. In this case, we will need to collect an amount sufficient to cover the cost of these lab tests.

Donor psych evaluation:  $0 - $500 (Only first time donor will need to have this done. Experienced donors will already have had this testing completed)

Donor Insurance Policy:   $400  (This policy covers the donor should she suffer any complications as a result of the procedure. )

Clinical Fee:  $10,000 average. (This is the fee most clinics charge for their services. Please inquire with your own fertility clinic/doctor as only they can give you a quote on what they charge for an egg donor cycle.)

Total estimated expenses for egg donation: $21,300 - $31,300  (Most donor cycles will fall in the middle....$26,000. Keep in mind the factors that affect the actual expense are: the donor you choose and what fee she is requesting,  what degree of travel, if any, your donor must complete and the actual fee your clinic charges)

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~~We hope the above list has been helpful. Please keep in mind some of these figures are estimates only. We are happy to go over every financial scenario with any particular donor  or surrogate of interest to you so as to avoid any financial surprises.~~