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OTHER COST CONSIDERATIONS FOR GESTATIONAL SURROGACY WITH EGG DONATION: Baby Guarantee: 3 tries or fee refund 

While the costs in the previous page are to be expected, the costs below are only possible contingent extras. No one in our program has ever had to pay all of the expenses listed here, and some get by without ever paying any of the expenses listed here. We do not collect any of the sums dictated by chance as part of the trust fund, but will collect those that may be dictated by the circumstances of your carrier and/or donor and those that may be created by choices you have made.[6]


FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER (if fresh transfer fails)
Surrogate Compensation and Related Expenses $1,100.00
IVF transfer fees –avg- $500.00
Monthly expense allowance - Additional 3 months $600.00
Medical Fees (will vary depending on medical facility chosen; average example follows) $1,200.00
Medical fees for one frozen embryo cycle — NO CHARGE (included in guarantee plan) $0
Medications for surrogate $1,200.00
Additional onsite monitoring for the surrogate — NO CHARGE (included in guarantee plan) (offsite monitoring extra) $0
TOTAL for Frozen Embryo Transfer $2,300.00


VARIABLE COSTS
Circumstances of your Selected Donor or Carrier: Variable Costs which may also be incurred dependent upon individual surrogate or donor selected:
Surrogate spouse/partner medical screening — actual costs will apply $775.00
Egg Donor spouse/partner medical screening — actual costs will apply $775.00
Chance Events: Other variable costs which may be incurred due to certain chance events that may arise during the process but cannot be predicted:
Surrogate's compensation for lost wages or childcare/babysitting — only at doctor's order-cap $3,500.00
Multiple birth compensation (higher to experienced surrogate) $3,000.00
Caesarean Section compensation to surrogate (as applicable) $1,500.00
Amniocentesis, CVS, D&C, selective reduction, cerclage, abortion compensation to surrogate (per procedure) $500.00
Medical procedure cost for Fetal Reduction (if not covered by insurance) $2,500.00
Additional medications due to poor stimulation of egg donor $1,000.00
Choice: Range of costs that depend at least in part on your individual choices
For gay couple where both provide sperm, second father's screening $1,850.00
Higher surrogate compensation (for experienced surrogates)- avg. $7,500.00
Higher egg donor compensation (for experienced donors): additional for most expensive $2,000.00
Surrogate's Travel & Expenses for Screening, meals, childcare, hotel, airfare, car, etc. if surrogate lives out of area $1,850.00
Surrogate's Travel & Expenses for each IVF including meals, childcare, hotel, air, car, etc. if surrogate lives out of area $3,150.00
Egg Donor's Travel & Expenses for Screening, meals, hotel, airfare, etc. if egg donor lives out of area $2,950.00
Additional insurance premium if taking highest level of insurance $3,200.00
'Additional deductible if surrogate carrying one child and complications arise $2,500.00
Additional deductible above previous if surrogate carrying twins or has a c-section $5,000.00

[6] While the costs above are to be expected, the costs below are possible extras. No one in our program has ever had to pay all of the expenses listed here, and some get by without ever paying any of the expenses listed here. We do not collect any of the other sums dictated by chance as part of the trust fund, but will collect those that may be dictated by the circumstances of your carrier and/or donor and those that may be created by choices you have made. The most common extras are twins that produce additional costs of between $3,000 and $8,000 (happens about 40%The most common extras are twins that produce additional costs of between $3,000 and $8,000 (happens about 40% of the time) travel of $4000 for donors (happens about 50% of the time), travel of $5000 for carriers (happens about 80% of the time, unless you are willing to wait an extra couple of months for a local carrier).

Total payments to donors in excess of $5,000 require justification and sums above $10,000 are not appropriate; Circle Surrogacy complies with ASRM guidelines for egg donation compensation.

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