In 2008 Circle Surrogacy started offering clients the first ever surrogacy plan with a frozen Egg Bank. The plan is offered in conjunction with Connecticut Fertility Associates (CFA), our premium fertility center. We are pleased to report that this program has been extremely successful so far, with pregnancy rates that match and exceed our success with fresh eggs. This plan allows clients to save as much as $15,000 - $27,000 over conventional egg donation surrogacy options. The Egg Bank option involves a new and safe rapid freeze (vitrification) process and the use of proven egg donors. The plan eliminates the wait and costs associated with the monitoring and synchronization of the donor and carrier, but offers a more limited egg donor selection and may leave fewer frozen embryos for future cycles.

See here for more information about the program, and see below for estimated costs.

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Standard Costs

	Surrogate Related Professional Fees	$19,750.00
	First installment (due upon execution of Retainer Agreement)	$12,250.00
	Second installment (due upon execution of Agreement with Surrogate)	7,500.00
	Surrogate Related Screening Costs	$  185.00
	Psychological screening fee (Surrogate)	$65.00
	Criminal history inquiry fees (Surrogate)	45.00
	Parental Preparation for Match	75.00
	Surrogate Compensation and Other Surrogate Expenses	$26,495.00
	Surrogate's fee (Experienced surrogates' fees will be higher)	$22,500.00
	Surrogate's IVF transfer fee (for completion of each embryo transfer procedure)	595.00
	Surrogate's life insurance (approx. – depends on her age and health	500.00
	Surrogate's maternity clothing allowance	500.00
	Surrogate's monthly allowance once matched- in lieu of itemized costs ($200 per month estimated for 12 months)	2,400.00
	Egg Donor Compensation, Agency & Legal Fees, Screening and Other Expenses	$6,825.00
	Egg Donor's fee - avg †	$  4,000.00
	Egg Donor agency fee	2,250.00
	Egg Donor's psychological screening fee [1]	200.00
	Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker Support Fees	$  3,500.00
	Social Worker's flat fee (for Surrogate Support & Advocacy)	3,500.00
	Surrogate Related Legal Fees, Expenses and Finalization of Parental Rights	$  8,500.00
	Carrier's attorneys' fees	$  1,000.00
	Intended Parent(s)' attorney's fees for drafting of Surrogate Contract	2,500.00
	Office expenses	500.00
	Fees for legal proceedings for one child ($1,000 extra for twins usually) such as pre birth order, second-parent adoption, stepparent adoption, or single parent adoption ($1,500 to $5,000 range) –avg	4,000.00
	Trust Administration	500.00
	TOTAL Excluding 3rd Party Medical and Insurance Services	$65,255.00

Medical & Insurance Expenses

	Medical Expenses (dependent upon selected medical facility - actual charges apply)	$20,025.00
	Professional medical fees and hospital/lab charges for IVF cycle - actual costs	$  4,000.00
	Medications for Surrogate - avg	1,200.00
	Medications for Egg Donor for initial fresh embryo cycle (can range) - avg	3,000.00
	Monitoring for Surrogate through 12 weeks gestational (paid to IVF clinic and/or monitoring clinic)	1,000.00
	Monitoring For Egg Donor (paid to IVF clinic and/or monitoring clinic)	2,000.00
	Complication coverage for surrogates and egg donors	225.00
	Medical Coordination	1,500.00
	Egg Donor's medical screening including genetic screening-avg	2,375.00
	Medical screening fees (Surrogate)	2,475.00
	Intended Parent(s) medical screening and semen analysis (per person)	2,250.00
	Insurance Expenses (to be paid directly to insurance agency) [2]	$16,050.00
	Maternity and delivery out-of-pocket with discount plan, if normal vaginal delivery of a singleton	$10,000.00
	Premium for surrogate's medical insurance and case management fees	6,050.00

Total Costs

TOTAL of All Anticipated Costs [3]

$101,330.00

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Other Cost Considerations

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^[1] $500 is paid to the clinic for its monitoring. Another $500 is expected to be paid to a local clinic for monitoring if the carrier is not local to the clinic. However, on occasion a carrier will require more screening before coming to the clinic. This will increase this charge by approximately $500 per monitoring appointment. In addition, it is the intention of the IVF physician to send the carrier for her post transfer monitoring to her obstetrician. However, if the carrier does not have insurance, or even if she does, there is a chance that the intended parent(s) will be charged for these monitoring appointments.

^[2] Insurance is one of the charges that is most variable. US domestic intended parents are required to purchase insurance for the surrogate. At this time, the company that we recommend offers 3 policies, all of which have an enrollment fee of $1,050. The policies' premiums vary with the lowest premium being $5,000, the mid-level policy having a $7,000 premium and the high-level policy having a $10,900 premium. All of the policies provide complications coverage for up to $500,000 and have deductibles ranging from $15,000 for the high-level policy to $45,000 for the low-level policy. Some of the deductible will need to be set aside during the pregnancy, the amount of which will be determined by the policy, but typically an amount between$15,000 to $18,000 for one child. Since the typical medical expense for a single child is $10,000, a large portion of the deductible should be returned in most cases.

^[3] This is the total of all charges that are expected and the number that clients should consider as the likely minimum charges for your egg/embryo donation and/or surrogacy. The numbers set forth below detail the approximate financial impacts that certain circumstances of your carrier or donor, chance events and choices by you will have on your surrogacy costs.

^† 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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