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Financial Considerations for Surrogacy Program

For Intended Parents

Our Services are offered to clients Nationwide and Internationally. We work with a variety of clients and will not discriminate against racial background, marital status or sexual orientation.

Our agency represents numerous donors and surrogates of all ethnic backgrounds.

Surrogate Mother Program

Agency Service Coordination Fee: $32,000 Domestic $35,000 International

Surrogate Mother Fee: $15,000.00 - $100,000.00 we allow our surrogates to set their own compensation. 

Our Service Coordination Fee includes:

  • Match Facilitation
  • Cycle Coordination & Case Management
  • Non-Medical Gestational Surrogate Screening
  • Collaboration with Primary Fertility Clinic and Monitoring Clinic if needed
  • Medical Appointment Arrangements
  • Travel Coordination
  • Life Insurance Placement (actual cost is not included and varies depending on policy selected)
  • Standard Background Check On All Parties Involved (surrogate, surrogate significant other, and intended parents) (cost of background check is not included in agency fee)
  • Video/Conference Call (IP, Surrogate Mother & Agency up to two Gestational Carriers)
  • Frequent Status Updates
  • Trust Account Management for Pre-Pregnancy expenses with Happy Beginnings
  • Collaboration and Case Management for Seed Trust Escrow agency (Required for Surrogate compensation, insurance premium, and Pregnancy Expense Deposit)
  • Seed Trust Escrow account coordination and account management

Legal

Gestational Surrogacy Contract:

  • Intended Parent Attorney Fee: $2,600.00 and up (IP’s selecting Illinois Based Surrogate Mother)
  • Intended Parent Attorney Fee: $3,000.00 and up (IP’s selecting Surrogate Mother Based outside Illinois)
  • Surrogate Mother Attorney Fee: $1,000.00 and up

Total Legal:
$3,000 and up for Illinois Based Surrogates
$4,000 and up for surrogates outside of Illinois

Psychological Screening

  • In-depth home study evaluation of surrogate
  • Psychological screening for surrogate and surrogate’s spouse
  • Surrogate mentoring and support meetings throughout the pregnancy (up to 16 sessions)

Total Psychological: $4,000

Pre-Pregnancy Expense Deposit

Covers pre-pregnancy cycle related expenses & travel.

Select one:

  • Local Surrogate(resides within 100 miles of primary clinic): $1,500.00
  • Mid-Local Surrogate (resides within 250 miles of primary clinic): $2,500.00
  • Non-Local Surrogate (resides more than 250 miles of primary clinic): $4,000.00
  • International (surrogates traveling to international locations to the primary clinic): $5,000.00

Pregnancy Expense Deposit

Covers disbursements for the Surrogacy Benefit Package once pregnancy is confirmed.

$10,000

Secondary Clinic Fees

Variable. To cover ultrasounds and labs for any outside monitoring prior to pregnancy.

Attorney Fees for Parental Establishment Process

Variable. Payable to provider.

Surrogate Health Insurance

Deposit of $2,500 and up for Illinois based surrogates this will vary from state to state depending on where the surrogate is located.

Optional Services

If you would like to select any of our optional services, please sign and return the Optional Services Request form. Some of these services are subject to change without notice.

Translation Services & Document Translation:$75.00 hour
If you prefer to have any of the documents or contracts translated into a language other than English. We will make arrangements to accommodate your needs. On site and telephone translation services are available in a variety of languages upon request. Rates vary based on services required and time involved. Please inquire.

Optional Surrogate Gift Level 1: $60.00
Happy Beginnings, LLC will be happy to make arrangements to send your selected surrogate mother a card with the text of your choice and a gift upon completion of the embryo transfer. A level one gift may include small flower arrangement, a massage certificate, movie tickets, restaurant gift card, or a shopping gift card.

Optional Surrogate Gift Level 2: $110.00
Happy Beginnings, LLC will be happy to make arrangements to send your selected surrogate mother a card with the text of your choice and a gift upon completion of the embryo transfer. A level two gift may include medium flower arrangement, a spa package, jewelry, restaurant gift card, or shopping gift card.

Optional Surrogate Gift Level 3: $900.00
Happy Beginnings, LLC will be happy to make arrangements to send your selected surrogate mother a card with text of your choice and monthly gift boxes throughout the pregnancy. These boxes will be filled with pregnancy and relaxation related items.

Postpartum Doula Services: $500.00
A professional labor assistant who provides direct one on one care for your surrogate after delivery of your baby.  This would include taking care of your surrogate, educating her on her body postpartum, what to expect, how to recover, nourishing foods, how to dry up her milk supply, handling mental health issues that could come up including postpartum depression, etc.  This package pricing would include 12 months of postpartum Doula service for your surrogate to returning to a normal healthy lifestyle.

ART Risk Newborn Claims Management provided by ART Risk Solutions: $1,750.00   
This is a comprehensive approach to all financial aspects of newborn care which minimizes exposure to risk. With a complete, hands-on approach, transparent communication from your Client Success Specialist who will advocate on your behalf for what is right, and most importantly, providing peace of mind for all parties.

FERTILITY CLINIC FEES, LABS FEES, SECONDARY CLINIC FEES (MONITORING), AND CYCLE MEDICATIONS ARE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE PROVIDER AND ARE NOT OUTLINED HEREIN.