Editorial revision: 2026-10-04. Untraceable price estimates and citizenship guarantees were removed. Individual legal advice requires the project state, rules applicable at birth and family records.
A U.S. surrogacy budget combines clinical care, carrier support, legal work, insurance, agency services and cross-border expenses. This page is a quote-review framework. No uniform total is published because a complete, dated provider quotation supporting such a figure is not available here.
Ask the clinic to separate testing, medication, monitoring, retrieval and anaesthesia, fertilisation, culture, freezing, storage, transport acceptance, transfer and pregnancy testing. Existing embryos and a new retrieval require different lists. For ICSI, PGT-A or other laboratory services, record the clinical decision, billing unit and repeat-cycle charge.
When donor sperm or eggs are needed, list screening, source records, matching, medication and retrieval, transport, legal advice and future information management. Identify each payee and any item already included in another provider's quotation.
ASRM’s donor-compensation opinion addresses time, burden and discomfort; compensation should not vary by the number or quality of retrieved oocytes. This is ethical guidance, not a provider fee schedule or market price list. ASRM ethics opinion
Review compensation or reimbursement, travel, lost earnings and care support, plus contractual charges triggered by repeat transfers, pregnancy loss or delivery. Review carrier and newborn policies separately: coverage period, deductibles, out-of-pocket liability, provider network, surrogacy exclusions and neonatal intensive-care arrangements.
For uninsured services, record the expected payer and how to obtain a medical estimate. Keep contingency funds separate and specify return of unused funds and account closure.
| Module | Quote scope | Records before payment |
|---|---|---|
| Independent counsel and agreement | Each party's counsel, revisions, dispute work | Engagement and fee terms |
| Parentage and birth record | Court filing, service, record correction | State-specific procedure and fee list |
| Agency and funds administration | Matching, rematching, coordination, exit | Service agreement and payment rules |
| Maternity and newborn care | Hospital, clinicians, uncovered charges | Policies and available medical estimates |
| Travel and documents | Accommodation, transport, translation, authentication | Itemisation, application basis and validity |
Keep original U.S. dollar amounts. For a currency conversion, show its date and rate source. Separate included, additional, event-triggered and refundable prepaid funds; check for duplicate IVF, insurance or legal charges.
Populate each scenario from written quotes current on the same date. For fixed-price or success-based offers, review the defined outcome, cycle/time limits, exclusions, extra payments and refunds.
List payments at contracting, matching, clinical preparation, transfer, pregnancy, delivery and closure. Each entry should identify the payee, deliverable, supporting record, due date and treatment of failure or withdrawal. Update clinical progress and court/document timelines separately.
Eligibility and citizenship are addressed in the U.S. guide; scope across destinations is covered by the country cost comparison. Another destination's quote is not a U.S. budget.
These state statutes explain parentage and legal-service procedures; they are not price sources. Scope and charges come from written counsel and provider fee documents.
