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We coordinate all medical, travel, and legal procedures.
 

Financial & Legal
Comparison of Options

 


Key

AI--artificial insemination;
IVF/ET--in vitro fertilization/embryo transfer
IVF/ED-- in vitro fertilization/egg donor (where the donor's eggs are combined with our client's sperm, and the embryos are transferred to a surrogate)
AID--artificial insemination by donor (where both H and W are infertile)
ED--egg donor (not involving surrogacy, but where the wife can carry a child, but is not ovulating)
H--husband; W--wife; S--surrogate

     

Option

Geneti-
cally Related

Who Carries Child?

Who Adopts?

Avg.
Total Expenses
1

Legal Fees 2

Sur. Fee 3

Medically Compli-
cated

Legally Compli-
cated

AI

H--yes
W--no
S --yes

S

H--no
W--yes

$50,000

$12,500

$15,000

No

Usually Not

IVF/ ET

H--yes
W--yes
S--no

S

H--no
W--no

$55,000

$12,500

$15,000

Yes

No

IVF/ED

H--yes
W--no
S--no

S

H--no
W--yes

$60,000

$12,500

$13,000
$3,5004

Yes

No

AID

H--no
W--no
S--yes

S

H--yes
W--yes

$50,000

$12,500

$15,000

No

5 No

ED

H--yes
W--no

W

H--no
6W--no

$15,000

$2,500

$3,500

Yes

No

1 These figures represent an average total cost, including all expenses, but assume two things: 1) that your surrogate is charging $15,000 for her fee and has insurance which covers the pregnancy, and 2) that your surrogate conceives within the first 2 AI attempts or on the first IVF/ET or IVF/ED attempt. Total actual fees depend, of course, on the location of your surrogate, how many tries it takes before she conceives, her fee, etc.

2 The legal fees, as explained in the accompanying information, are divided into 2 parts. The first $7500 is the initial withdrawal; the second $5000 is the withdrawal that occurs only after a pregnancy has been achieved.

3 Most surrogates ask for around $15,000, although from time to time we see somewhat higher or lower fees. If you select a surrogate who is charging more than this amount, you would add the difference to the total cost of the program. You will know this information prior to selecting her. Your surrogate's fee is deposited with SMI within 5 days after she conceives.

4 Egg Donor's fee

5 AID surrogacy is generally difficult to do unless you and your surrogate are from the same state. If you are, then the procedures are treated the same as any other traditional adoption.

6 Even though with an egg donor only, the wife is not biologically related to the child, the law presumes that a woman who delivers a child is the child's mother, and we need not pursue any court action because of this.

 

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For more detailed answers to your questions,
to speak to Steven Litz, an attorney and the director of SMI,
contact us at: Toll free: 1-888-SURROGATE or (317) 996-2000


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June 18, 2003

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