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How Much Do Donor Eggs Cost?


The cost of an egg donor is one of the significant financial considerations for intended parents pursuing surrogacy and IVF.

If in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with donor eggs is the right form of assisted reproductive technology (ART) for your circumstances, knowing what to expect from the average egg donor cost can help you budget effectively.

This article will look at what makes up the cost of using donor eggs, the decisions you can make that factor into the cost and the difference in cost with a fresh vs. frozen egg donation.

How Much Do Donor Eggs Cost?

The American Pregnancy Association gave the average cost of donor eggs as ranging from $12,000-$20,000.

IVF is made up of a series of medical procedures that address infertility. If you need donor eggs for your journey, then be sure to consider the costs of IVF as well as the cost of using donor eggs.

This July 2024 article from Stanford University’s Institute for Economic Policy Research noted that a singular IVF cycle in the U.S. can cost up to $30,000. The overall cost can balloon quickly with the norm being multiple cycles required to achieve a pregnancy.

Here’s an example of IVF with donor eggs and the costs it can include from CoFertility:

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What Makes Up Egg Donor Cost?

Professionals have different figures when it comes to cost and the cost of using an egg donor goes beyond the initial fee for the eggs themselves. It’ll also depend on:

Where you obtain your eggs from

There are various professionals where you can purchase donor eggs, from donor egg banks to fertility clinics to donor egg agencies.

These professionals have different fee structures for different services. One example of this would be having different tiers of cost for using known or unknown egg donors.

Obtaining donor eggs from a donor egg bank vs. a fertility clinic is another example of how the egg donor costs can differ.

Beyond the fees for the eggs themselves, a donor egg bank might have storage fees and while a fertility clinic may have those too, you also have to consider the cost of IVF to create your embryos.

Any additional services required

Depending on you or your partner’s family history of genetic diseases, you may want to have additional testing done to ensure those genetic abnormalities aren’t passed on to your children.

Additional services come with additional cost.

Using fresh or frozen eggs

When it comes to the overall donor egg cost, using fresh or frozen eggs plays a key role in determining that cost.

Frozen eggs can be used when the timing is best for you. There’s no need to time the donor and recipient’s cycles vs. using fresh eggs, which requires cycle synchronization, that can delay the process and add more layers to the process.

Using fresh eggs has had slightly higher pregnancy success rates. But even with frozen eggs having slightly lower success rates due to the freezing and thawing process, improvements in technology have narrowed the gap.

With no need for egg retrieval, frozen eggs are usually less expensive. If you use fresh eggs, an IVF cycle has to be paid for.

Frozen eggs are available through donor egg banks, fertility clinics and donor egg agencies which mean many options to find the right donor for you. Compared to using fresh eggs, this limits your choices to egg donors who are actively undergoing stimulation. With fresh eggs, more planning is needed to ensure the donor’s availability. Fresh eggs must also be fertilized and transferred on a schedule.

Is There Egg Donor Financing?

Yes, there is egg donor financing.

From loans to grants to financing programs through your fertility clinic, there are a variety of ways to help you afford using donor eggs.

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Financing Programs

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Why Are Egg Donors So Expensive?

Donor eggs are expensive because of two main factors, the cost of IVF and the compensation. IVF cycles are costly with multiple cycles typically needed for a pregnancy and egg donor compensation factors in all the things they’re doing to help you become a parent. 

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