Ooh, you raise a good point, Caplan gives $12k as the per-cycle cost of IVF, which I failed to factor in. I will edit that in. Thank you for your data!
And you’re right that medical expenses are part of the gap: the book says the “$100k” figure for surrogacy includes medical expenses (which you’d have to pay anyway) and “miscellaneous” (which… ???).
So, if we stick with the book’s “$12k per cycle” figure, times an average of maybe 2 cycles, that gives $24k, which still leaves a $56k gap to be explained. Conceivably, medical expenses and “miscellaneous” could fill that gap? I’m sure you know better than I!
I’m saying it’s $25k PER CYCLE. (granted, this is Bay Area prices, but still)
IVF requires multiple other expenses that aren’t the fertilization itself. These other expenses include about $5-6k of injectable drugs that stimulate egg production, and about $6000 for the implantation.
Ooh, you raise a good point, Caplan gives $12k as the per-cycle cost of IVF, which I failed to factor in. I will edit that in. Thank you for your data!
And you’re right that medical expenses are part of the gap: the book says the “$100k” figure for surrogacy includes medical expenses (which you’d have to pay anyway) and “miscellaneous” (which… ???).
So, if we stick with the book’s “$12k per cycle” figure, times an average of maybe 2 cycles, that gives $24k, which still leaves a $56k gap to be explained. Conceivably, medical expenses and “miscellaneous” could fill that gap? I’m sure you know better than I!
I’m saying it’s $25k PER CYCLE. (granted, this is Bay Area prices, but still)
IVF requires multiple other expenses that aren’t the fertilization itself. These other expenses include about $5-6k of injectable drugs that stimulate egg production, and about $6000 for the implantation.