Surrogate Compensation
Why We Let Surrogates Set Their Own Compensation Rate
April 14, 2026 · 6 min read · On Fertility Ground Surrogacy
Most agencies present a "standard rate range" for surrogates. OFG has a different policy.
The Policy
You set your own base compensation. No agency-assigned range. No cap. No coordinator conversation nudging you lower. You decide what your commitment is worth.
Why Standard Ranges Are a Problem
Rate ranges create invisible ceilings. Women who might ask for $60,000 ask for $52,000 because the range stops there. Women from communities historically told to ask for less — ask for less.
What Happens When Surrogates Set Their Own Rate
She enters the journey from a position of dignity. Intended Parents understand from the outset that OFG takes surrogate compensation seriously. Matches still happen.
The Equity Dimension
A rate cap — even well-intentioned — can function as one more mechanism through which underserved communities are limited. We made a deliberate choice not to have one.
From Our Founder
Bree — Founder & CEO, On Fertility Ground
This policy was not hard to arrive at. It was obvious once I asked myself the right question: who has the most information about what this commitment is worth? The answer is the surrogate herself.
The standard agency practice of setting a rate range exists to make matching more predictable for Intended Parents. But I think the cost of that predictability — a surrogate who asked for less than she deserved because she was told to — is too high.
Every surrogate who works with OFG names her own worth. We present it exactly as stated. That is the policy. That is the point.
— Bree | info@onfertilityground.com
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