How Much Do Surrogates Make in Nashville?

Becoming a surrogate takes time and dedication. The surrogate pay you earn is compensation for those efforts.

The Music City has made the dreams of many artists come true. When you become a surrogate, not only can you make the dreams of the intended parents come true, you can set your family up for the future too.

You can make $50,000 - $110,000+ in surrogate pay in Nashville.

As a surrogate, you can be that missing piece that gives intended parents the opportunity to experience the joys of parenthood. The surrogate compensation is yours to spend however you want; whether it’s fulfilling personal goals, providing for your family or saving for the future. We understand the significance of this momentous decision which is why we want to provide you with the highest surrogate pay.

Learn more about what’s included in your surrogate compensation package by filling out our online contact form

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How Much Do Surrogates Make in Nashville?

Surrogates can make $50,000 - $110,000+ in Nashville.

Surrogate pay is specific to each surrogate mother and is determined by:

  • Your experience
  • Your cost of living
  • Your income

Becoming a surrogate is an admirable decision that deserves recognition. Helping someone else finally become a parent is nothing short of heroic. Don’t work with a professional who can’t give you the compensation you deserve.

What’s Included in Surrogate Pay in Nashville?

Your surrogate compensation package includes more than just a salary. Think of your surrogate pay as two entities, base pay for a surrogate pregnancy and additional expenses. The compensation breakdown with us looks like this:

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Total Compensation:

$50,000 - $110,000+

What's Included:
Base Pay
Think of base pay like your surrogate salary. This payment is deposited monthly once a pregnancy is confirmed, and it is entirely yours to use however you choose!
Pre-Pregnancy Payments:
  • Monthly Allowance
  • Start of Medications Bonus
  • Mock Cycle Payment
  • Travel Expenses
  • Signing Bonus
  • Social Work Screening Bonus
  • Medical Screening Bonus
Pregnancy Payments:
  • Start of Base Pay
  • Transfer Payment
  • Maternity Clothes
  • 3rd Trimester Self Care
  • Medical Procedures Bonus
  • C-Section Payment (if required)
  • Multiples Bonus
  • Bed Rest Coverage
Post-Pregnancy Payments:
  • Post-Pregnancy Self Care
  • Pumping Breast Milk (if agreed upon)
  • Counseling Costs (if needed)
  • Lost Wages
  • Spouse Lost Wages
Additional Benefits:
  • Personal Gifts
  • Referral Bonus
  • Life Insurance & Complications Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Housekeeping Payments
  • Family Meal Payments

The Highest-Paying Surrogacy Agencies in Nashville

 

3 Advantages of Choosing Us for Your Surrogacy Journey

Our commitment at each step of the process helped elevate Jade's life.

Choosing to become a surrogate is a decision that deserves all-encompassing support.

The first step to getting the most out of your surrogate compensation is by choosing the right surrogacy agency. In addition to being the highest-paying surrogacy agency in Nashville, we have all the services needed for your journey.

You deserve more from your surrogacy journey than a professional who can’t give you the compensation that aligns with your heroism.

As an experienced surrogate, your compensation can be $60,000 - $110,000+. Experience is the best teacher and if you have a track record of success as a surrogate already, this is an acknowledgment of the mental and physical energy we know you are willing to invest.

AgencyCompensation Range (in USD)
American Surrogacy$50,000 - $110,000+
Southern Surrogacy$38,000-$50,000
Circle Surrogacy$35,000-$50,000

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How to Become a Paid Surrogate in Nashville [5 Steps]

Step 1: Fill Out Our Application

You can apply to become a surrogate right now. Our application takes just a few minutes to fill out and is easily readable.

Step 2: Complete the Screening Process

Once you meet our basic qualifications, you’ll complete a comprehensive surrogate screening. We’ve streamlined our screening process to make it as smooth and straightforward as possible for you, without sacrificing your safety.

Other agencies might flood you with tedious paperwork that will slow down your surrogacy journey. We want to help you earn surrogate pay while making dreams come true as soon as possible.

Step 3: Find Great Intended Parents

 

Find Your Surrogate Match

Intended parents share their confidence in our safe and efficient screening process.

Finding the right intended parents is an integral part of the surrogacy process. With over 40 years of experience with creating families, we can help you find the perfect surrogacy match.

Once you’ve matched with intended parents, you and the intended parents will draft a contract with your respective attorneys.  These attorneys will help determine things such as:

  • Surrogate compensation
  • Risks and liabilities
  • The legal process for establishing the intended parents’ parental rights
  • How many embryos will be transferred during the IVF process
  • And much more

This step is to protect both parties and to establish both parties’ roles and expectations. Even with a great relationship with the intended parents, knowing your rights and interests are protected can give you peace of mind.

Step 4: Become Pregnant and Start Receiving Surrogate Pay

We have a network of experienced, medical professionals, including fertility clinics, that we can connect you with for the embryo transfer. Your fertility specialist will prescribe you a series of fertility medications to ensure the best chances of implementation.

Through in vitro fertilization, eggs are retrieved from the intended mother or acquired from a donor and fertilized with the sperm of the intended father. The resulting embryo will then be transferred to your uterus.

Once your pregnancy is confirmed, you will begin receiving your surrogate pay in Nashville.

Step 5: Give the Gift of Parenthood

Surrogacy changes the lives of everyone involved. You can return home knowing that you’ve given someone, or a couple, the opportunity of a lifetime.

Fill out our online contact form to learn more about what your surrogate compensation with us can look like in Nashville.

What You Can Gain with Our Surrogacy Program

Getting the best surrogate mother pay in Nashville is just one of the many benefits you receive by choosing surrogacy with us. Choosing surrogacy can also mean:

  • A sense of purpose
  • Being the key to a couple being able to have a family
  • Using your surrogate pay to do something wonderful for your family
  • Forming lasting bonds

Other Things to Know About Becoming a Surrogate in Nashville

Surrogacy Laws and Legal Professionals

Compensated surrogacy in Tennessee is allowed. There is no statute allowing or prohibiting surrogacy and most surrogacies completed in state have provisions to support you as a gestational carrier.

But the surrogacy process itself can come with legal questions that you may not know the answer to as traditional surrogacies and surrogacies with donated embryos are not recommended. Although there are no surrogacy laws that “expressly authorize the surrogate birth process,” surrogacy is defined as two separate situations for gestational and traditional.

We’ll connect you with a surrogacy attorney from our network or you can check out these surrogacy attorneys in Nashville:

  • McE Law, PLLC (Murfreesboro, Woodbury): Since 2009, McCarter |East PLLC has served middle Tennessee as a full-service law firm practicing family and divorce law that includes surrogacy. 
  • Adoption Law Center (Nashville): The Adoption Law Center frequently represents intended parents and gestational carriers to draft or review gestational surrogacy agreements.
  • TN Baby Law (Murfreesboro): TN Baby Law is devoted to helping form families through assisted reproductive technologies. Tennessee has limited case law and very few statutes on assisted reproduction. Julia Tate-Keith and Caitlin Adgent devote their practice to serving the needs of families. They assist people forming families through surrogacy and people who are seeking to help others as surrogates and egg donors.

Surrogacy Medical Professionals in Nashville

Surrogacy in Nashville requires the care of experienced, medical professionals. We can help you find the services you need, from fertility clinics to hospitals, that are close by and will guide you through the surrogacy medical process:

Fertility Clinics

  • Nashville Fertility (Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Clarksville): The team of physicians at Nashville Fertility is board-certified in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. They also have extensive expertise in surgery, IVF, egg and sperm donation and ovulation induction with IUI.
  • Tennessee Fertility Institute (Nashville, Franklin): Tennessee Fertility Institute offers comprehensive fertility care, whether it’s their College of American Physicians accredited andrology and embryology laboratories in Franklin or their Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment certified laboratory in Nashville.

Hospitals

  • Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown – Birthing Center (Nashville): With compressive care before, during and after your pregnancy, you’ll have a dedicated team of experienced OB-GYNs and certified nurse midwives dedicated to your care.
  • Vanderbilt Birth Center (Nashville): Vanderbilt Health partners with hospitals throughout the region to allow you to deliver close to home. Their clinics offer general and specialized obstetric care, midwifery care and maternal-fetal medicine services. Some services, such as genetic counseling, lactation support and certain prenatal appointments and maternal-fetal medicine consults, may also be offered via telehealth.
  • TriStar Centennial Women’s Hospital (Nashville, Hermitage, Hendersonville): With newly remodeled birthing suites within their dedicated childbirth hospital, these rooms are outfitted with labor tubs, spacious bathrooms and the latest medical technology. They also offer a variety of low-intervention birthing methods, including comfort positioning devices and nitrous oxide. An anesthesiologist is also on-site 24/7 for epidurals and other pain management options.

FAQs About Surrogate Compensation in Nashville

Why Should Surrogate Mothers Be Paid?

Choosing to be a surrogate is making the choice to change lives. Surrogate compensation from our agency is one way that we can show you we value the amazing decision you are making. Not only will you have that, but courts in Nashville sanction it for the time and physical effort of being a surrogate.

Do Surrogates Have to Pay Taxes in Nashville?

Surrogate pay in Nashville could be subject to income taxes. Being a surrogate is a full-time job, and our surrogate compensation is payment for that service. Tennessee has no state income tax, so if you receive a 1099 MISC form, you’d only be taxed at the federal level.

The escrow service we partner with for your monthly payments will send you a 1099 form during tax season. But just because you don’t receive a 1099, it doesn’t mean your income is tax-free.

We recommend reaching out to a tax accountant in Tennessee to ensure you are doing everything by the book.

Do Surrogates Get Maternity Leave in Nashville?

Yes, surrogates get maternity leave in Nashville. In addition to the Family Medical Leave Act, which allows you to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid time off due to pregnancy, Tennessee has laws with Paid Family Leave.

Paid maternity leave isn’t always offered by employers but if that’s the case with your situation, we’ll reimburse you for any lost wages.   

How Much Do Surrogates Get Paid Monthly?

How much you get paid as a surrogate is determined by your situation. But you will get paid in 10 monthly installments once your surrogacy agreement has been signed and pregnancy has been confirmed.

So, if you are making $70,000 in base pay, you will be paid $7,000 per month. 

How Much Do Surrogates Make for Twins?

Surrogates do not receive surrogate compensation per baby carried. Your pay is for the reimbursed expenses and your time and effort. If you’re pregnant with twins as a surrogate, you’ll receive $5,000 per multiple.

Do Surrogates Get Paid if They Miscarry?

Yes, surrogates get paid if they miscarry. The amount is determined by when the miscarriage occurs. If you have a miscarriage three months into the process, you will be paid for those three months. What comes next depends on the surrogacy contract.

If you and the intended parents decide to try again, you will begin receiving payments once your pregnancy is confirmed.