Surrogacy Fees

The Commonwealth government which administers the Medicare scheme specifically prohibits the payment of Medicare benefits for IVF services carried out in conjunction with surrogacy.

As Medicare does not cover surrogacy treatment, private health funds are also not permitted to fund surrogacy procedures.

Consequently IVF surrogacy involves considerable out-of-pocket expenses. Patients must be prepared for costs in the range of $10,000 to $20,000 depending on location.