Egg donation/California Center for Reproductive Medicine (CACRM)
Verified October 1, 2026
California Center for Reproductive Medicine (CACRM) Egg Donor Pay & Requirements
Clinic
Pay
Not published
Where
Encinitas, CA
1 clinic location · Travel covered
Time
Stim medications approximately 12 days; frequent morning monitoring visits; retrieval day + ride home
Monitoring and downtime
Age
Hard gate VERIFIED: 21–30 (requirements Step 1; apply page; IP page). Intro copy on same requirements page also says 'between ages 19 and 30' / applicants older than 30 disqualified — on-page age conflict; treat hard gate as 21–30 pending clarification
BMI of no more than 30 / below 30 (requirements + apply). Floor Not published
At a glance
Where and travel
- Clinic: Encinitas, CA
- Not published on donor-facing pages reviewed
- In-house clinic
Requirements
- Hard gate VERIFIED: 21–30 (requirements Step 1; apply page; IP page). Intro copy on same requirements page also says 'between ages 19 and 30' / applicants older than 30 disqualified — on-page age conflict; treat hard gate as 21–30 pending clarification
- BMI of no more than 30 / below 30 (requirements + apply). Floor Not published
- Education: Collected on application (highest level achieved) — not stated as hard gate
- Non-smoker; no history of substance abuse
- Genetic screening
- Psychological screening
- No family hereditary / inherited medical conditions (as stated)
- Physical exam + ultrasound with Medical Director Dr. Lori Arnold
- Blood work: infectious disease, fertility, genetic, drug/alcohol/nicotine
- Psychological counseling, testing, and interview
- Legal contract with separate attorneys for IP and donor
- Injectable medications ~12 days; in-office morning monitoring
- Retrieval under IV sedation at CACRM
Time
- Stim medications approximately 12 days; frequent morning monitoring visits; retrieval day + ride home
Not published: Pay
Pay
- Referral
- $500 when referred friend is matched (primary screening-application page)referral bonus
Donor-page amounts, verified October 1, 2026.
Outside the stipend
- Travel reimbursement
- Not published on donor-facing pages reviewed
- Expenses covered
- Not published on donor-facing pages reviewed; Medications/injectables described in process — who pays Not published on donor pages reviewed; Separate attorneys for IP and donor — fee payer Not published on donor pages
Not published: First cycle
Where and when
Where
- Headquarters
- Encinitas, CA
- Clinic locations
- Encinitas, CA
- Travel reimbursement
- Not published on donor-facing pages reviewed
- Travel covered
- Yes
Time
- Monitoring and downtime
- Stim medications approximately 12 days; frequent morning monitoring visits; retrieval day + ride home
Do you qualify
Requirements
- Age
- Hard gate VERIFIED: 21–30 (requirements Step 1; apply page; IP page). Intro copy on same requirements page also says 'between ages 19 and 30' / applicants older than 30 disqualified — on-page age conflict; treat hard gate as 21–30 pending clarification
- BMI
- BMI of no more than 30 / below 30 (requirements + apply). Floor Not published
- Also required
- Education: Collected on application (highest level achieved) — not stated as hard gate
- Non-smoker; no history of substance abuse
- No family hereditary / inherited medical conditions (as stated)
- Physical exam + ultrasound with Medical Director Dr. Lori Arnold
- Blood work: infectious disease, fertility, genetic, drug/alcohol/nicotine
- Psychological counseling, testing, and interview
- Legal contract with separate attorneys for IP and donor
- Injectable medications ~12 days; in-office morning monitoring
- Retrieval under IV sedation at CACRM
Screening
- Psychological screening
- Yes
- Genetic screening
- Yes
- Screening steps
- Medical, genetic, psychological; FDA infectious-disease assessment referenced
How it works
Steps
- Matching
- IP browses egg donor database; selects donor and determines compensation
- Application
- Screening application (EDC portal) → comprehensive online application → physical exam/testing (10–21 days results) → psych counseling/testing/interview → matching + legal → retrieval cycle
- Donor coordinator
- CACRM Egg Donor IVF Coordinator / Egg Donor Team; Medical Director Dr. Lori Arnold
Covered and limits
- Medications
- Yes
- Legal counsel
- Yes
- Identity
- IP page: anonymous or directed/known donor options coordinated
- Fresh cycles
- Yes
- Also offers surrogacy
- Yes
Apply and contact
- Website
- Agency site
- Phone
- (760) 274-2000
- info@cacrm.com
- Program type
- Clinic
Sources
- live-verify primary apply egg donor (comp language/apply/BMI/age) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary egg donor requirements (gates/process/ASRM) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary egg donation process for donors · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary egg donation for IPs (anonymity/ASRM) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary surrogacy & egg donation (in-house program) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary contact HQ · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary egg donor screening application (referral $500) · 2026-09-30
- EDC secondary pointer (fresh/apply/geo LEADS only) · 2026-09-30
- live-recheck primary contact / in-house clinic location footprint · 2026-09-30
Last verified October 1, 2026.
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