Egg donation/Los Angeles Reproductive Center
Verified September 30, 2026
Los Angeles Reproductive Center Egg Donor Pay & Requirements
Clinic
Pay
Up to $10,000
first-cycle max
Where
2 California clinics
Encino, Bakersfield · Travel covered
Time
About two weeks injectables; retrieval day unavailable for work/school; most return to non-strenuous activity next day
Monitoring and downtime
Age
Typically 21–32 (LARC process FAQ); not stated as a hard gate
Certain BMI parameters; numeric cutoff not published on LARC donor pages
At a glance
Where and travel
- 2 California clinics: Encino, Bakersfield
- General educational post says programs may cover/reimburse flights/hotels for out-of-state donors; LARC-specific dollar amounts not published
- In-house clinic
Pay
- First cycle Up to $10,000 per cycle
- Up to 6 cycles
Requirements
- Typically 21–32 (LARC process FAQ); not stated as a hard gate
- Certain BMI parameters; numeric cutoff not published on LARC donor pages
- Education: Not published
- Non-smokers required; drug testing in medical prescreen
- Genetic screening
- Psychological screening
- Good health
- STI/infectious-disease testing
- Both identified and non-directed donor pathways
- US citizenship/permanent residency and both ovaries appear on the secondary prescreen, not a primary LARC gate
- Age conflict: another LARC educational FAQ says typically 19–32; use process FAQ as LARC-specific and do not harden it
Time
- About two weeks injectables; retrieval day unavailable for work/school; most return to non-strenuous activity next day
Pay
- First cycle
- Up to $10,000first-cycle max
Donor-page amounts, verified September 30, 2026.
Outside the stipend
- Travel reimbursement
- General educational post says programs may cover/reimburse flights/hotels for out-of-state donors; LARC-specific dollar amounts not published
- Expenses covered
- General educational post says programs may cover/reimburse flights/hotels for out-of-state donors; LARC-specific dollar amounts not published; General educational post says cycle medications are commonly covered/reimbursed; LARC-specific schedule not published; Separate insurance education exists; donor dollar terms not published; Donor/recipient contract and waiver of parental rights described; independent donor counsel not expressly published
Where and when
Where
- Headquarters
- Encino, CA
- Clinic locations
- Encino, CA, Bakersfield, CA
- Travel reimbursement
- General educational post says programs may cover/reimburse flights/hotels for out-of-state donors; LARC-specific dollar amounts not published
- Travel covered
- Yes
Time
- Monitoring and downtime
- About two weeks injectables; retrieval day unavailable for work/school; most return to non-strenuous activity next day
Do you qualify
Requirements
- Age
- Typically 21–32 (LARC process FAQ); not stated as a hard gate
- BMI
- Certain BMI parameters; numeric cutoff not published on LARC donor pages
- Also required
- Education: Not published
- Non-smokers required; drug testing in medical prescreen
- Good health
- STI/infectious-disease testing
- both identified and non-directed donor pathways
- US citizenship/permanent residency and both ovaries appear on the secondary prescreen, not a primary LARC gate
- age conflict: another LARC educational FAQ says typically 19–32; use process FAQ as LARC-specific and do not harden it
Screening
- Psychological screening
- Yes
- Genetic screening
- Yes
- Screening steps
- Physical/gynecologic exam, vaginal ultrasound, blood/urine, drug, infectious disease, genetic and psychological screening
How it works
Steps
- Matching
- In-house screened donor pool; LARC also works with outside donor agencies
- Application
- Primary Apply Now points to secondary prescreen; then full questionnaire → clinic medical prescreen → birth control → about two weeks injectables → retrieval at LARC facility
- Donor coordinator
- Dedicated egg-donor / third-party reproduction team; individual donor coordinator not named
Covered and limits
- Medications
- Yes
- Insurance
- Yes
- Legal counsel
- Yes
- Identity
- Identified and non-directed (formerly anonymous) options; complete anonymity cannot be guaranteed because of DNA testing
- Cycle limit
- 6
- Fresh cycles
- Yes
- Frozen cycles
- Yes
- Also offers surrogacy
- Yes
Apply and contact
- Website
- Agency site
- Phone
- (818) 946-8051
- Program type
- Clinic
Sources
- Primary donor landing: compensation ceiling and process · 2026-09-30
- Primary egg-donor services: in-house program and donor selection · 2026-09-30
- Primary process post: age/BMI/max cycles/anonymity · 2026-09-30
- Primary compensation education: timing/general coverage; no dollar schedule · 2026-09-30
- Primary BMI education: general industry context only · 2026-09-30
- Primary anonymity education · 2026-09-30
- Primary homepage: two-clinic footprint and phone · 2026-09-30
- Primary Encino location · 2026-09-30
- Primary Bakersfield location · 2026-09-30
Last verified September 30, 2026.
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