Egg donation/Lotus Donor Bank
Verified October 1, 2026
Lotus Donor Bank Egg Donor Pay & Requirements
Bank · FDA registered Yes · NYS license LDB NYS Tissue Bank License 2026–2028 (license document listed on licenses-accreditations; exact license # Not published as plain text in scrape)
Pay
$10,000–$50,000
first-cycle range
Where
San Diego, CA
1 clinic location · Travel covered
Time
Timeline varies by screening, availability, cycle type, travel; stim short medication cycle with regular monitoring; retrieval same-day return home typical
Monitoring and downtime
Age
21–29
BMI outside program guidelines may disqualify; numeric BMI not published (NP)
At a glance
Where and travel
- Clinic: San Diego, CA
- Travel/accommodation covered as published when needed; transport/accommodations coordinated for San Diego travel
- In-house clinic
Pay
- First cycle $10,000–$50,000 per cycle
Requirements
- Age 21–29
- BMI outside program guidelines may disqualify; numeric BMI not published (NP)
- Education: College-educated or pursuing higher education
- Non-smoker
- Genetic screening
- Psychological screening
- Good overall health
- Screening required
- Able to attend required appointments
- Follow medication/monitoring instructions
- Final eligibility after screening and clinical approval
Time
- Timeline varies by screening, availability, cycle type, travel; stim short medication cycle with regular monitoring; retrieval same-day return home typical
Pay
- First cycle
- $10,000–$50,000first-cycle range
Donor-page amounts, verified October 1, 2026.
Outside the stipend
- Travel reimbursement
- Travel/accommodation covered as published when needed; transport/accommodations coordinated for San Diego travel
- Expenses covered
- Travel/accommodation covered as published when needed; transport/accommodations coordinated for San Diego travel; Health insurance during cycle covered as published; Attorney review covered as published
Where and when
Where
- Headquarters
- San Diego, CA
- Clinic locations
- San Diego, CA
- Travel reimbursement
- Travel/accommodation covered as published when needed; transport/accommodations coordinated for San Diego travel
- Travel covered
- Yes
- In-house clinic
- Yes
Time
- Monitoring and downtime
- Timeline varies by screening, availability, cycle type, travel; stim short medication cycle with regular monitoring; retrieval same-day return home typical
Do you qualify
Requirements
- Age
- 21–29
- BMI
- BMI outside program guidelines may disqualify; numeric BMI not published (NP)
- Also required
- Education: College-educated or pursuing higher education
- Non-smoker
- good overall health
- screening required
- able to attend required appointments
- follow medication/monitoring instructions
- final eligibility after screening and clinical approval
Screening
- Psychological screening
- Yes
- Genetic screening
- Yes
- Screening steps
- Physical; hormone; ovarian reserve; ultrasound; infectious disease; genetic carrier; urine drug; personal + family medical history; psychological evaluation with licensed professional
How it works
Steps
- Matching
- Fresh matched cycle (wait for IP selection) OR frozen banking cycle (retrieve/vitrify sooner after screening) — both available depending on eligibility/program needs
- Application
- Online application (3–5 min prescreen) → Create donor profile (coordinator call, photos/videos) → Comprehensive screening (medical/genetic/psych/hormone/ultrasound/infectious disease/drug screen; may take a few weeks) → Donation cycle (stimulation + monitoring) → Egg retrieval (15–20 min outpatient under sedation) → recovery + compensation within 7 days of retrieval
Covered and limits
- Insurance
- Yes
- Legal counsel
- Yes
- Identity
- Non-Identifying (privacy-focused) and Open-ID (identity may be released to donor-conceived person at adulthood upon request) both offered — donor chooses; IP catalog also filters Open ID / Anonymous
- Fresh cycles
- Yes
- Frozen cycles
- Yes
Apply and contact
- Website
- Agency site
- Application
- Application page
- Phone
- (858) 321-6570
- FDA registered
- Yes
- NYS license
- LDB NYS Tissue Bank License 2026–2028 (license document listed on licenses-accreditations; exact license # Not published as plain text in scrape)
- Program type
- Bank
Sources
- Donor page · 2026-10-01
- live-verify primary egg-donors (pay timing FAQ / quals / process) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary donor-requirements (age/BMI/gates) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary donation process (fresh/frozen/anonymity) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary donor FAQs · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary licenses (FDA/NYS/CA tissue) · 2026-09-30
- live-verify primary homepage (HQ/fresh+frozen) · 2026-09-30
- EDC secondary pointer (fresh+frozen/apply/geo/website) · 2026-09-30
Last verified October 1, 2026.
Similar programs
San Diego, CASan Diego Fertility Center Egg Donor AgencyUp to $25,000first-cycle maxSan Francisco, CAPFC Donor Agency (Pacific Fertility Center Egg Donor Agency)$15,000–$20,000first-cycle rangeEl Cajon, CAAccel Conceptions Egg Donation$9,000–$15,000first-cycle range
All egg programs