1 collection site across 1 bank, $834/month.
In Minnesota: 1 walk-in bank site. Known-donor agencies work nationwide — including Minnesota — so a directed match is an option even where no bank is within driving distance.
Minnesota's single site is Fairfax Cryobank in Roseville, in the Twin Cities. It's a national bank at moderate pay, with no in-state competition — so the decision is mostly whether the Twin Cities is a reasonable commute.
Fairfax Cryobank in Roseville advertises $667–1k a month. It pays on a deferred schedule rather than same-day walk-out cash, and part of every payment is held in escrow until your samples clear the FDA's six-month quarantine. The published range is a ceiling that assumes consistent attendance and sample quality.
Twin Cities
Fairfax Cryobank, Roseville ($667–1k/mo)
Roseville is the only Minnesota site. Rochester (~85 mi) is drivable; Duluth (~150 mi) and greater Minnesota are not — for most of the state the nationwide known-donor route is the practical option.
A separate route from the walk-in banks above: directed / known-donor agencies match you to specific intended parents and work in all 50 states, including Minnesota. The family pays a per-cycle fee ($5k–$100k), usually trait-priced and released from escrow after FDA clearance — not a monthly wage, so it doesn't sort against bank pay.
“MSM” = whether the agency welcomes gay/bisexual donors. Directed donation is exempt from the FDA anonymous-bank deferral, but only Seed Scout says so on its own pages — treat “Ask agency” as unconfirmed, not a no.
Bank or agency — how to choose
Legal note
Minnesota's parentage statute (Minn. Stat. §257.56) treats a man who donates sperm to a licensed physician as if he were not the natural father of the resulting child.
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