California Surrogacy Center is a for-profit, full-service surrogacy agency that has been operating since 2010 from Southern California, with locations in San Diego and Laguna Niguel. It also operates under the Emmy Life Center brand, and its website lists a representative office in Beijing, reflecting an international client base alongside its domestic one.
The agency works with intended parents and gestational surrogates, and its program is open to LGBTQ+ intended parents, single parents and intended parents living outside the United States. The agency says it offers gestational surrogacy only. Surrogates are expected to be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, so the agency does not work with carriers living abroad.
According to the agency, each client is assigned a dedicated case manager, and the agency coordinates the pieces of a journey that sit outside the fertility clinic itself, including legal work, insurance, psychological screening and clinic scheduling. It says it has a surrogacy attorney on staff, though the attorney is not named on the site. An egg donor program is offered in addition to matching. The agency's website states that it has completed more than 800 journeys since it began.
Fees are published on the agency's website, and surrogate compensation ranges are described separately for first-time and repeat carriers. The eligibility requirements for surrogates, including age, BMI, pregnancy history and lifestyle criteria, along with compensation figures, appear in the tables below.
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CSC is really the best agency to start your surrogate journey. Since day one, Li and Yan have guided me into every step that is needed. Their availabilty is just amazing! Had a question on a Sunday night? They were there for me. I truly believe that my experience as a surrogate turned out great do to California Surrogacy Center! Please do not be afraid and reach out with questions to them... that's how I started and I do not regret it at all! I am overwhelmed with joy for being able to help parents all around the world and make a huge difference in someone's life. Thank you Yan and Li for always being there 🥰.
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Base compensation
$50,000 – $89,000
Published by the agency. Benefits and allowances are usually on top of this.
Requirements change — confirm with the agency before applying.
See which agencies fit youEmmy Life Center accepts gestational surrogates between 21 and 36 years old.
Emmy Life Center requires surrogates to have a BMI of 32 or lower.
Yes. Emmy Life Center requires surrogates to have had at least 1 prior pregnancy.
Yes. Emmy Life Center requires surrogates to be raising at least one child of their own.
No. Emmy Life Center requires surrogates to be non-smokers.
Emmy Life Center's citizenship or residency requirement for surrogates: U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident.
