Egg Donation in San Diego
Donor Nexus is an egg donation agency in Newport Beach, about 80 miles north of San Diego, operating a California-licensed and FDA-registered frozen egg bank. Donors set their own compensation, and intended parents keep their own San Diego clinic. Trusted since 2012, with over 2,000 babies born through our fresh and frozen programs.
Our programs for San Diego egg donors and intended parents
Find an Egg Donor
Browse donors in our Fresh Matching Program who travel to your San Diego clinic, or have frozen donor eggs shipped directly to your clinic from our Newport Beach egg bank, about 80 miles away.
Become an Egg Donor
Donate from San Diego with screening at providers near you and compensation you set yourself in the Fresh Matching Program.
How egg donation works in San Diego
Egg donation in San Diego runs through two programs. In the Fresh Matching Program a donor is matched with one family and travels to that family's IVF clinic, which for San Diego intended parents means the donor comes to you, and for San Diego egg donors means a trip to the parents' clinic with travel covered. In the Frozen Egg Bank donors complete a retrieval at our Newport Beach partner site and the eggs are frozen for families to select later, shipped directly to clinics in San Diego and throughout the United States. A dedicated case manager coordinates every step for both sides.
For intended parents in San Diego
Growing your family with donor eggs should feel supported from the very first step, and that starts with keeping the doctor and clinic you already know. When you use donor eggs from Donor Nexus, you keep your San Diego fertility clinic and physician, and you can choose any donor from our egg donor database of more than 500 profiles, no matter where she lives. If you choose our Fresh Donor Matching Program, we arrange and cover your donor’s travel and handle the logistics so she can complete her cycle at your clinic. If you choose the Frozen Egg Bank, the eggs are retrieved and stored at our partner site in Newport Beach and shipped directly to your clinic. Many of our donors live in Southern California, and each profile lists the donor’s location if you would still like someone closer to home.
Fresh Matching Program fees start at $29,600, which covers donor compensation, travel, and agency, legal, and screening costs. A cohort of six eggs from our Frozen Egg Bank ranges from $19,500 to $29,500. You can compare our donor egg programs and the cost of donor eggs side by side, register for free to browse profiles, or book a complimentary call and have all your questions answered by one of our case managers.
Fresh donor matching at your San Diego clinic
In a fresh cycle you are matched one-to-one with a donor, she travels to your IVF clinic for monitoring and retrieval, and you receive every viable egg from that retrieval. Donor Nexus fresh cycles average 28.9 eggs retrieved and 22.6 mature eggs. A fresh cycle usually takes four to six months from match to retrieval, with most of that time spent on donor screening.
Frozen donor eggs shipped to San Diego
Frozen donor eggs are available in cohorts of six and ship from our Southern California site directly to your San Diego clinic, usually within four to six weeks of paperwork and payment. Each cohort comes with the blastocyst guarantee described on the Frozen Egg Bank page, and shipments travel in a Cryoport dry shipper with continuous temperature monitoring.
San Diego fertility clinics we have worked with
If your San Diego clinic is not listed, let us know and we can add it, since we coordinate directly with any licensed IVF clinic that accepts outside donor eggs.
California Center for Reproductive Medicine (CACRM), Encinitas
Hanabusa IVF, San Diego
HRC Fertility La Jolla, San Diego, and La Jolla locations
San Diego Fertility Center (SDFC), Del Mar and Mission Valley
Fresh Matching Program vs. Frozen Egg Bank
| Fresh Matching Program | Frozen Egg Bank |
|---|---|---|
For intended parents | All viable eggs from one retrieval (average 28.9 retrieved), four to six months, donor travels to your San Diego clinic | Cohort of six frozen eggs, four to six weeks to your clinic, blastocyst guarantee |
For donors | Matched with one family, you set compensation with no cap, travel to the family's clinic with costs covered | Retrieval at our Newport Beach partner site, standardized compensation that rises with each donation, no family match required |
Donation types | Non-identified, identified, Open ID | Non-identified, Open ID |
For San Diego egg donors
Women ages 19 to 30 (exceptions considered for healthy applicants in their early 30s) with a BMI of 24.9 or under who are non-smokers can apply online, and you can read more about how to become an egg donor with Donor Nexus before you start. Screening labs and ultrasounds happen at a provider near you in San Diego. In the Fresh Matching Program you set your own compensation with no cap, and travel, lodging, and a companion's costs are all covered. Payment is held in escrow and released within five to seven days of retrieval.
Egg banking in San Diego
Egg banking means donating to the Frozen Egg Bank rather than to one family. The retrieval takes place at our partner site in Newport Beach, about an hour and a half drive from San Diego, with travel covered, and your eggs are frozen for intended parents to select later. Banking compensation is more standardized than fresh matching, with the opportunity to earn up to $20,000 per cycle, and it increases with each subsequent donation. Many donors complete both a banking cycle and a fresh cycle over time.
San Diego egg donation FAQs
Answers to the questions San Diego intended parents and egg donors ask us most often.
Yes. You keep your own San Diego fertility clinic and physician. In the Fresh Donor Matching Program, your donor travels to your clinic for monitoring and retrieval, and Donor Nexus arranges and covers her travel. With the Frozen Egg Bank, your eggs ship from our Newport Beach partner site directly to your clinic. We coordinate with any licensed IVF clinic that accepts outside donor eggs.
No. You can choose any donor from our database of more than 500 profiles, no matter where she lives. For a fresh cycle, we arrange and cover your donor's travel and handle the logistics so she can complete her cycle at your San Diego clinic. Frozen donor eggs ship directly to your clinic. Many of our donors live in Southern California, and each profile lists the donor's location if you would like someone closer to home.
Fresh Donor Matching Program fees start at $29,600, which covers donor compensation, travel, and agency, legal, and screening costs. A cohort of six eggs from the Frozen Egg Bank ranges from $19,500 to $29,500. Our financial breakdown shows what each program includes.
A fresh cycle usually takes four to six months from match to retrieval, with most of that time spent on donor screening. Frozen donor eggs usually arrive at your San Diego clinic within four to six weeks of paperwork and payment. Our donor egg IVF process page walks through each step.
Yes. You can apply online from anywhere, and your screening labs, ultrasounds, and early-morning monitoring appointments take place at a clinic near you in San Diego. For a fresh cycle, you travel to the intended parents' clinic, and the retrieval trip usually runs five to seven days. For egg banking, your retrieval takes place at our partner site in Newport Beach, usually as a day trip or one night. Donor Nexus covers all travel, lodging, and companion costs, and your case manager helps plan dates around work or school.
In the Fresh Matching Program, you set your own compensation with guidance from our team, and there is no cap. Egg banking compensation is more standardized, with the opportunity to earn up to $20,000 per cycle, and it increases with each subsequent donation. Travel, lodging, and companion costs are covered separately, so nothing is deducted from your pay, and payment is released within five to seven days of your retrieval. Learn more on our become an egg donor page.
Women ages 19 to 30 who are non-smokers with a BMI under 24.9 can apply, and exceptions may be made for healthy women in their early 30s. College students and graduates are preferred. Every donor completes medical, psychological, genetic, and legal screening, and our egg donor screening page explains what each step involves.
Your path to parenthood starts here
Register for free and browse our full donor database from anywhere in the world. Whether you are just getting started or ready to move forward, our team is here to answer every question, walk you through your options and help you find the best path forward.
Helpful reading for San Diego families
If you are still weighing your options, these guides answer the questions intended parents ask us most often.
Fresh vs. Frozen Donor Eggs
A side-by-side look at how fresh donor matching and frozen donor eggs compare on cost, timing, and number of eggs.
How Many Donor Eggs Do I Need?
What the research says about cohort size and your chances of bringing home a baby.
Donor Egg IVF Success Rates
Donor egg IVF success rates broken down by embryo transfer and age, so you know what to expect.
Donor backgrounds available to San Diego families
Asian, Black, Blonde, Caucasian, Hispanic, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Middle Eastern
Egg donation across the U.S. and worldwide
Donor Nexus coordinates egg donation cycles throughout California, including Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area. Across the United States, we work with families and donors in New York City and Brooklyn, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Boston, Chicago, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Atlanta and Georgia, North Carolina, Miami and Florida, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Las Vegas and Nevada, Utah, Seattle, and Oregon. As an international egg donation agency, we also work with intended parents and egg donors in Australia, Canada, and worldwide.
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