The best surrogacy agencies for intended parents in New York include American Surrogacy, Growing Generations, ConceiveAbilities, Alcea Surrogacy and Brownstone Surrogacy, all licensed by the New York State Department of Health (DOH).

The agency you choose sets your match timeline and your budget. It also shapes your day-to-day experience, from who answers your calls to what happens to your money if a match ends or a transfer doesn’t work.

Like most full-service U.S. surrogacy agencies, each one recruits and screens your surrogate, manages escrow and coordinates your fertility clinic and attorneys.

Paid surrogacy is legal in New York under the Child-Parent Security Act (CPSA), and your agency also helps you secure a judgment of parentage, the state’s version of a pre-birth order, naming you as your baby’s legal parents.

Below, we compare all five agencies side by side on published costs, match waits, financial protection and location so you can build your shortlist with confidence.

Not sure which agency fits your family? Reach out to get connected with a professional who can point you to the right agency for your situation.

New York Surrogacy Agencies Compared

All five agencies below hold a current New York DOH license, and published costs run from $100,000 to more than $500,000 depending on the agency and program.

The profiles below the table cover programs and services the table doesn’t.

Agency	Published cost	Average match wait	Financial protection	Location
American Surrogacy	$100,000–$200,000+ total	1–6 months	Limited Risk Program: unlimited rematching without a new match fee and a refund of certain fees if embryos run out	National; New York offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Lake Success and New Rochelle
Growing Generations	$213,000–$517,000+ total, by program tier	Not published	Waived fee for additional surrogate matches and up to a $5,000 credit for failed surrogate screening (Legacy program)	National; no New York office listed
ConceiveAbilities	$197,500 fixed (All-In Program; IVF clinic costs billed separately)	Not published	Unlimited rematches if your surrogate withdraws or for medical need; $2,500 and $5,000 rematch credits; full refund any time before you match	National; headquartered in Chicago
Alcea Surrogacy	$31,000–$40,000 agency fee; total not published	3–5 months (published early 2024)	No exclusivity agreement or mandatory deposit until you choose a surrogate; agency fee paid in milestones	Manhattan (Park Avenue South)
Brownstone Surrogacy	$185,000–$225,000 total (best estimate $195,000)	Not published	Free rematch if your surrogate is disqualified, withdraws or has three unsuccessful transfers; $5,000 due before you match	Manhattan (Upper West Side)

Sources: American Surrogacy, Growing Generations, ConceiveAbilities, Alcea Surrogacy, Brownstone Surrogacy and NYS DOH licensed organizations.

Data as of November 11, 2026. Published costs cover different things: some agencies publish a full-journey total, while others publish a fixed program price or only their agency fee. Ask each agency for an itemized estimate before you compare totals.

American Surrogacy

American Surrogacy is a national agency licensed by the New York DOH, with offices in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Lake Success and New Rochelle.

Its programs for intended parents include the protections below, and its team coordinates each stage of the surrogacy process in New York, from matching through delivery.

• An average 1–6 month match wait: The agency attributes its shorter waits to nationwide surrogate marketing and outreach, which keeps a steady pool of pre-screened surrogates ready to match.
• The Limited Risk Program: If a match ends, you can rematch an unlimited number of times without paying a new agency match fee. If your journey doesn’t result in a live birth and you have no embryos left, certain fees that no longer apply are refunded.
• Surrogate pre-screening before matching: Every surrogate completes health and background checks before you see her profile, and the agency requires a history of successful, healthy pregnancies.

Growing Generations

Best for: Intended parents who want a luxury, high-touch surrogacy experience.

Growing Generations offers four surrogacy program tiers (Legacy, Legacy+, Heritage and Heritage+), and each tier above Legacy adds faster matching or more hands-on staff support.

• Executive oversight and staff companionship travel: Heritage clients get an assigned executive to oversee the journey, with personal contact information and after-hours emergency access. The package also includes two days of travel by a staff member to accompany you to OB appointments, delivery or court proceedings.
• A fixed-fee insurance program: You pay one price for your surrogate’s insurance needs, no matter what her coverage turns out to cost.
• In-house egg and sperm donation programs: If you need donor gametes, you can coordinate egg or sperm donation through the same agency. All of its donor matches are directed donations, so you’ll have some level of contact with your donor.

ConceiveAbilities

Best for: Intended parents who need an egg donor and want surrogacy and egg donation coordinated by one agency.

ConceiveAbilities runs its own egg donor program alongside surrogacy, highlights the diversity of its egg donor pool and facilitates known (identified) egg donation, where you and your donor exchange names and decide together what kind of relationship you’ll have during the journey and after.

• Matching Matters process: The agency reports that 97% of its intended parents match with the first surrogate they’re presented.
• Direct medical coverage for your surrogate: The All-In Program covers surrogacy-related medical expenses her own insurance doesn’t, and a dedicated medical billing specialist handles the bills so you aren’t dealing with insurance disputes.
• Wage Support and Recovery Program: If your surrogate is placed on medical restriction, the program covers up to $1,800 a week in lost wages, childcare and household help, up to $30,000, plus seven days of lost wages for her partner.

Alcea Surrogacy

Best for: New York intended parents who want a Manhattan-based boutique agency that doesn’t ask for an exclusivity agreement or deposit until they’ve chosen a surrogate.

Alcea has held a DOH license since August 2021, the first year licenses were issued.

• Cost assistance programs: Alcea is a member of the Men Having Babies programs that help gay dads afford surrogacy, and it offers assistance for frontline workers, medical professionals, teachers, social workers and cancer survivors.
• Built-in social work support: The agency fee includes one complimentary social worker session a month plus four social worker-led workshops at key points: the match meeting, the move from IVF clinic to OB, a mid-pregnancy check-in and birth plan collaboration.
• Surrogate concierge extras: The agency fee also covers seven months of self-care boxes for your surrogate and a Help at Home benefit starting at 32 weeks for doula support, house cleaning or meal delivery.

Brownstone Surrogacy

Best for: Intended parents who want a small, New York City-based agency with one all-inclusive agency fee and direct access to its leadership.

Brownstone was founded by an attorney who became a gay dad through surrogacy, and it’s licensed by the New York DOH.

• Screening of both sides before matching: Brownstone screens surrogates at its own cost before matching, including a medical records review by a medical professional and psychological evaluations of both surrogates and intended parents.
• One point of contact at no extra charge: You and your surrogate each have a single coordinator for the whole journey, a level of support some agencies sell as a VIP add-on.
• Help beyond the core process: The flat fee covers coordination of all IVF, transfer and donor cycles, plus help finding things like an egg donor, a trusts and estates attorney, a birth doula or a night nurse for when your baby comes home.

How to Evaluate a Surrogacy Agency in New York

Before you compare agencies, confirm that each one appears on the DOH’s list of licensed programs.

Then weigh the core qualities of a surrogacy agency: how widely it recruits surrogates, what its estimate includes, how it protects you if something goes wrong and when it screens surrogates.

• A current New York DOH license: Any organization that matches surrogates and intended parents in New York must hold a DOH license. Licensed agencies follow the New York State Gestational Surrogates’ Bill of Rights, which means you’ll pay for your surrogate’s comprehensive health insurance, life insurance and independent attorney. Her compensation is also held by an independent escrow agent, so build these costs into your budget from the start.
• Nationwide recruitment and a realistic match timeline: How long it takes to match with a surrogate depends mostly on how widely an agency recruits, and the two agencies on this list that publish averages report 1–6 months and 3–5 months. Choosing between a local or national surrogacy agency comes down to access versus reach: a New York-based agency makes in-person meetings easier, while a national agency draws from a larger surrogate pool. You can work with a surrogacy agency based in another state, as three of the five agencies here are, but CPSA protections apply only when your surrogate lives in New York or delivers here.
• Transparent costs and real financial protection: Surrogacy costs in New York commonly run $100,000–$200,000+, depending on your program, whether your surrogate’s health insurance covers a surrogate pregnancy, whether you still need IVF or donor eggs and whether you need to rematch. A quality agency gives you an itemized estimate that shows what every fee covers. Not all surrogacy agencies offer financial protection or refunds, so ask what happens if a match ends, a surrogate doesn’t pass medical screening or a transfer is unsuccessful.
• Thorough surrogate screening before matching: Every surrogate should complete medical, psychological and background screening before you see her profile, not after you’ve committed. Otherwise, a surrogate who’s disqualified at your fertility clinic can cost you months and thousands of dollars in fees. New York requires health care providers who care for surrogates to follow ASRM and ACOG screening guidelines, so ask whether an agency’s pre-screening meets the same standards.
• Experience with your family structure: The CPSA lets you use a surrogate as a single parent in New York, and it gives intended parents who aren’t genetically related to their baby a streamlined path to legal parentage. For gay couples, Brownstone was founded by a gay dad and Alcea belongs to Men Having Babies, while Growing Generations and ConceiveAbilities coordinate egg donation in-house. Ask any agency how many families like yours it has worked with, including couples deciding whose sperm to use, and how it handles your judgment of parentage.

Questions to Ask a Surrogacy Agency Before You Sign

The questions to ask a surrogacy agency before signing a contract cover four areas: match times, what your estimate includes, what happens financially after a setback and when surrogate screening happens.

A strong agency answers each one specifically and in writing.

• “What’s your average match time right now, and what drives it?” A strong answer gives a specific range based on recent matches, explains where and how the agency recruits surrogates and tells you which of your preferences, such as wanting a surrogate who lives in New York, could lengthen your wait.
• “What does your estimate include, and what does it leave out?” You should get a line-by-line breakdown: agency fee, surrogate compensation, insurance, legal fees for both sides, escrow, IVF clinic costs and travel. It should also flag the costs that vary, like your surrogate’s insurance coverage or additional embryo transfers.
• “What happens to my money if a match ends or a transfer is unsuccessful?” The agency should be able to point to a written policy in your agreement: whether you can rematch without paying a new agency fee, which fees are credited or refunded and what you’d pay again, such as a new surrogate’s clinic screening.
• “When does surrogate screening happen, and who pays for it?” Ideally, medical records review, psychological evaluation and background checks are complete before you see a surrogate’s profile, and the agency pays for that pre-screening.

How We Chose the Best Surrogacy Agencies in New York

To choose the best surrogacy agencies for intended parents in New York, we evaluated each agency on four criteria and confirmed that every one holds a current license on the New York DOH’s public list.

We used only information each agency publishes on its own website, and we marked anything an agency doesn’t publish as “Not published” rather than estimating it.

• Published costs: We looked for agencies that publish real cost figures, whether a full-journey range, a fixed program price or an itemized agency fee, so you can budget before your first call.
• Average wait to match: We gave weight to agencies that publish an average match time, since a long wait adds months to your journey and can push back your embryo transfer.
• Programs that improve the intended parent experience: We looked for concrete protections and services, such as rematch policies, refund or credit programs, dedicated coordinators and donor coordination.
• Service to intended parents of all family types in New York: We chose agencies that publicly welcome LGBT intended parents and serve families across the state, from New York City to the Capital Region and Western New York.

Get Connected With a Surrogacy Agency That Serves New York

Once you’ve narrowed your search for the best surrogacy agencies for intended parents in New York to two or three, compare their itemized estimates and match timelines side by side.

The right agency takes on the work that’s hardest to manage alone: recruiting and screening surrogates, coordinating with your fertility clinic and both attorneys, setting up escrow and guiding you through your judgment of parentage so you can bring your baby home with your rights secured.

Reach out to get connected with a licensed professional who can give you a free, itemized cost estimate and tell you how soon you could match.