- How long have you worked in assisted reproductive technologies?
- How many ART cases do you handle a year? What percentage of your practice is devoted to ART?
- Where are you licensed to practice?
- What is the average cost of the cases you’ve handled?
- Do you bill by the hour or charge a flat fee?
- Do you require a retainer fee? If so, how much? What happens to the retainer if a cycle does not result in a live birth?
- Will you help me find a gestational carrier? If not, how do we do that?
- What happens if the carrier doesn’t have insurance (or her insurance doesn’t cover ART)?
- Will you manage payments to the carrier and others?
- If we live in a different state from the gestational carrier, which state’s laws apply?
- What will be covered in the contract you draw up?
- Do you negotiate ongoing or future contact with the carrier?
- May I speak with a few current or past clients?
