《人物》網站周三上午報道稱，卡戴珊與肯耶的代孕者已經懷孕了。盡管這對夫妻有理由大肆慶祝，但也意味著他們要給這位懷上他們第三個孩子的女性一筆豐厚的報酬。

按照Growing Generations的首席執行官和合伙人泰奧·馬丁內斯的分析，這里列出了卡戴珊的代孕者可能獲得的收入。這是一家位于洛杉磯的代孕機構，其客戶包括許多名流夫妻。（盡管馬丁內斯拒絕向《財富》透露這些客戶的姓名，但據報道，尼爾·帕特里克·哈里斯和大衛·伯卡夫妻曾接受過他們的服務。2010年，哈里斯曾對美國廣播公司表示：“我可以告訴你，Growing Generations太棒了，他們讓我有了三個孩子。”）

孕前

代孕者在懷孕之前必須接受一系列健康檢查，同時還要辦理冗長的法律手續，確保在孩子出生后父母的親權不受侵害。她在這期間付出的時間和努力將會得到酬勞。

預計酬勞：3,000美元

孕中

代孕者一般每周都會得到2,000美元至3,000美元的酬勞。

預計酬勞（40周）：80,000美元-120,000美元

孕后

孩子出生約兩周后，代孕者還會收到一筆約為總酬勞三分之一的費用。換句話說，如果她在懷孕期間得到了12萬美元，這時候還能獲得大約6萬美元的一次性付款。

預計酬勞：40,000美元-60,000美元

馬丁內斯解釋道，那些有經驗的代孕者能夠拿到區間內較高的酬勞，因為她們已經證明過自己的身體有能力生下健康的孩子，情緒上也更加穩定，所以市場需求更大。

支出和額外費用

當然，還有許多潛在支出，尤其是對馬丁內斯所說的“VIP客戶”而言。最常見的要求是代孕者須居住在洛杉磯，孩子也要生在洛杉磯。如果代孕者不是本地人（Growing Generations只有40%的代孕者是），客戶還得承擔代孕者全部的重新安置費和生活費。其他的附加服務包括多胞胎（額外的孩子每個5,000美元）和剖腹產（2,500美元）。

馬丁內斯表示，代孕者懷上了名流的孩子，不代表她能拿到名流的“獎金”。他解釋道：“我們不認為獎金有助于增加保密性。”所有的代孕者都要簽署保密協議。

假設卡戴珊選擇了一名位于洛杉磯、經驗豐富的代孕者，而且整個過程一切順利，那么全部的費用加起來約為18萬美元。

《人物》曾在6月報道稱，已經是兩個孩子的母親的卡戴珊決定不自己生育第三胎，因為她之前的兩次懷孕都遭遇了侵入性胎盤的危險狀況。

卡戴珊夫妻并非第一對選擇外人來實現家庭完整的名流。音樂家艾爾頓·約翰、女演員莎拉·杰西卡·帕克和深夜節目主持人吉米·法隆都公開談論過代孕事宜。（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

People reported Wednesday morning that Kimye's surrogate is pregnant. While that gives the couple plenty to celebrate, it also means a sizable paycheck for the woman who will carry their third child.

Here's the breakdown of how much a surrogate such as Kardashian's is likely to be paid, according to Teo Martinez, CEO and partner of Growing Generations, a Los Angeles-based surrogacy agency that counts multiple celebrity couples among its clients. (While Martinez declined to name names to Fortune, the agency has reportedly served Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burtka. Harris told ABC back in 2010: "I can tell you that Growing Generations is great … they helped me have three kids!")

Pre-pregnancy

Before a surrogate becomes pregnant, she has to go through a series of health screenings, as well as a lengthy legal process to ensure that there will be no contest as to the parental rights to the child after he or she is born. She is paid for the time and effort.

Estimated cost: $3,000

During pregnancy

Surrogates are typically paid every four weeks, with monthly payments ranging between $2,000 and $3,000.

Estimated cost (for 40 weeks): $80,000 - $120,000

Post-pregnancy

About two weeks after the birth of the child, the surrogate receives a lump sum equal to about a third of her total compensation. In other words, if she received $120,000 during the course of the pregnancy, she would get a lump sum payment of roughly $60,000.

Estimated cost: $40,000 - 60,000

The higher end of the range is for surrogates who have been through the process before—they are in greater demand as they've shown both their physical ability to deliver healthy children and their emotional stability, Martinez explains.

Expenses and extras

There are, of course, plenty of potential expenses, particularly for "VIP clients," as Martinez calls them. The most common request is that the surrogate live and the child be born in L.A. If the surrogate is not local (only 40% of Growing Generations' surrogates are), the client is expected to pay for all relocation and living expenses. Other possible add-ons include multiple births ($5,000 per extra child) and Caesarian section ($2,500).

Just because the surrogate is carrying a celebrity child does not mean she gets a celebrity "bonus," Martinez says. "We don't necessarily believe in compensation to add secrecy," he explains; all surrogates sign confidentiality agreements.

A plausible grand total—assuming the Kardashians go with an experienced surrogate based in L.A. and everything else goes smoothly—is about $180,000.

People reported back in June that Kardashian, already a mom of two, decided not to carry her third child due to her struggles with a dangerous condition called placenta accreta during her previous pregnancies.

The couple is not the first celebrity duo to hire an outsider to help complete their family; musician Elton John, actress Sarah Jessica Parker, and late night host Jimmy Fallon have openly discussed the process.