It was explained to me that this is the way it works:
The girl sets the rate that she wants for a date.
The agency then ads their fee on top of that. The fee that they add is based on a number of factors such as: the woman's popularity, the city, any expenses the agency has shelled out (plane fare, hotel, etc.) and whatever profit margin they want. This is not an all-inclusive list though.
Essentially, you have to know which city, and what expenses the agency shelled out, and a lot of other information that makes it hard to compare rates. Especially since I tend to suspect that some of the agencies give better rates to guys who book with them often - i.e. "frequent flyers".
I've found comparing the rates for Perfection Models, Lourdes, AIA, and TLC that sometimes, one agency's rates may be lower and other times, for other women, it might be higher. That is to say, for girl A, TLC might be the lowest but for girl B, in the same city, AIA might be the lowest when both TLC and AIA represent both A and B.
Does any of that make sense?