Services and Pricing
Biobanking
Investigators with an approved USA-IRB protocol have the option of requesting storing of biospecimens and any associated clinical information in the USA Health Biobank.
| Activity | Rate |
|---|---|
| Storage¹ | $20.00 per month, billed every 6 months. |
| Retrieval | No charge $15.00/biospecimen – Quality control assessment provided |
¹Up to 2 years. After that, biospecimens will be released from their intended protocol and moved to general inventory, becoming then available to all users.
Specific Investigator-Directed Biospecimens & Clinical Trials
The USA Health Biobank will work with investigators to collect, process, and store
biospecimens for their particular IRB
protocol or their clinical trial.
| Activity | Rate |
|---|---|
| Procurement | |
| Tissue | $15.00/biospecimen + cost per miles outside of limits2 |
| Fresh tissue | $35.00/biospecimen + cost per miles outside of limits² |
| Blood, urine, other fluids | $10.00 + cost per miles outside of limits² |
| Processing | |
| Fresh, frozen or fixed tissues³ | $15.00/biospecimen – Initial preparation method $5.00/biospecimen – subsequent preparation method for same biospecimen |
| Serum | $8.00/biospecimen |
| Plasma | $8.00/biospecimen |
| Frozen PBMC | $30.00/biospecimen |
²Outside of USA Health System
³With quality control assessment and copy of de-identified pathology report
Dissemination of Biospecimens from the USA Health Biobank¹
These are biospecimens brought to the USA Health Biobank from surgery or clinical visits, for storage and dissemination to qualified USA basic and clinical investigators.
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| Stored tissue | $15.00/unit |
| Stored blood, blood components, other fluids | $8.00/unit |
| Fresh tissue | $30.00/unit² |
| Fresh blood, blood components, other fluids | $10.00/unit² |
¹Biospecimens will be provided with basic patient information: sex, race, weight, height, and age.
Histology Services
| Name | USA Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Paraffin Histology | ||
| Special handling of fixed samples | $3.00/biospecimen | $6.00/biospecimen |
| Tissue processing and embedding | $3.00/biospecimen | $6.00/biospecimen |
| H&E stained slide (serial sections) | $5.00/slide | $10.00/slide |
| Unstained slide/section: 1 to 5 slides Additional slides |
$3.00/slide $1.00/slide |
$6.00/slide $6.00/slide $2.00/slide |
| Tissue curls for RNA/DNA extraction | $8.00/tube | $16.00/tube |
| Block re-cut/facing | $2.00/block | $4.00/block |
| Frozen Histology | ||
| O.C.T tissue embedding | $2.00/biospecimen | $10.00/biospecimen |
| H&E stained slide (serial sections) | $3.00/slide | $2.50/slide |
| Unstained slide/section: 1 to 5 slides Additional slides |
$4.00/slide $1.00/slide |
$8.00/slide $2.00/slide |
| Block re-cut/facing | $2.00/block | $4.00/block |
| Special non-routine mounting section/procedure | ||
| It includes but not limited to: Slides with more than one section per slide Creating matrix for Nanostring Creating matrix for microarrays. |
$2.00/slide | $4.00/slide |
| Sectioning per levels (from FFPE or O.C.T. blocks) | ||
| First level | $3.00/block | $6.00/block |
| Subsequent levels | $2.00/level/block | $4.00/level/block |
| Decalcification | $6.00/biospecimen | $12.00/biospecimen |
| Special stains | ||
| Periodic Acid-Schiff, Oil Red O, Picro Sirus Red, Luxol Fast Blue, Acid-Fast bacillus stain, Massons trichome, Bielschowski, Silver, VVG, Amyloid stain, Congo Red, etc. | ($25.00 + 2% kit cost) per slide up to 10 slides ($10.00 + 2% kit cost) per slide up to 25 slides |
($25.00 + 4% kit cost) per slide up to 10 slides ($10.00 + 4% kit cost) per slide up to 25 slides |
| Immunohistochemistry | ||
| Established protocol and validation (researcher provides primary Ab and positive/negative controls slides or FFPE block) | $18.00/slide | $36.00/slide |
| Antibody protocol development (up to 20 slides/Ab; researcher provides primary Ab and positive/negative controls slides or FFPE block) | $150.00/antibody | $250.00/antibody |
| Positive/Negative control | $20.00/slide | $40.00/slide |
| Slide box | ||
| 100-slide capacity | $30.00/box | $60.00 |
| 25-slide capacity | $20.00/box | $40.00 |
| 5-slide capacity | $5.00/box | $10.00 |
Molecular Services
| Name | USA Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Tissue homogenization (TissueLyser II) | $10.00 up to 5 samples $1.00 Additional samples |
$20.00 up to 5 samples $2.00 Additional samples |
| RNA Isolation | ||
| From frozen tissue | $15.00/sample | $30.00/sample |
| From FFPE section | $20.00/sample | $40.00/sample |
| DNA Isolation | ||
| From frozen tissue | $10.00/sample | $20.00/sample |
| From FFPE section | $15.00/sample | $30.00/sample |
| Quantitation | ||
| Microfluidic UV/VIS spectrophotometer (QIAxpert) | $4.00/sample | $8.00/sample |
| Integrity Assessment | ||
| Sensitive and high-resolution capillary electrophoresis (QIAxcel Advanced) | $3.00/sample | $6.00/sample |
Additional Services
| Activity | USA Rate | External Rate |
|---|---|---|
| Selecting and retrieval of FFPE blocks/slides from Pathology archive |
$5.00/case | $10.00/case |
| Patient chart review | $10.00/case | $20.00/case |
| Review and interpretation of slides by pathologist | $100.00/hour | $200.00/hour |
| Other technical surcharges (cost of consumables – when the Core initially absorb the cost, FedEx charge, cost for cell culture (time under the hood) |
$10.00/unit | $20.00/unit |
| Administrative assistance (IRB paperwork, pathology report searches, preparing documentation for biospecimen transfer service) |
$50.00/hour | $100.00/hour |