Histology rates
We provide a broad range of histological services available on a fee-for-service basis.
Effective July 1, 2019
| Category | Service | Unit | Description | Academic price | Industry price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histology-Processing and Embedding | Processing and embedding | Per cassette | Processing and embedding of histology samples. Includes one standard or one mega cassette. Micro cassettes will incur an additional fee. | $10.00 | $23.00 |
| Histology-Processing and Embedding | Embedding only | Per cassette | Embedding of one sample, includes one standard or mega cassette | $2.30 | $3.50 |
| Histology-sectioning | Sectioning per unstained slide | Per slide | This is the fee for sectioning histology blocks, you are charged per slide. It includes one charged slide, water bath additive, microtome blade and microtome supplies. | $1.60 | $2.45 |
| Histology-sectioning | Microtome user fee | Per hour | Charge for industry clients to use the microtome to section histology blocks. No charge for internal clients. | $0.00 | $10.00 |
| Histology-staining | Hematoxylin and Eosin stain per slide | Per slide | Hematoxylin and eosin staining of one slide | $1.00 | $1.50 |
| Histology-staining | Alcian blue stain/slide | Per slide | Alcian blue staining of one slide | $3.00 | $4.60 |
| Histology-staining | Elastic- Verhoeff's Van Gieson Stain | Per slide | Elastic- Verhoeff's Van Gieson Stain of one slide | $3.30 | $5.00 |
| Histology-staining | Masson's Trichrome stain | Per slide | Masson's trichrome stain of one slide | $2.80 | $4.30 |
| Histology-staining | Oil Red O stain | Per slide | Oil Red O stain of one slide | $4.00 | $6.10 |
| Histology-staining | Deparaffinization only | Per slide | Wax removal and rehydration to water, charged per slide. Does not include staining. | $0.30 | $0.50 |
| Histology-staining | Coverslip per stained slide | Per slide | Coverslipping of stained slides, includes mounting media and coverslip. | $0.30 | $0.50 |
| Histology-staining | HIER or PIER Antigen Retrieval | Per slide | Heat induced or proteolytic induced epitope retrieval for IHC, charged per slide. Includes deparaffinization but does not include sectioning per slide. | $4.00 | $6.10 |
| Histology-staining | IHC/slide | Per slide | IHC pricing is project/protocol dependent. Please contact staff for current rates. | TBD | TBD |
| Histology-fixation | Formalin | Per mL | 10% neutral buffered formalin for fixation of tissue samples for histology. Charged per mL. | $0.10 | $0.15 |
| Histology-fixation | 10 mL ampoule of 20% paraformaldehyde | Per ampoule | One ampoule containing 10 mL of 20% paraformaldehyde for tissue fixation. | $6.20 | $9.40 |
| Histology-fixation | 1 mL of 20% Paraformaldehyde | Per mL | 20% paraformaldehyde for tissue fixation, sold per 1 mL. | $0.60 | $0.90 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Microtome blade (each) | Per blade | Charge for purchase of one standard microtome blade | $1.10 | $1.70 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Standard cassette | Per cassette | One standard cassette | $0.30 | $0.45 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Mega cassette | Per cassette | One mega cassette | $0.30 | $0.45 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Micro cassette | Per cassette | One micro cassette | $0.50 | $0.75 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Slide Storage Box 100 | Per box | One slide storage box with 100 slide capacity | $4.50 | $7.00 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Box of slides | Per box | One box of 72 SuperFrost Plus slides | $26.30 | $40.00 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Single slide | Per slide | One SuperFrost Plus slide | $0.40 | $0.60 |
| Histology-additional supplies | Poly-L-Lysine coated coverslip | Per coverslip | One poly-l-lysine coated coverslip | $1.70 | $2.60 |
| Histology-additonal services | Training | Per hour | Staff labor charged for training on slide scanner, microtome, tissue proceesing & embedding, and staining. | $37.50 | $57.00 |
| Histology-additonal services | Staff labor | Per hour | Staff labor fee will apply if you would like IHCF staff to scan slides, process & embed, section and/or stain your histology samples for you. | $37.50 | $57.00 |
| Histology-additonal services | Slide scanning | Per slide | Use of the Leica Aperio CS2 slide scanner charged per scanned slide. | $5.50 | $8.30 |
| Histology-additonal services | EDTA decalcification | Per sample | Delcalcification of histology samples before processing and embedding. | $0.60 | $0.90 |