Pricing

Flow Cytometry Services

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	Cancer Center	External	Commercial
S8 Sorting (Staff)	Hourly	$153.09	$139.25	$244.94	$306.17
S8 Sorting (User)	Hourly	$79.93	$71.93	$127.88	$159.85
S8 Training	Hourly	$163.97	$147.30	$262.35	$327.94
Fortessa Cytometry (Staff)	Hourly	$110.31	$99.31	$176.49	$220.62
Fortessa Cytometry (User)	Hourly	$60.07	$53.82	$96.12	$120.15
Fortessa Training	Hourly	$130.34	$117.20	$208.54	$260.68

 

10X Genomics Services

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	External	Commercial
Tissue Dissociation for 10X Genomics	Sample	$155.21	$248.34	$310.42
10X Genomics Encapsulation (Assisted) *	Per chip	$133.88	$214.20	$267.75
10X Genomics Encapsulation (Independent Expert User) **	Per chip	$59.50	$95.20	$119.00
10X Genomics Encapsulation and Library Preparation (Assisted) *	Sample	$401.13	$641.80	$802.25

* Please contact singlecellgenomicscore@northwestern.edu prior to booking 10X Genomics Runs for pricing and consultation. Costs above reflect staff time and instrument usage fees. 10X Genomics reagents are charged at a pass through rate to users but depend on the assay selected.
**Expert users must have verified extensive experience (>10 runs) with the Chromium iX Controller. Please contact singlecellgenomicscore@northwestern.edu prior to booking an independent run for verification.

 

Library Preparation Services

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	External	Commercial
Stranded RNA-seq Library Preparation (Bulk)	Per Library	$171.74	$274.78	$343.47
Low-input RNA-seq Library Preparation	Per Library	$202.07	$323.32	$404.15
rRNA Depletion	Sample	$60.47	$96.75	$120.93
RNA Extraction	Sample	$20.86	$33.38	$41.72
RNA Cleanup	Sample	$9.70	$15.53	$19.41

 

Merscope

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	External	Commercial
MERSCOPE Sample Preparation and Imaging (Staff)*	Sample (Base labor costs shown here)	$500.40	$800.63	$1,000.79

*MERSCOPE reagent costs depend on the size of the gene panel and will be charged as a pass through rate in addition to the labor and instrument usage costs shown here. Please contact the core for more information and to plan your MERSCOPE experiment.

 

Genomics QC Services

Reagents are included in the cost of all genomics QC services.

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	External Academic	External Commercial
Bioanalyzer High Sensitivity DNA (Assisted)	Per Chip (up to 11 samples)	$118.11	$188.97	$236.21
Bioanalyzer Pico RNA (Assisted)	Per Chip (up to 11 samples)	$92.63	$148.21	$185.26
Bioanalyzer DNA 1000 (Assisted)	Per Chip (up to 12 samples)	$92.63	$148.21	$185.26
Cell Counting (Cellometer K2)	Per slide	$5.15	$8.24	$10.30
Nanodrop Spectrophotometer	Per 15 minutes	$2.98	$4.76	$5.95
Qubit DNA/RNA Quantification (Assisted or Independent)	Per sample	$5.00	$8.00	$10.00

 

Instrument Services

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	External	Commercial
QuantStudio3 qPCR	hourly	$33.43	$53.49	$66.86
VeritiPro Thermocycler	hourly	$8.93	$14.28	$17.85
Cryostar NX70 Cryostat	hourly	$31.83	$50.92	$63.65
Axiovert Microscope	hourly	$14.88	$23.80	$29.75

 

Staff Time and Training

Services	Unit	NU/CBC	External	Industrial
Staff Assistance	hourly	$74.38	$119.00	$148.75
Miscellaneous Training	hourly	$104.13	$166.60	$208.25