| Histology Services | Prices and fees valid through December 31, 2021 | |
| Unit | Cost |
| Fixation and Dehydration Services: | | |
| Ethanol or Formalin fixation | specimen | $ 3.18 |
| Zinc formalin fixation | specimen | $ 6.36 |
| Dehydration | specimen | $ 10.60 |
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| Sample Embedding by Core Staff: | | |
| Paraffin embedding by Core (incl. materials)* | specimen | $ 21.20 |
| Paraffin re-embed by Core (incl. materials)* | specimen | $ 6.36 |
| OCT embed by Core (incl. materials)* | specimen | $ 13.25 |
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| Self-Service Sample Embedding | | |
| Paraffin embedding (materials only) | specimen | $ 13.25 |
| OCT embed (materials only) | specimen | $ 6.36 |
| Paraffin re-embed (materials only) | specimen | $ 3.92 |
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| Sample Sectioning | | |
| Sectioning Soft tissue (no orientation)* | Block | $ 10.60 |
| Sectioning Soft tissue (orientation required)* | Block | $ 15.90 |
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| Slides | | |
| Mounting sections on slides | Slide | $ 6.36 |
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| Stains | | |
| H&E of charged slide cutting* | Slide | $ 12.72 |
| Use of staining setup with cover glass for H&E | Slide | $ 2.33 |
| Use of staining setup with cover glass | Slide | $ 1.17 |
| Immunohistochemistry | Slide | $ 40.00 |
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| Equipment Use | | |
| Unassisted use of microtomes | Per hour | $ 21.20 |
| Unassisted use of cryostat | Per hour | $ 21.20 |
| Unassisted use of Leica DMR | Per hour | $ 21.20 |
| Histology consultation or assistance by core staff | Per hour | $ 150.00 |
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| Specialty Services | | |
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| Dissection & Decalcifiation Services: | Unit | Cost |
| Dissection (soft tissue, calvaria, etc)* | specimen | $ 4.24 |
| Complex dissection (jaws, teeth, etc)* | specimen | $ 10.60 |
| Decalcification (FASC) 1 week* | specimen | $ 10.60 |
| Demineralization (EDTA) per week* | specimen | $ 10.60 |
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| Mineralized Tissue Sample Sectioning: | | |
| Sectioning Rat or mouse tibia, calvaria* | Block | $ 21.20 |
| Sectioning Teeth (buccal-lingual orientation)* | Block | $ 21.20 |
| Sectioning Teeth (mesial-distal orientation)* | Block | $ 47.70 |
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| Xclarity: | | |
| Hydrogel embedding* | specimen | $ 21.20 |
| Tissue clearing* | per 24 hr | $ 53.00 |
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| No Show policy: without 24 advance cancellation notice, the scheduled time will be charged after 20 minutes | |
| * = performed by Core Staff | |
| Note: if samples are not completely processed by Core staff, additional fees at $75/hr will apply if additional processing is necessary | |
