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Important Announcement: Prices Reduced in the Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Core
In an effort to better match the prices for services provided by Immunohistochemistry Core, the Office of Collaborative Science (OCS) will adjust pricing for the following IHC services, effective February 1, 2012. Prices shown are per slide. Select the link below to view the complete list of price changes.
| Immunohistochemistry | Current Price | Promotional Price *- Effective 2/1/12 |
| Validation | $22.50 | $15.00 |
| Regular IHC | $22.50 | $10.00 |
| Double IHC | $50.00 | $20.00 |
| Manual IHC | $40.00 | $30.00 |
| Verify Antibody | $22.50 | $5.00 |
| Controls | ------ | $5.00 |
*All prices are per slide
The core also sells aliquots of validated (and un-validated) antibodies for use by investigators and their staff. For additional information on this service, please contact the IHC Core Director.
The IHC core lab has commenced its transition to LabVantage LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System). PIs, their managers and staff are required to take the training sessions to familiarize themselves with the system as well as to learn procedures for entering requests for services. Online training is available through OnSite Health and iDevelop (module: Research IT - LIMS LabVantage Introduction for Department Administrators). For more information, please contact the core staff.
Below is the complete list of price changes.
Immunohistochemistry and Histopathology Services and Pricing (PDF)
| Item | Fee | Unit |
| Pre-Automated Processing | ||
| Gross preparation (animal) | 2.00 | Sample |
| Grossing/pre-processing prep | 2.00 | Sample |
| Cassette loading | 1.00 | Sample |
| Decalcification | 3.00 | Sample |
| Paraffin Processing | ||
| Standard processing | 3.75 | Sample |
| Manual processing | 6.00 | Sample |
| Special processing | 3.75 | Sample |
| Human - majors specimens | 4.75 | Sample |
| Human - biopsy speicimans | 4.75 | Sample |
| Beryllium processing | 7.00 | Sample |
| Paraffin Block embedding | ||
| Regular/Routine embedding (animal) | 2.00 | Block |
| Regular Routine embedding (Human) | 4.00 | Block |
| Cell block embed/prep | 3.00 | Block |
| Paraffin Block setioning | ||
| Blank/serial section (animal) | 2.25 | Slide |
| Blank/serial section (human, 5-10uM) | 2.25 | Slide |
| Blank/serial section (human, 10-20uM) | 7.50 | Slide |
| Blank/serial section (human, > 20uM) | 15.00 | Slide |
| Surcharge for molecular studies (RNase free) in tubes (paraffin) | 2.25 | Slide |
| Surcharge for molecular studies (RNase free) on slides (paraffin) | 3.25 | Slide |
| Sectioning more than 2 tissues in a block (anilmal) | 3.00 | Slide |
| Levels | 1.50 | Level |
| Localized sectioning (paraffin) | 10.00 | Block |
| Frozen (Cryo) Block prep & embedding (animal) | ||
| Cryo-fixation (animal) | 16.00 | Sample |
| Cryo-embedding (animal) | 16.00 | Sample |
| Frozen (Cryo) sectioning (animal) | ||
| Cryo-sectioning set-up | 3.00 | Sample/Block |
| Cryo-sectioning (Slides) | 3.50 | Slide |
| Levels (frozen) | 6.00 | Level |
| Localized sectioning (frozen) | 15.00 | Block |
| Surcharge for molecular studies (RNase free) on slides (frozen) | 3.25 | Slide |
| Investigtor Directed Distribution of sections on slide | 4.50 | Slide |
| Slide Staining | ||
| H&E staining of paraffin sections, frozen animal, & fixed frozen human slides | 2.50 | Slide |
| H&E staining of TMA sections | 4.00 | Slide |
| H&E Manual Staining | 4.00 | Slide |
| Tri-chrome staining | 10.00 | Slide |
| PAS | 10.00 | Slide |
| PicroSirius Red | 15.00 | Slide |
| Geimsa | 5.00 | Slide |
| Oil Red O | 10.00 | Slide |
| Toludine Blue | 5.00 | Slide |
| Congo red | 10.00 | Slide |
| Silver Stain | 15.00 | Slide |
| Luxol Fast Blue | 10.00 | Slide |
| Hematoxylin/Eosin counter stain | 2.00 | Slide |
| Alcian Blue (alone) | 10.00 | Slide |
| Alcian Blue-PAS | 15.00 | Slide |
| Immunohistochemistry | ||
| IHC Titration | 15.00 | Slide |
| Regular IHC | 10.00 | Slide |
| Double IHC | 20.00 | Slide |
| Manual | 30.00 | Slide |
| Verify Antibody | 5.00 | Slide |
| Controls | 5.00 | Slide |
| Misc. | ||
| Re-embed | 2.00 | Sample |
| Re-hydrate (de-paraffinize) | 1.00 | Rack |
| Photography (hour) | 48.00 | hour |
| Necropsy | 120.00 | animal |
| Consultation/Technical Assistance | 48.00 | hour |
| Service of faculty member | 100.00 | hour |
| Coverslipping (when slide not stained in core) | 0.35 | Slide |
| Re-coverslipping | 0.60 | Slide |
| Instrumentation Rentals | ||
| Cryostat | 12.00 | hour |
| Microtome | 12.00 | hour |
| Embbedding station | 5.00 | hour |
| Microscope rental (photography) | 8.00 | hour |
| Laser Capture Microscope | 15.00 | hour |
| Fluorescent Dissecting scope | 25.00 | hour |
| Ariol Image Analysis Work Station | 8.00 | hour |
| Ariol Tech time | 48.00 | hour |
| Assistance/training on instruments | 15.00 | hour |
| Digital Whole Slide Scanning | ||
| Brightfield 20X | 1.50 | Slide |
| Brightfield 40X | 3.00 | Slide |
| Fluorescent protocol develpoment | 15.00 | Protocol |
| IF section 5X, 10X | 1.00 | slide |
| IF section 20X | 1.25 | Slide |
| IF section 40X | 1.50 | Slide |
| per color | 1.00 | fluor/dye |
| Supplies | ||
| Cassettes | 0.20 | cassette |
| Paraformaldehyde (tube) | 20.00 | tube |
| Slide box (large) | 5.00 | large box |
| Slide box (small) | 4.00 | small box |
| Eosin (bottle) | 50.00 | bottle |
| Hematoxylin | 58.00 | bottle |
| 500 GB external Hard Drive | 125.00 | drive |
The components of pricing for each service include the cost of consumables, the cost for technician time for each service, and a small percentage of any associated service contracts. As with many of our services, the incremental cost of each procedure is affected by overall volume; as volume increases, we pass the resulting savings on to users in the form of reduced prices.
