Price List
Prices for our services
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Prices listed below are for guidance only and can vary depending on project complexity, the number of blocks referred, the extent of consultation and repeat tests due to reduced sample quality. Please enquire with UCL.IQPath@ucl.ac.uk
All prices are ex-VAT. Only UCL-internal orders (IDT), and research collaborations on joint grants are VAT-exempt. Antibodies can be provided by the customer or purchased by us.
Tests | Service included in the Test | Unit | Price | Industry Price |
| Cut-up and processing of tissue | Registration of demographic data and allocation of number, description, cut-up, cassette printing. | Block | £6.80 | £9.20 |
| Sectioning (unstained) | Slide labelling; 1 section per slide. | Slide | £3.80 | £5.10 |
| Cryosectioning | Slide labelling; cost per block. | Block | £5.90 | £8.00 |
| H&E staining | Dewax, stain, mount with coverslip. | Slide | £1.20 | £1.60 |
| Special stains | Dewax, stain, mount with coverslip. for example, Cresyl Violet, Luxol fast blue, Reticulin, | Slide | £8.50 | £11.50 |
| Immunohistochemical stain | Dewax, stain with antibody, counterstain with haematoxylin, mount with coverslip. | Slide | £26.00 | £35.00 |
| Optimisation of new antibody | Titration, retrieval methods (excluding antibody cost). | Optimisation | £440.00 | £590.00 |
| High-resolution slide scanning | Registration, scanning, storage and export. Storage of whole slide images on our UCL server. | |||
| Hamamatsu NanoZoomer S360 | Hamamatsu S360: Brightfield standard slide size 25x75mm only | Brightfield standard slide (25x75mm) | £2.00 | £2.70 |
| Hamamatsu NanoZoomer S60 | Hamamatsu S60: Brightfield standard slide size 25x75mm, Jumbo slides 50x75mm, Fluorescent Standard or Jumbo | Multichannel fluorescence standard slide (all channels) | £6.25 | £8.40 |
| Fluorescent Jumbo slide (all channels) | £12.50 | £16.90 | ||
| Fluorescent Microscopy | LEICA DM6B, please enquire for details | |||
| Storage of whole slide images | Storage on UCL file server | Slide per year | no cost | POA |
| Image analysis with QuPath | File management, slide QC, development and validation of analysis algorithm, slide analysis, data processing, analysis summary report. Publication-ready data table and analysis summary report returned to the customer. | Hour | £65.00 | £87.80 |
| Research support | Searches for antibodies, evaluation, reporting, and specialist/research consultation, discussion of results. Exception: named collaborations with FEC on grants. Technical support, such as dissection of tissues or organs; performing hands-on experiments such as spatial transcriptomic, in situ hybridisation, TUNEL stain, Frozen sectioning | Hour | £55.00 | £75.00 |
| Professional neuropathology assessment | Advice on biomarkers, classification or grading of diseases, neuropathological diagnosis of animal models. Histological assessment of human and experimental samples. Preparation, annotation of publication-ready panels, figure legends and results sections. This applies to all assessments, collaborations, and is independent of co-authorship. Exception: named collaborations with UCL-FEC on existing grants. | Hour | £165.00 | £220.00 |
| Semithin resin sections and electron microscopy | Technical support and prices please see our separate website: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ion/research/clinical-divisions/division-neuropathology/electron-microscopy | POA | POA | |
* All prices are ex-VAT.
Antibodies can be provided by the customer or purchased by us.
Only UCL-internal orders (IDT), and research collaborations on joint grants are VAT Exempt.
Industry projects: 35% in addition to the net prices listed above. Please enquire with UCL.IQPath@ucl.ac.uk
Prices for work carried out in the accredited NHS Neuropathology laboratory
Service element | Details of service | Unit | Price | |
| Summary | ||||
| Booking in fresh tissue | Registration of demographic data and allocation of number, description, cutup, Cassette printing, tissue processing | Case | £41.00 | |
| Booking in Block | Registration of demographic data and allocation of number, description | Case | £24.00 | |
| Re-embedding wax block | Melting, new casting and cassette labelling | Block | £6.80 | |
| Section unstained | Slide labelling; 1 Section per slide | Slide | £1.80 | |
| H&E staining | Dewax, stain, mount with coverslip | Slide | £18.00 | |
| Immunohisto- chemical stain | Dewax, stain, mount with coverslip (plus antibody*) | Slide | £36.00 | |
| Optimisation of new antibody | Titration, retrieval methods (plus antibody cost) | Antibody | £220.00 | |
| High-resolution slide scanning | Registration, scanning, storage and export Includes 1 month storage | Standard Slide | £2.00 | |
| High-resolution slide scanning Jumbo | Registration, scanning, storage and export Includes 1 month storage | Jumbo Slide | £6.50 | |
| Image analysis | Tissue annotation, Selection of regions of interest, marker identification, quantification and data output, publication-ready | Hour | £65.00 | |
| Research Support (Neuropathologist academic time) | Full scientific analysis and reporting of results, figures, text writing | Hour | £165.00 | |
| Setup and registration | Registration and setup of experiments, for small sample sizes (less than 20 slides/ blocks/ tests/ scans) | Unit | £35.00 | |
| Research Support | Searches for antibodies, evaluation, reporting, and specialist/research consultation, discussion of results | Hour | £55.00 | |
| Arrangement of MTA with UCLH | Entering data, correspondence with UCL-B and requester | per MTA | £55.00 | |
| Shipment and packaging FFPE, Slides, documents | Placing blocks and slides in suitable containers, mailing, including UK postage Royal mail | per package | £25.00 | |
| Screening of surgical case and block selection as requested | Histological assessment, screening of regions for tissue adaequacy and entering request on LIMS | per case | £8.00 | |
| Screening and block in complex cases, inclusing autopsy | Histological assessment, screening of regions for tissue adaequacy and entering request on LIMS (alternatively consultant time) | per case | £16.00 | |
| Retrieval of a complete case from the archive for review 2006+ | entering retrieval request on LIMS, placing retrieval flag, assorting on tray for histological assessment | case | £12.00 | |
| Freezing of sample into NP archive | Labelling, recording on LIMS, maintenance in Liquid nitrogen | case | £85.00 | |
| Frozen material biopsy sample 200mg | Retrieval, arrangements for shipment, no molecular data (meningioma, Schwannoma, Met) | case | £300.00 | |
| Frozen material biopsy sample 200mg | Retrieval, WITH molecular data (Gliomas) and all samples for CLINICAL use (ISO15189) | case | £500.00 | |
| Frozen material biopsy shipment UK+EU | Courier arrangements, dry ice, liaise with recipient, customs. UK only, correspondence | case | £50.00 |