Sample Preparation Billing

Billing Policies for Sample Preparation Performed by Staff

Updated December 15th, 2025

The following procedures will be billed at the hourly rate.  Hourly rate is $83.00 per hour for Harvard, $149.00 per hour for non-profits (this includes Harvard-affiliated organizations) and $216.62 for Corporate researchers.

1.  Bligh and Dyer type Biphasic Extraction and/or extraction requiring bead beater / mechanical homogenization-1 hours for every 5 samples

2.  Solid Phase Extraction (SPE)-1 hours for every 5 samples

3.  Derivatization of samples or other custom chemical processing- 1 hours for every 5 samples

4.  Protein precipitation, with our without drying and resuspension-1 hours for every 12 samples

Please note that we reserve the right to request that samples be prepared by researchers due to our workload and limited capacity. Sample preparation will be done by staff when specifically requested by researchers and billed according to the guidelines given above.