Administration - Pricing

Note - The charging mechanisms used by the Centers and Service Units of the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC) are currently being reviewed and revised. These revisions are required to adhere to new policies instituted by several federal granting agencies. Our revised pricing schedule will be published to this page once the new policies have been finalized. Until that time the current schedule is in use and any pricing questions should be directed to the Laboratory Manager.

The price schedule for analytical services or use of the Laboratory is based on the affiliation of the customer to the University and to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The charge to faculty is based on the cost of performing the analysis. These costs are calculated from the analyst cost, instrument depreciation, and the cost of the materials and supplies consumed to perform the analysis. Typically, the analyst cost is the major expense in an analysis. It is possible to decrease the cost of the analysis by using either a student working for the Laboratory, or an acceptable qualified and trained student of the faculty member. Costs associated with particular instrumentation can be found under the instrumentation section.

Since the budget for the Laboratory is provided by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, CLAS Faculty pay 150 percent of the cost of the analysis. In some cases, the costs of a short study to investigate the feasibility of a procedure, with an eye towards submitting a grant proposal using the method, may be underwritten by the Laboratory.

Non-CLAS Faculty are charged 250 percent of the cost of the analysis. As with CLAS faculty, the cost of the analysis can be minimized by using a student analyst.

The Laboratory actively seeks and invites industrial use of the Laboratory. Because of issues regarding tax-payer funded competition with private laboratories, we are required to charge a minimum of 95% of the cost for a comparable analysis performed by a private laboratory. If trade secrecy aspects and time frame required for the analysis permit, we encourage industry to perform the analysis as a research contract with the University. In this mode, the analysis would be performed by a student, under the oversight of the Laboratory Manager and a responsible faculty member. This type of interaction enhances the education of the student while, at the same time, providing a cost effective analysis to the client.

Finally, we recognize the connection of the University to the community in which we live. The Laboratory supports small, limited scale work to the general community. In practice this has involved helping primary students with some chemical aspects of their science fair projects.

Contact the Laboratory Manager for pricing and a complete listing of services.