Health Sciences Sequencing Core
All PITT/UPMC prices below are effective October 1, 2025.
| Sample Preparation | Unit | Price |
| RNA/DNA extraction tissue / cell pellet | Sample | $39.00 |
| RNA/DNA extraction biofluid / FFPE / miRNA | Sample | $57.00 |
| Quality checks | Unit | Price |
| Agilent TapeStation DNA or RNA | Sample | $20.00 |
| Qubit Fluorometric Quantification | Sample | $7.00 |
| RNA Library preparation | Unit | Price |
| llumina Stranded Total Ligation (Ribo-Zero Plus) | Sample | $250.00 |
| llumina Stranded Total Ligation (Ribo-Zero Plus) ≥ 48 Samples | Sample | $200.00 |
| llumina Stranded mRNA (PolyA+) 1-47 | Sample | $165.00 |
| llumina Stranded mRNA (PolyA+) ≥ 48 Samples | Sample | $115.00 |
| SMARTer TCR Profiling (Human / mouse) | Sample | $165.00 |
| SMART-Seq Stranded Total RNA (Ultra Low Input) | Sample | $175.00 |
| SMART-Seq Stranded Total RNA (Ultra Low Input) ≥ 48 Samples | Sample | $130.00 |
| SMART-Seq HT Ultra Low Input | Sample | $115.00 |
| SMART-Seq HT Ultra Low Input ≥ 48 Samples | Sample | $90.00 |
| Lexogen 3' Quantseq | Sample | $165.00 |
| QIAseq small RNA | Sample | $250.00 |
| QIAseq small RNA ≥ 48 Samples | Sample | $200.00 |
| Nanostring GeoMX (per plate) | Plate | $200.00 |
| DNA Library Preparation | Unit | Price |
| Illumina DNA Prep/Nextera XT | Sample | $115.00 |
| Illumina DNA Prep/Nextera XT ≥ 48 Samples | Sample | $90.00 |
| ChIP-seq (Library prep only) | Sample | $175.00 |
| ATAC-Seq | Sample | $290.00 |
| 10x Visium Spatial Transcriptomics | Unit | Price |
| Visium v2 CytAssist 6.5mm capture - 2 tissues (first slide) | Sample | $5,440 |
| Visium v2 CytAssist 6.5mm capture - 2 tissues (additional slides) | Sample | $5,160 |
| Visium v2 CytAssist 11mm capture - 2 tissues | Sample | $10,900 |
| Visium HD probe or 3' CytAssist 6.5mm capture - 2 tissues (first slide) | Sample | $9,000 |
| Visium HD probe or 3' CytAssist 6.5mm capture - 2 tissues (additional slides) | Sample | $8,550 |
| Visium CytAssist Protein Expression (4x 6.5mm or 2x 11mm) | Sample | $3,900 |
| 10x Xenium in situ Spatial Transcriptomics | Unit | Price |
| Xenium v1, 2 slides - Cell segmentation add on | Sample | $2,000 |
| Xenium v1, 2 slides (mouse/human): 345 or 750 genes | Sample | $11,000 |
| Xenium 5k prime, 2 slides (mouse/human): 5000 genes | Sample | $23,500 |
| NextSeq 2000 Sequencing Runs | Unit | Price |
| P1 100 cycle kit (100M) | Run | $1,450 |
| P1 300 cycle kit (100M) | Run | $1,900 |
| P1 600 cycle kit (100M) | Run | $2,490 |
| P2 100 cycle kit (400M) | Run | $2,030 |
| P2 200 cycle kit (400M) | Run | $3,105 |
| P2 300 cycle kit (400M) | Run | $3,925 |
| P2 600 cycle kit (300M) | Run | $4,240 |
| P3 100 cycle kit (1200M) | Run | $3,390 |
| P3 200 cycle kit (1200M) | Run | $4,505 |
| P3 300 cycle kit (1200M) | Run | $5,880 |
| P4 50 cycle kit (1.8B) | Run | $3,280 |
| P4 100 cycle kit (1.8B) | Run | $3,800 |
| P4 200 cycle kit (1.8B) | Run | $5,260 |
| P4 300 cycle kit (1.8B) | Run | $6,540 |
| MiSeq Sequencing Runs | Unit | Price |
| MiSeq 150 cycle kit (25M) | Run | $1,700 |
| MiSeq 300 cycle kit (15M) | Run | $2,100 |
| MiSeq v3 600 cycle kit (25M) | Run | $2,650 |
| MiSeq v2 300 cycle kit MICRO (4M) | Run | $740.00 |
| Special Services | Unit | Price |
| Special Analysis/Services | Hour | $70 |
For external customers, please contact Health Sciences Sequencing Core directly