Services & Rates

The following are the Per Diem rates at the Center for Comparative Medicine and Surgery for the most common services. The rates apply at all of our facilities. Other services are available. Please inquire at 212-241-3008 (ext. 43008) if service is not on this list.

     
Animal Care    
Ferrets  $ 10.58 * daily per head
Guinea Pigs $ 3.65   * daily per head
Hamsters $ 1.39   * daily per head
Mice $ 1.02 daily per cage
Minks $ 10.58 * daily per head
Non-human Primates $ 15.77 daily per head
Pigs $ 26.73 daily per head
Rabbits $ 4.52 daily per head
Rats $ 1.05 daily per head
Sheep $ 21.42 daily per head
* Biohazard                  Per Diem Rate    
Rodent Importation    
Rodent $ 2,275  
Surgery Charges
(per hour)
   
Major Procedure $ 129.00  
Minor Procedure $ 91.00  
Observation (1st hour) $ 24.50  
Observation
(each additional hour)
$ 12.40  
Recovery Room

$ 37.00

 
Technician Time    
Husbandry Technician $ 22.90 per hour
Veterinary Technician $ 44.99 per hour

 

 

     

Service

Cost

Comments

Mouse Genetics SRF

Standard IVF re-derivation

$1,534.00

Includes the fresh sperm IVF, as well as cryopreservation of sperm from a second male if two males are available to be shipped, and Health Testing

Shipping Courier

Rate contingent on shipping distance

CCMS shipping coordinator can be contacted for further details

Import/Export Fee

(Domestic/International)

$63/$105

 

Acute Isolator Fee

$79.38/week

All mice intended for re-derivation are housed in isolators for one week prior to ensure mice recovery from stress

Housing Fee

$12.46

 

Technician Time

$43.26

CCMS technician time in harvesting sperm

     

Service

Cost

Comments

Standard whole animal quarantine

$3009.00/isolator (14 cage capacity

Covers isolator maintenance and diagnostic testing

Prevalence PRIA (fecal PCR)

$303.03/10 cages

Conducted on arrival as preliminary assessment of health status

Shipping Courier

Rate contingent on shipping distance

CCMS shipping coordinator can be contacted for further details

Crate

$25.20/crate

For transport of animals to campus pending quarantine release. One crate has capacity for two cages of animals (five mice per cage)

Import/Export Fee

$63.00/$105.00

 

 

*Additional test/additional treatment(s)/extended quarantine may be conducted if deemed necessary by the evaluating CCMS veterinarian

We charge all fees to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai principal investigator PI)only; we cannot request reimbursement from PI’s at other institutions. We do not bill other institutions.

Lines/strains that are available for purchase from a commercial source should not be considered for importation.