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Tobacco Biomarkers Recharge Rates

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Tobacco Biomarkers
Tobacco Biomarkers Recharge Rates

Clinical Pharmacology Tobacco Core Services and Rates

Rates Effective January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013

Method	Cancer Center* Rate	UCSF Recharge	External Non-industry	External Industry
Category A: LC-MS/MS. Straighforward Sample Prep and Data Analysis: Cotinine/3HC, Anabasine/Anatabine, NNN/NNK	$43	$72	$93	$104
Category B: LC-MS/MS. Moderate Sample Prep/Data Analysis: Bupropion and Metabolites, Caffeine and Metabolites	$46	$76	$98	$110
Category C: LC-MS/MS. Complex Sample Prep/Data Analysis: NNAL, PAHs, Multiple Nicotine Metabolites, Mercapturic Acids	$65	$108	$139	$157
Category D: GC-MS, Single Quadrupole MS: Nicotine, Cotinine, Deuterium-Labeled Isotopomers	$35	$59	$76	$86
Category E: GC-MS/MS, Triple Quadrupole MS: Low-Level Nicotine, PAHs	$49	$81	$104	$117
Category F: GC: Nicotine/Cotinine	$22	$37	$48	$54
Category G: Creatinine	$10	$16	$21	$23
Category H: Matrix Digestion Surcharge	$18	$30	$39	$44
Category I: Method Development	$8,756	$14,592	$18,240	$21,158

* The Cancer Center rate, available to official members and associate members of the Cancer Center, is calculated as 60 percent of the regular UCSF recharge rate, with the differential paid from Cancer Center funds. (For reference, a list of Cancer Center members is available here.)

Acknowledgment
Publications generated from use of this facility should appropriately acknowledge the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Tobacco Biomarkers Core.

Additional Resources
A searchable database of core facilities at all UCSF campus locations, provided by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCSF, is available here.