 |
 |
 |
 |
Pricing Structure |
| Region of Interest |
Collection Fee |
Annual Storage |
| United States |
$775- $2150 |
$85-$150 |
| Canada |
$645- $1750 |
$110-$210 |
| Mexico |
$495-$1690 |
$75-$95 |
| Brazil |
$975- $4130 |
$100-$690 |
| Central & South America |
$382-$6050 |
$85-$150 |
| United Kingdom |
£350-£1495 |
£35-£50 |
| European Continent |
€1300-€1900 |
€40-€60 |
| Greece |
$549-$11500 |
$72-$103 |
| Middle East |
Rs.50,000-Rs. 70,000 |
Rs. 3000-Rs. 5000 |
| India |
ZAR 6500-ZAR 16000 |
ZAR 100-ZAR 150 |
| Asia |
AU$ 1950-AU$ 2995 |
AU$ 110- AU$ 55 |
| New Zealand |
NZ $ 1000-NZ$ 1500 |
NZ$100- NZ$200 |
In the table it tells about the following features :
Year started UCB banking : refers to the year that the bank started family storage. The company may have existed previously as a public cord blood bank or another form of medical company.
No. of Transplants : listed for each bank is the total number released from the laboratory that processes and stores the cord blood. If more than one bank serves as a marketing outlet for the same processing laboratory, then each of those banks will be credited with the transplant quota from that laboratory. This number will have a star "*" if the transplants were performed by a public bank. Only transplants without a "*" refer to transplants for customers who banked privately.
Store whole blood or separated stem cells? Most banks follow laboratory procedures to separate "Mononuclear Cells" (MNC), which include stem cells, instead of storing whole blood. There is no head-to-head comparison to prove which method is better. Storing separated cells is less expensive, but storing all of the blood retains the option to use other cell types besides just the separated MNC.
Store bags or vials? Tells the form of storage container used in the freezer.
Accreditation tells whether banks have passed a laboratory inspection by an accreditation agency. This column only appears for those parts of the world where some form of accreditation is relevant. In the USA, all banks must be registered with the FDA, and the primary optional accrediting agency for family cord blood banks is the AABB. (Please note, in the state of California, the California Biologics License is equivalent to AABB). In the UK, a bank must be accredited by HTA in order to provide transplants at NHS hospitals. A separate web page explains all accreditation standards currently in use in the United States.
|
Companies in the United States
| Companies in the United States |
Year started UCB Banking |
Laboratory |
No. Transplants |
Store Blod or Cells? |
Store Bags or Vials? |
Accred-itation? |
Collection Fee |
Annual Storage |
AlphaCord /
CA, CO, IL, IN, NJ, UT |
varies by lab |
choice of 6 labs |
varies by lab |
stem cells |
bags |
varies by lab |
as low as $ 775 |
$115 |
| AssureImmune / FL |
2008 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
no |
$1995 |
$150 |
| CordBancUSA / CA |
2008 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
California Biologics |
$1245 |
$150 |
Cord Blood America
(includes CorCell) |
2003 |
Progenitor Cell Therapy |
92* + 7 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB
FACT |
$1950 |
$125 |
| Cord Blood Registry |
1995 |
own |
114 |
stem cells |
vials/bags |
AABB |
$1875 |
$125 |
| Cord Blood Solutions |
2005 |
Community Blood Services |
180* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$250+$1245 |
$100 |
| Cryobanks International |
1994 |
own |
14* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$1749 |
$120 |
| Cryo-Cell International |
1992 |
own |
45 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$1595 |
$125 |
| DomaniCell |
2006 |
Progenitor Cell Therapy |
92* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB FACT |
$varies |
$varies |
| Elie Katz |
1996 |
Community Blood Services |
180* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$1350 |
$120 |
| FamilyCord |
1997 |
own |
4 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$1795 |
$120 |
| Family Link |
2004 |
own |
2 |
blood |
bags |
AABB |
$150+$1450 |
$115 |
| Genesis Bank |
2005 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$175+$ 975 |
$100 |
| HemaStem |
2004 |
Community Blood Services |
180* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$149+$350 |
$149 |
| LifebankUSA |
1998 |
own |
26 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$1950 |
$125 |
|
|
|
1 |
placenta |
bags |
n/a |
$1400 |
$100 |
| LifeLine |
2001 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$300+$1050 |
$150 |
| LifeSource |
2007 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
no |
? |
? |
| MAZE Labs |
2004 |
NY Blood
Center |
1 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$100+$1910 |
included |
| Neocells |
2005 |
Reproductive Genetics Institute |
0 |
stem cells |
vials |
no |
$375+$ 470 |
$ 95 |
| Newborn Blood Banking |
1997 |
own |
0 |
blood |
bags |
no |
$200+$ 746 |
$149 |
| New England CB Bank |
1995 |
own |
6 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$250+$1550 |
$124 |
PacifiCord
|
2009 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
California Biologics |
$150+$2000 |
$150 |
| RMI |
2005 |
Community Blood Services |
180* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
? |
? |
| Safetycord |
2005 |
Community Blood Services |
180* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$350+$1750 |
$135 |
| Securacell |
2001 |
unknown |
0 |
stem cells |
vials |
no |
$195+$1300 |
$115 |
| StemCyte |
2004 |
own |
520* + 2 |
stem cells + red cells |
bags |
AABB FACT |
$1925 |
$125 |
| Stork Medical |
2006 |
Community Blood Services |
180* |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$1700 |
$108 |
| Utah Cord Bank |
2007 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
vials |
no |
$ 940 |
$ 85 |
| ViaCord |
1995 |
own |
150 |
stem cells |
bags |
AABB |
$2050 |
$125 |
| Xytex |
2008 |
own |
0 |
stem cells |
bags |
ISO |
$175+$1200 |
$100 |
Companies in Canada
Companies in Mexico
Companies in Brazil
| Companies in Brazil |
Year started
UCB Banking |
No. Transplants |
Store Blood
or Cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection
Fee (USD) |
Annual Storage
Fee (USD) |
| CordVida/ Brazil |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
AABB |
R$3992 |
R$690 |
| Criogênesis/ Brazil |
2003 |
1 |
stem cells |
no |
R 634+R$2266 |
R$450 |
| Cryogene/ Brazil |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001 |
R$1100+R$3,030 |
R$520 |
| Cryopraxis/ Brazil |
2001 |
0 |
stem cells |
no |
R ? |
R ? |
| HemoCord / Brazil |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
no |
R ? |
R ? |
| NECBB/ Brazil |
2002 |
3 |
stem cells |
no |
$975 |
$100 |
Companies in Central & South America
| Companies in Central & South America |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store Blood or Cells? |
Collection
Fee (USD) |
Annual Storage
Fee (USD) |
| Banco de Células Stem / Colombia |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
C$950 + C$5100 |
included |
| Banco de Vida / Bolivia |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
$1012 |
$150 |
| BioCells / Argentina |
2007 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
$ |
| Biocells Discoveries / Ecuador |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
895 |
$120 |
| Cordon de Vida / Panama |
2007 |
0 |
stem cells |
750 |
$100 |
| Cordon Vital (CalCryo)/ USA |
1997 |
2 |
stem cells |
480+$1015 |
85 |
| Cordon Vital (CBR)/ USA |
1995 |
114 |
stem cells |
695+$1660 |
95 |
| Cryo-Cell/ Mexico |
2003 |
6 |
stem cells |
549.50 |
96 |
| MaterCell/ Argentina |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
180+$715 |
97 |
| NECBB / USA |
1995 |
6 |
stem cells |
250+$1550 |
$124 |
| Provida/ Costa Rica |
2004 |
1 |
stem cells |
$ |
$ |
| Redcord/ Colombia |
2003 |
1 |
stem cells |
382 |
$140 |
| VidaCel/ Chile |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
190 + $950 |
$135 |
Companies in United Kingdom
Companies in the European Continent
| Companies in the
European Continent |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store blood
or cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection Fee |
Annual Storage |
| ActiVision Life / Poland |
2001 |
0 |
stem cells +
white blood cells |
|
PLN 500 +1700 |
PLN 395 |
| Babycord / Cyprus |
2003 |
3 |
stem cells |
|
$1545 |
|
| Babycord / Turkey |
2002 |
3 |
stem cells |
|
$1250 + VAT |
$75 |
| Bioscience / San Marino |
???? |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
€200 + €1800 |
€ 50 |
| BPK / Slovenia |
2008 |
0 |
blood |
ISO 9001:2000 |
€1788 |
included |
| Celvitae / Portugal |
2008 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 17025 |
€475 + €525 |
€800 total |
| CryoBank/ Turkey |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
$_? |
$_? |
| Cryo-Save / Belgium |
2000 |
2 |
stem cells |
ISO 17025 |
€1375 |
included |
| Cryomedica / Russia |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
$600 + $1000 |
$150 |
| eticur) /Germany |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
German GMP |
€2400 |
included |
| Eurocord / Slovakia |
2001 |
5 |
blood |
|
US$ 300 + $600 |
US$ 20 |
| Floramed / Russia |
2004 |
0 |
? |
|
|
|
| Future Health / UK |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
UK HTA |
€250 + €1200 |
€ 58 |
| Gemabank / Russia |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
$250 + $1250 |
$100 |
| GenKord / Turkey |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
$165 + $1100 |
$115 |
| Hemafund / Ukraine |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
$500+$1000 |
$100 |
| Imunolita / Lithuania |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€1100 |
€ 198.5 |
| In Scientia Fides |
2007 |
0 |
? |
ISO 9001:2000 |
€2200 |
included |
| Krio / Hungary |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells +
white blood cells |
|
€560 |
€ 48 |
| LifeBank / Cyprus |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€ 85 + € 425 |
€ 144 |
| Lifecord / Austria |
2001 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€460 |
€1000 |
| Lifeline / Cyprus |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€100 + €730 |
included |
| LongaVita / Poland |
|
0 |
? |
|
PLN 2390 |
PLN 500 |
| Polish Stem Cell Bank/Poland |
2002 |
2 |
stem cells |
AABB
ISO 9001:2000 |
PLN 600 + 1790 |
PLN 400 |
| Progenis / Poland |
2006 |
0 |
? |
|
PLN 500 + 2450 |
PLN 395 |
| RCB /Switzerland |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
UK MHRA |
SFr 950 + 2850 |
included |
| Secuvita / Spain |
2005 |
5 |
blood |
German GMP |
€450 + €1500 |
€ 90 |
| Seracell / Germany |
2008 |
0 |
stem cells |
German GMP |
€1200 |
included |
| SmartBank / Italy |
2005 |
3* |
stem cells |
UK MHRA
ISO 9001:2000 |
€200 + €2000 |
included |
| Smart Cells Intnl / UK |
2001 |
3* + 2 |
stem cells |
UK MHRA
ISO 9001:2000 |
£195 + £800 |
£35 |
| StellaCure / Germany |
1996 |
14* |
blood |
German GMP
EN ISO 2001 |
€1950 |
€ 30 |
| Stemcare / Denmark |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
DDK 975 + 5900 |
DDK1370 |
Stem Cell,
Banco de Celulas Madre
/ Spain |
2008 |
0 |
? |
German GMP |
€2088 |
included |
| VITA 34 /Germany |
1997 |
9 |
blood |
German GMP |
€1990 |
€ 30 |
| Vidacord / Spain |
200? |
0 |
stem cells |
|
|
|
| Vidapluscm / Spain |
2008 |
0 |
blood |
German GMP
ISO 9001:2000 |
€1990 |
€ 90 |
| Vitacord / Austria |
2002 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€800 |
€ 80 |
| Yasam Bankasi / Turkey |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€ ??? |
€ ??? |
Companies in Greece
| Companies in Greece |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store blood
or cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection Fee |
Annual Storage |
| Biophylaxis / Greece |
2007 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€1800 |
included |
| Cryo-Save / Belgium |
2000 |
2 |
stem cells |
ISO 17025 |
€1375 |
included |
| Future Health / UK |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
UK HTA |
€250 + €1200 |
€ 58 |
| Liaison / Greece |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 15189 |
€250+ €1500 |
included |
| Moscheyma Zois / Greece |
2007 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000
ISO 15189:2007 |
€250+ €1650 |
included |
| Omnigen / Greece |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000
ISO 17025 |
€1650 |
included |
| Stem-Health Hellas / Greece |
2008 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
€1300 |
included |
Companies in the Middle East
| Companies in the
Middle East |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store Blood or Cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection
Fee |
Annual Storage |
| BabyCells Egypt / USA |
2006 |
6 |
stem cells |
|
US$ 500 + $1200 |
US$100 |
| Biocord / Israel |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
US 95 + 380 |
US 72 |
| Cryo-Cell / Israel |
2001 |
2 |
stem cells |
|
US$ 549 |
US 75 |
| Cryo-Save Arabia / UAE |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
AABB |
AED 13,000 |
included |
| Dubai CRC / UAE |
2006 |
1 |
stem cells |
|
AED 10,000 |
included |
| Fanavari Salamati / Belgium |
2000 |
2 |
stem cells |
ISO17025 |
|
|
| Future Health / UK |
2003 |
0 |
stem cells |
UK HTA |
AED 4000+6400 |
AED 300 |
| Medifreeze / Israel |
2005 |
12* |
stem cells |
|
6480 Shekels |
included |
| Royan Stem Cell Technology / Iran |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
$635 |
$103 |
| (Sheba) Taburit / Israel |
2004 |
|
stem cells |
AABB |
|
|
| Smart Cells Intnl / UK |
2001 |
3 |
stem cells |
UK HTA |
AED 3500+8000 |
included |
Companies in India
| Companies in India |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store blood or cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection
Fee |
Annual
Storage |
| Cord Life Sciences / India |
2008 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
R 38,000 |
R 3,600 |
| Cryobanks /India |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
|
|
| Cryo Stemcell /India |
2003 |
0 |
? |
|
|
|
| LifeCell /India |
2005 |
0 |
? |
AABB, ISO |
R 59,000 |
included |
| Reliance /India |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
|
|
| StemOne /India |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
R 5,000 + R 27,500 |
R 3,900 |
Companies in Asia
| Companies in Asia |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store blood
or cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection Fee |
Annual Storage |
| Aywill - Itabashi / Japan |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
AABB |
yen 250,000 |
included |
| BabyBanks /Taiwan |
1999 |
0 |
stem cells |
AABB |
|
|
| BioMedicine Bank / China |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells +
white blood cells |
no |
$300 + $600 |
$300 |
| CellSafe / Malaysia |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
no |
|
|
| CordLife / Hong Kong |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
HKD 11,500 |
HKD 1500 |
| CordLife / Indonesia |
2007 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
Rupiah 11.5 million |
Rupiah 1.5 million |
| CordLife / Singapore |
2001 |
1 |
stem cells |
AABB |
S$1,400 |
S$250 |
| CryoCord Sdn / Malaysia |
2003 |
1 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
RM 800 + 1700 |
RM 250 |
| CRYOLIFE / Hong Kong |
1998 |
0 |
stem cells |
AABB
ISO 9001:2000 |
HKD 1500+8000 |
HKD 1500 |
| Golden Meditech /China |
2004 |
0 |
? |
no |
yuan 5,000 |
yuan 580 |
| HealthBaby / Hong Kong |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
AABB,
HOKLAS, ISO |
HK$ 35,000 |
included |
| HealthBanks /Taiwan |
2001 |
2 |
stem cells |
AABB, ISO |
|
|
| Lifecord /South Korea |
1997 |
|
? |
|
|
|
| Shanghai "Life Bank" /China |
2004 |
0 |
? |
no |
yuan 5,800 |
yuan 600 |
| Sino Cell Techn. /Taiwan |
2001 |
0 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000 |
$1400 |
$150 |
| Stem Cell Institute / Japan |
1999 |
0 |
stem cells |
no |
yen 220,500 |
included |
| StemCord Private / Singapore |
2002 |
|
stem cells |
no |
$1000 |
$500 |
| StemLife / Malaysia |
2002 |
4 |
stem cells |
no |
RM 750 + 1750 |
RM 250 |
| StemTech / Malaysia |
2008 |
0 |
stem cells |
no |
RM 3300 |
RM 290 |
| THAI StemLife / Thailand |
2005 |
1 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000
ISO 15189 |
Baht 40,000 |
Baht 6,000 |
Companies in Africa
| Companies in Africa |
Year started
UCB banking |
No. Transplants |
Store Blood or Cells? |
Accreditation? |
Collection Fee |
Annual Storage |
| Cryo-Save / Belgium |
2002 |
2 |
stem cells |
ISO 17025 |
ZAR3800 + ZAR11,700 |
included |
| Lazaron/ South Africa |
2005 |
0 |
stem cells |
|
ZAR6500 |
ZAR120 |
| Netcells / UK |
2006 |
3* + 2 |
stem cells |
ISO 9001:2000
UK MHRA |
ZAR2000 + ZAR14,000 |
included |
Companies in Australia & New Zealand
| Companies in Australia & New Zealand |
Year Started UCB Banking |
No. Transplants |
Store Blood or Cells? |
Aus TGA
License? |
Collection
Fee |
Annual
Storage |
| BioCell / AUS |
2004 |
0 |
stem cells |
partial |
AU$1950 |
AU$110 |
| Cell Sense / AUS |
2006 |
0 |
? |
partial |
|
|
| CordBank / NZ |
2004 |
1 |
? |
n/a |
NZ$450 + NZ$1850 |
NZ$150 |
| Cryosite Limited / AUS |
2001 |
0 |
stem cells |
full |
AU$2995 |
included |
| StemLife / AUS |
2006 |
0 |
stem cells |
partial |
AU$2200 |
AU$120 / AU$55 |
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