User Fees

Billing and Scheduling

When scheduling a work session at CEAR Lab - ACESCentre or submitting sample for analyses, users are billed according to the current fee schedule. If you need to cancel a session, you must notify CEAR Lab - ACESCentre staff directly. Sessions that are not cancelled in advance will be billed as unattended lab time.

Fee Schedule Per Sample- Effective: March 01, 2026.

Equipment and Service	User Operation	Technician Operation
	Internal (SMU)	Internal (SMU)	Other Universities	Commercial
Gas Chromatography
GC FID	$6	$8	$10	$20
GC MS	$8	$10	$12	$25
GC FID MS	$8	$10	$12	$25
Liquid Chromatography
Direct Injection MS	$6	$8	$10	$20
LC DAD	$8	$10	$12	$25
LC MS	$10	$14	$16	$50
LC DAD MS	$10	$14	$16	$50
Elemental Analysis
Carbon Hydrogen Nitrogen	$10	$17	$35	$85
ICP MS Aqueous	$60	$75	$125	$180
ICP MS/ LC Aqueous	$70	$85	$140	$195

* All prices are in Canadian funds.

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