User Fees
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 |
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| 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 | $11 | $18 | $36 | $86 |
| ICP MS/ LC Aqueous | $13 | $20 | $40 | $90 |
* All prices are in Canadian funds.