Tables of Private Bank Features & Pricing

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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 Tranplants 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 blood or MNC?  MNC  means storing separated "MonoNuclear Cells", which include stem cells, instead of storing whole blood.

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.  In the UK, a bank must be accredited by MHRA in order to provide transplants at NHS hospitals.  A separate web page explains all accreditation standards currently in use in the United States.

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Companies in the United States	Year started  UCB banking	Laboratory	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	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	MNC	bags	varies by lab	as low as $  775	$115
AssureImmune / CA	2008	own	0	MNC	bags	no	$1995	$150
CordBancUSA / CA	2008	own	0	MNC	bags	California Biologics	$1245	$150
Cord Blood America (includes CorCell)	2003	Progenitor Cell Therapy	92* + 5	MNC	bags	AABB FACT	$1800	$125
Cord Blood Registry	1995	own	114	MNC	vials/bags	AABB	$1875	$125
Cord Blood Solutions	2005	Community Blood Services	180*	MNC	bags	AABB	$250+$1245	$100
Cryobanks International	1994	own	14*	MNC	bags	AABB	$1749	$120
Cryo-Cell International	1992	own	16	MNC	bags	AABB	$1595	$125
DomaniCell	2006	Progenitor Cell Therapy	92*	MNC	bags	AABB FACT	$varies	$varies
Elie Katz	1996	Community Blood Services	180*	MNC	bags	AABB	$1350	$120
Family CB Services	1997	own	2	MNC	bags	AABB	$1530	$120
Family Link	2004	own	2	blood	bags	AABB	$150+$1450	$115
Genesis Bank	2005	own	0	MNC	bags	AABB	$175+$ 975	$100
HemaStem	2004	Community Blood Services	180*	MNC	bags	AABB	$149+$350	$149
LifebankUSA	1998	own	26	MNC	bags	AABB	$1950	$125
			1	placenta	bags	n/a	$1400	$100
LifeLine	2001	own	0	MNC	bags	AABB	$300+$1050	$150
LifeSource	2007	own	0	MNC	bags	no	?	?
MAZE Labs	2004	NY Blood Center	1	MNC	bags	AABB	$100+$1910	included
Neocells	2005	Reproductive Genetics Institute	0	MNC	vials	no	$375+$ 470	$  95
Newborn Blood Banking	1997	own	0	blood	bags	no	$200+$ 746	$149
New England CB Bank	1995	own	6	MNC	bags	no	$250+$1550	$124
PacifiCord	2009	own	0	MNC	bags	California Biologics	$150+$2000	$150
RMI	2005	Community Blood Services	180*	MNC	bags	AABB	?	?
Safetycord	2005	Community Blood Services	180*	MNC	bags	AABB	$350+$1750	$135
Securacell	2001	unknown	0	MNC	vials	no	$195+$1300	$115
StemCyte	2004	own	520* + 2	blood	bags	AABB FACT	$1925	$125
Stork Medical	2006	Community Blood Services	180*	MNC	bags	AABB	$1700	$108
Utah Cord Bank	2007	own	0	MNC	vials	no	$  940	$  85
ViaCord	1995	own	150	MNC	bags	AABB	$2050	$125
Vista Cord	2006	own	0	MNC	vials	no	$250+$ 749	$  99
Xytex	2008	own	0	MNC	bags	ISO	$175+$1200	$100

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Companies in Canada	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	USA FDA?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
Canadian Cord Blood Registry	2005	7*	MNC + white cells	yes	no	$250+$610	$110
Cells for Life	1997	2	MNC	no	AABB	$95+$550+$175	$115
Cord Blood Bank of Canada	2003	0	MNC	no	no	$400	$100
CReATe Cord Blood	2005	0	MNC	no	AABB	$  90 + $500	$100
Healthcord	2005	0	MNC	no	AABB	$155 + $795	$125
HemaStem Therapeutics	2004	0	MNC	no	no	$  99 + $900	$125
Insception Biosciences	1996	13	MNC	no	AABB	$1125	$125
Lifebank Cryogenics	1996	?	MNC	no	AABB	$155 + $695	$125
Progenics Cryobank	2004	1	MNC + white cells	no	AABB	$125 + $525	$110
Stem Sciences, Inc.	2003	0	MNC	no	no	$100 + $575	$100

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Companies in Mexico	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Collection Fee (USD)	Annual Storage Fee (USD)
Banco de Celulas Madre	2005	0	?	$ ?	$ ?
Banco de Cordon	200?	0	?	$600	$75
Cordon Vital (CalCryo)	1997	2	MNC	$380+$615	$85
Cordon Vital (CBR)	1995	114	MNC	$495+$1195	$95
Cryo-Cell de Mexico	2001	2	MNC	$495	$75
CryoLife Cells	2005	0	MNC	$ ?	$ ?
NECBB de Mexico	2004	3	MNC

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Companies in Brazil	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee (USD)	Annual Storage Fee (USD)
CordVida / Brazil	2003	0	MNC	AABB	R$3992	R$690
Criogκnesis / Brazil	2003	1	MNC	no	R$  634+R$2266	R$450
Cryogene/ Brazil	2003	0	MNC	ISO 9001	R$1100+R$3,030	R$520
Cryopraxis / Brazil	2001	0	MNC	no	R ?	R ?
HemoCord / Brazil	2003	0	MNC	no	R ?	R ?
NECBB / Brazil	2002	3	MNC	no	$975	$100

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Companies in Central & South America	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Collection Fee (USD)	Annual Storage Fee (USD)
Banco de Cιlulas Stem / Colombia	2004	0	MNC	C$950 + C$5100	included
Banco de Vida / Bolivia	2006	0	MNC	$1012	$150
BioCells / Argentina	2007	0	MNC	$	$
Biocells Discoveries / Ecuador	2006	0	MNC	$  895	$120
Cordon de Vida / Panama	2007	0	MNC	$  750	$100
Cordon Vital (CalCryo) / USA	1997	2	MNC	$  480+$1015	$  85
Cordon Vital (CBR) / USA	1995	114	MNC	$  695+$1660	$  95
Cryo-Cell / Mexico	2003	6	MNC	$  549.50	$  96
MaterCell / Argentina	2003	0	MNC	$  180+$715	$  97
NECBB / USA	1995	6	MNC	$  250+$1550	$124
Provida / Costa Rica	2004	1	MNC	$	$
Redcord / Colombia	2003	1	MNC	$  382	$140
VidaCel / Chile	2005	0	MNC	$  190 + $950	$135

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Companies in the United Kingdom	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	UK  MHRA Accredit	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
Cells4Life, Ltd.	2003	0	blood	yes + HTA	£1495	included
Cells Limited	2004	2	MNC	no	£  95 + £1025	included
CryoGENESIS Ltd. (UK lab)	2006	3*	MNC	yes	£150 + £1250	included
Future Health Technologies	2003	0	MNC	yes + HTA	£170 + £1080	£35
SmartCells International	2001	3* + 2	MNC	yes + HTA	£195 + £  800	£35
UK Cord Blood Bank	2002	6	MNC	no	£130 + £  220	£50
UK Health Solutions	2007	3*	MNC	yes	£150 + £  850	£47
Virgin Health Bank	2007	3*	MNC	yes	£150 + £1350	included

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Companies in the European Continent	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
ActiVision Life / Poland	2001	0	WBC		PLN 500 + 1700	PLN 395
Babycord / Cyprus	2003	3	MNC		$1545
Babycord / Turkey	2002	3	MNC		$1250 + VAT	$75
BPK / Slovenia	2008	0	blood	ISO 9001:2000	€1788	included
Celvitae / Portugal	2008	0	MNC	ISO 17025	€475 + €525	€800 total
CopyGene / Denmark	200?	0	?		?	included
CryoBank / Turkey	2004	0	MNC		$_?	$_?
Cryo-Save / Belgium	2000	2	MNC	ISO 17025	€1375	included
Cryomedica / Russia	2003	0	MNC		$600 + $1000	$150
Eticur / Germany	2004	0	MNC		€2400	included
Eurocord / Slovakia	2001	5	blood		US$ 300 + $600	US$ 20
Floramed / Russia	2004	0	?
Future Health / UK	2003	0	MNC	UK MHRA	€250 + €1200	€  58
Gemabank / Russia	2003	0	MNC		$250 + $1250	$100
GenKord / Turkey	2003	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000	$165 + $1100	$115
Hemafund / Ukraine	2005	0	MNC		$500+$1000	$100
Imunolita / Lithuania	2007	0	MNC		€1100	€ 198.5
In Scientia Fides	2007	0	?	ISO 9001:2000	€2200	included
Krio / Hungary	2004	0	WBC		€560	€   48
LifeBank / Cyprus	2003	0	MNC		€  85 + €  425	€ 144
Lifecord / Austria	2001	0	MNC		€460	€1000
Lifeline / Cyprus	2003	0	MNC		€100 + €730	included
LongaVita / Poland		0	?		PLN 2390	PLN 500
Polish Stem Cell Bank / Poland	2002	2	MNC	AABB ISO 9001:2000	PLN 600 + 1790	PLN 400
Progenis / Poland	2006	0	?		PLN 500 + 2450	PLN 395
RCB / Switzerland	2005	0	MNC	UK MHRA	SFr 950 + 2850	included
Secuvita / Spain	2005	5	blood	German GMP	€450 + €1500	€ 90
Seracell / Germany	2008	0	MNC	German GMP	€1200	included
SmartBank / Italy	2005	3*	MNC	UK MHRA ISO 9001:2000	€200 + €2000	included
Smart Cells Intnl / UK	2001	3* + 2	MNC	UK MHRA ISO 9001:2000	£195 + £800	£35
StellaCure / Germany	1996	14*	blood	German GMP EN ISO 2001	€1950	€ 30
Stemcare / Denmark	2003	0	blood		Kr 19,985	included
VITA 34 / Germany	1997	5	blood	German GMP	€1990	€ 30
Vidacord  / Spain	200?	0	MNC
Vidapluscm / Spain	2008	0	blood	German GMP ISO 9001:2000	€1990	€ 90
Vitacord / Austria	2002	0	MNC		€800	€ 80
Yasam Bankasi / Turkey	2004	0	MNC		€ ???	€ ???

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Companies in Greece	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
Biophylaxis / Greece	2007	0	MNC		€1800	included
Cryo-Save / Belgium	2000	2	MNC	ISO 17025	€1375	included
Future Health / UK	2003	0	MNC	UK MHRA	€250 + €1200	€  58
Liaison / Greece	2006	0	MNC	ISO 15189	€250+ €1500	included
Moscheyma Zois / Greece	2007	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000 ISO 15189:2007	€250+ €1650	included
Omnigen / Greece	2006	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000 ISO 17025	€1650	included
Stem-Health Hellas / Greece	2008	0	MNC		€1300	included

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Companies in the Middle East	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
BabyCells Egypt / USA	2006	6	MNC		US$ 500 + $1200	US$100
Biocord / Israel	2005	0	MNC		US$   95 + $  380	US$  72
Cryo-Cell / Israel	2001	2	MNC		US$ 549	US$  75
Cryo-Save Arabia / UAE	2006	0	MNC		AED 13,000	included
Dubai CRC / UAE	2006	1	MNC		AED 10,000	included
Fanavari Salamati / Belgium	2000	2	MNC	ISO17025
Future Health / UK	2003	0	MNC	UK MHRA	AED 4000+6400	AED 300
Medifreeze / Israel	2005	12*	MNC		6480 Shekels	included
(Sheba) Taburit / Israel	2004		MNC	AABB
SmartCells Intnl / UK	2001	3* + 2	MNC	UK MHRA	£195 + £ 800	£35

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Companies in India	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
Cord Life Sciences / India	2008	0	MNC		R 38,000	R 3,600
Cryobanks / India	2006	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000
Cryo Stemcell / India	2003	0	?
LifeCell / India	2005	0	?	AABB, ISO	R 59,000	included
Reliance / India	2004	0	MNC
StemOne / India	2006	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000	R 5,000 + R 27,500	R 3,900

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Companies in Asia	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
Aywill - Itabashi / Japan	2004	0	MNC	AABB	yen 250,000	included
BabyBanks / Taiwan	1999	0	MNC	AABB
BioMedicine Bank / China	2004	0	WBC	no	$300 + $600	$300
CellSafe  / Malaysia	2006	0	MNC	no
CordLife / Hong Kong	2005	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000	HKD 11,500	HKD 1500
CordLife / Indonesia	2007	0	MNC		Rupiah 11.5 million	Rupiah 1.5 million
CordLife / Singapore	2001	1	MNC	AABB	S$1,400	S$250
CryoCord Sdn / Malaysia	2003	1	MNC	ISO 9001:2000	RM 800 + 1700	RM 250
CRYOLIFE / Hong Kong	1998	0	MNC	AABB ISO 9001:2000	HKD 1500+8000	HKD 1500
Golden Meditech / China	2004	0	?	no	yuan 5,000	yuan 580
HealthBaby / Hong Kong	2006	0	MNC	AABB, HOKLAS, ISO	HK$ 35,000	included
HealthBanks/ Taiwan	2001	2	MNC	AABB, ISO
Lifecord / South Korea	1997		?
Shanghai "Life Bank" / China	2004	0	?	no	yuan 5,800	yuan 600
Sino Cell Techn. / Taiwan	2001	0	MNC	ISO 9001:2000	$1400	$150
Stem Cell Institute / Japan	1999	0	MNC	no	yen 220,500	included
StemCord Private / Singapore	2002		MNC	no	$1000	$500
StemLife / Malaysia	2002	4	MNC	no	RM 750 + 1750	RM 250
THAI StemLife  / Thailand	2005	1	MNC	ISO 9001:2000 ISO 15189	Baht 40,000	Baht 6,000

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Companies in Africa	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Accred- itation?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
Cryo-Save / Belgium	2002	2	MNC	ISO 17025	ZAR3800 + ZAR11,700	included
Lazaron / South Africa	2005	0	MNC		ZAR6500	ZAR120
Netcells / UK	2006	3* + 2	MNC	ISO 9001:2000 UK MHRA	ZAR2000 + ZAR14,000	included

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Companies in Australia & New Zealand	Year started UCB banking	No. Trans- plants	Store blood or MNC?	Aus TGA License?	Collection Fee	Annual Storage
BioCell / AUS	2004	0	MNC	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	MNC	full	AU$2995	included
StemLife / AUS	2006	0	MNC	partial	AU$2200	AU$120 / AU$55

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