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Cornell University

Untargeted metabolomics and lipidomics

Our full service includes sample preparation, sample analysis and data interpretation. If you want to do the sample preparation or data interpretation yourself, let us know during the project consultation.

The service fees are broken down in the tables below.

Service pricing

Sample Preparation
DescriptionInternal price (Cornell and Cornell affiliates)External price
Protein Precipitation for metabolomics (per sample) $12 $19.68
Liquid-liquid extraction for metabolomics (per sample) $18 $29.52
Sample Prep for plasma lipidomics including glass vials & std. $20 $32.80
Sample prep (homogenation) for liver tissue lipidomics $20 $32.80
LC / MS Sample Analysis
DescriptionInternal price (Cornell and Cornell affiliates)External price
Unargeted metabolomics analysis setup (per batch) $180 $295.20
Untargeted metabolomics RP analysis (per hour) $120 $196.80
Untargeted metabolomics HILIC analysis (per hour) $120 $196.80
lipidomics setup (per batch) $180 $295.20
Untargeted lipidomics analysis (per hour) $120 $196.80
Creatinine assay setup $110 $180.40
Creatinine assay (per sample) $11 $18.04
HPLC method development (per sample/analyte) $250 $410
Reverse phase chromatography no fractions collection (per sample) $175 $287
Infusion ESI-MS for small molecule ID (per sample) $80 $131.20
Infusion ESI-MS for additional ions (per ion) $20 $32.80
Class-informed MSn analysis for IDs of unknown-class metabolites $600 $984
LC / MS Data Interpretation
DescriptionInternal price (Cornell and Cornell affiliates)External price
Basic untargeted metabolomics with Compound Discoverer (<100 samples per-batch) $200 $320
Basic untargeted metabolomics with Compound Discoverer (100-350 samples per-batch) $450 $738
Basic untargeted metabolomics with Compound Discoverer (>350 samples per-batch) $700 $1148
Basic untargeted lipidomics with Lipidsearch (<100 samples / per batch) $400 $656
Basic untargeted lipidomics with Lipidsearch (100-300 samples / per batch) $650 $1066
Basic untargeted lipidomics with Lipidsearch (>300 samples / per batch) $900 $1476
Advanced Analysis/Special Requirements (per hour) $200 $328
Database search training (per hour) $125 $205
Database search and report for externally generated raw data files (per search) $200 $328
MSn data analysis for IDs of unknown class metabolites (per hour) $400 $656