Pennsylvania Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System
PADLS User Guide General Information Fees and Billing
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6.7 Fees

The PADLS fee schedule is printed as a separate document, and is available upon request from any PADLS laboratory or by downloading from this website (PADLS Fee Schedule).

• Fees are updated annually.
• Reduced rates may be offered when multiple specimens from one herd/flock are submitted.
• Acute and convalescent-paired sera shipped together are billed as one sample.
• Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture regulatory tests required for official herd/flock certification programs are exempt from user fees for in-state clients.
• The cost of export testing is dependent upon volume.  Arrangements must be made in advance.
• Necropsy fees include routine bacteriology, virology and toxicology as deemed necessary by the pathologist.
• For services not available within PADLS, specimens may be sent to outside laboratories, but referral will not be done without consultation with the submitter.  A forwarding fee of a minimum of $15 will be applied.
• Fees for emergency testing services provided outside of normal working hours will be negotiated and increased based on the procedures required.
• Field investigations are $50.00/farm visit plus any additional testing required.

Billing

• Bills are generated monthly. PADLS does not extend credit to clients and full payment is expected within one month of the billing date.
• If full payment is not received on or before the next billing date, the balance is carried forward and will appear as balance due.
• Any accounts overdue 90 days or more will be charged 1.5 % interest.
• PADLS Billing Policy:

The policy of PADLS is that specimens will not be accepted for fee-based services for accounts 90 days overdue until the account balance is paid in full.  In the event that specimens for fee-based services are received by the laboratory, you will be notified that you must pick them up or pay your balance within 2 working days.  If the balance due is not paid or specimens picked up within 2 working days, the specimens will be discarded.  You will be responsible for any applicable disposal fees. 

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