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About ViaCord
ViaCord offers cord blood and cord tissue stem cell banking for families who wish to save their child’s stem cells for future medical use. The company has more than 30 years of experience in cord blood banking. Stem cells stored with ViaCord can be used for transplants or regenerative medicine research. Its cord blood banking service includes a $35,000 guarantee if qualifying stem cells fail to engraft during a transplant.
Visit www.viacord.com- Cord blood and cord tissue options
- $35,000 product quality guarantee
- 24/7 customer support
- Multiple payment options
- $150 cancellation fee
- No placenta tissue banking
What is ViaCord cord blood banking?
ViaCord gives families the opportunity to store stem cells from their babies' umbilical cord blood and cord tissue for possible future use in a transplant or regenerative medicine research.
Its laboratory is registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and by the Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB). ViaCord processes and stores cord blood and cord tissue stem cells in five-compartment bags in a lab just outside Cincinnati, Ohio, allowing portions of a stored unit to be used separately. This gives families the flexibility to use as much or as little of their stem cell unit as needed.
How does ViaCord work?
You can sign up with ViaCord online or by phone in just a few minutes. The company then sends you a health history questionnaire and service agreement, which you complete and return by email or fax. ViaCord also notifies your health care provider that you intend to bank your baby’s cord blood (and cord tissue, if you choose).
ViaCord sends you a collection kit with everything your health care provider needs to perform the collection on the day of delivery. One to two hours after the stem cells have been collected, call ViaCord customer service at the number provided, and the company will dispatch a medical courier to pick up the collection kit for transport to ViaCord’s lab for processing and storage. ViaCord lets you know as soon as the collection kit arrives at the lab.
After ViaCord receives the collection kit, the stem cell collection goes through an FDA-recommended process of cell separation to reduce red blood cells and unwanted plasma. The stem cells are then stored in a five-compartment storage bag and cryopreserved in storage tanks similar to ones used at major medical research facilities. If your family needs to use the stored stem cells, ViaCord works with your health care provider to provide the required documentation and samples. It also coordinates delivery to the treatment facility.
ViaCord cost
ViaCord’s cord blood and cord tissue banking prices at the time of publishing are:
- Cord blood: $750 for processing, plus $185 per year for storage
- Cord blood and cord tissue: $1,365 for processing, plus $370 per year for storage
Pricing also depends on the number of children whose stem cells you bank and whether you prepay for 20 or 25 years of storage. Promotional discounts may also be available. ViaCord’s listed processing prices don’t include the first year of storage.
Additional ViaCord services include Newborn DNA Guardian for $175, Newborn Digestive Health for $250, the Genetic Insights Panel for $750 and Whole Genome Sequencing for $2,500. Some of these services require cord blood banking.
ViaCord also offers six- and 12-month payment plans. Customers who choose a payment plan make monthly processing payments, while annual storage is billed separately.
The company deducts a $150 cancellation fee from your refund if you cancel cord blood banking before delivery.
ViaCord cord blood banking FAQ
What does ViaCord’s cord blood banking service include?
ViaCord’s service includes 24/7 on-call staff, a medical courier service to pick up and transport your collection kit to its lab, an FDA-approved cord blood collection bag and state-of-the-art processing and storage. As part of the company's standard cord blood report, it offers collection volume and cell counts.
Is ViaCord public or private?
ViaCord is a private cord blood bank. This means that only the family that pays to store the baby’s cord blood has access to the cord blood stem cells.
Is ViaCord FDA-approved?
Yes, ViaCord is registered with the FDA. You can confirm this registration by searching the FDA’s Human Cell and Tissue Establishment Registration (HCTERS) database.
Where is ViaCord's processing and storage lab?
ViaCord’s storage facility is located near Cincinnati, Ohio, and operates 365 days per year.
Does ViaCord offer placenta tissue banking?
ViaCord doesn't offer placenta tissue banking. It only processes cord blood and cord tissue.
Still have questions?
Is ViaCord worth it?
Yes, ViaCord can be worth it if you have decided to store your baby’s stem cells with a private bank and want both cord blood and cord tissue options. The company has more than 30 years of experience, operates an FDA-registered laboratory and stores stem cells in five-compartment bags that allow portions of a unit to be used separately. Its quality guarantee provides $35,000 toward an alternative source of cells if the cord blood fails to engraft during a transplant.
However, families looking for placenta tissue banking may need to consider another provider. At the time of publishing, ViaCord offers cord blood and cord tissue banking but doesn’t store placental tissue.
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ViaCord Company Information
- Company Name:
- ViaCord
- Address:
- 940 Winter St.
- City:
- Waltham
- State/Province:
- MA
- Postal Code:
- 02451
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.viacord.com

