COLLECTION TYPE:
Umbilical Cord Blood + Tissue
$1365
$1365
Annual Stem Cell Storage
Unlock more healing potential with cord blood & tissue banking
Banking your newborn's cord tissue along with cord blood, means you’ll secure two different types of stem cells for your family with distinct healing potential. Collecting cord blood and cord tissue is safe, painless, can be done with delayed cord clamping, and won’t interfere with your birth plan or baby bonding time.
ViaCord is the only family bank accredited by the AABB for processing and storing newborn stem cells from both umbilical cord blood and cord tissue.
Cord Blood vs Cord Tissue
Stem cells play unique roles in supporting our healthy bodies
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs)
HSCs found in cord blood can mature into all types of blood cells, including red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs)
MSCs found in cord tissue are more versatile than HSC cells and are capable of forming bone, cartilage, fat, nerve, and tissue cells.
Benefits & Uses
PROVEN
Stem Cell Transplants
Cord blood stem cells can be used in the treatment of nearly 80 conditions to regenerate healthy blood and immune system.
CLINICAL TRIALS
Regenerative Medicine
Researchers are exploring both cord tissue and cord blood's ability to promote the body's natural healing processes in the field of regenerative medicine.
DNA INSIGHTS
Genetic Health Insights
ViaCord offers additional DNA tests using a sample of cord blood to provide useful health insights to help parents manage the future wellbeing of their child.
Why Families Choose ViaCord
Accredited
Only Family Bank AABB accredited for processing and storing newborn stem cells from both cord blood and cord tissue.
Cord Tissue Difference
We process cord tissue cells prior to freezing, so you get to preserve all cell types and 8 times more cells, than storing segments of tissue.
Innovative Storage Bag
We store stem cells in 5-compartment storage bags giving families more flexibility.
Access to DNA Health Insights
Only ViaCord offers additional tests to gain valuable genetic health insights from cord blood.
What's Included
Our every day and flexible payment plans mean you can enjoy all the benefits of ViaCord and plan for your family's future health for just dollars a day. Cord Blood & Tissue Banking includes:
ViaCord Collection Kit, shipping + transportation
Cord blood processing & storage in 5-compartment bag
Cord tissue processing & storage in 5-compartment bag
Stem cells stored at ViaCord’s FDA registered, CLIA certified, AABB Accredited lab
Stem cell collection results report (~ 6-8 weeks after processing)
Responsive customer service
How it Works
What to expect once you order . . .
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ViaCord Collection Kit
We'll ship your ViaCord Collection Kit to your house. It contains everything your medical professional needs to perform the collection, including instructions.
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Stem Cell Collection
On the day of delivery, give your collection kit to your medical team for them to collect the cord blood and cord tissue.
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Call for Pickup
Call ViaCord when the collection is complete. We'll send a courier to your location to pick up your kit. We'll then arrange for its transportation to our processing and storage lab and notify you when it arrives.
Calculate My Costs
As always, you pay nothing until your baby is born. Select the service and plan that works best for your family.
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Cord Blood & Tissue Banking$1,365.00
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Stem Cell Storage$370.00
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Payment Plan (Full)$1,735.00
Baby Due Soon?
If your due date is within 7 days or if you’re expecting multiples, adopting, or using a surrogate or a gestational carrier please call to order.
866-668-4895
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At ViaCord, we’re committed to providing families the peace of mind and empowerment that comes with planning for their children’s future health...and cord blood and tissue banking is just the beginning.
ViaCord Complete Services
This unique offering covers the full spectrum including ViaCord's Cord Blood & Banking Tissue, Newborn Digestive Health, and Newborn DNA Guardian.
Newborn Digestive Health
Requires Cord Blood Banking. Gain genetic insights into your child’s predisposition for both celiac disease and lactose intolerance. Early insights can help manage your child's well-being.
Genetic Insights Panel
Requires Cord Blood Banking. Analysis of 290+ genes associated with actionable, childhood-onset conditions. Information can help make proactive and informed health decisions.
Newborn DNA Guardian
Requires Cord Blood Banking. Safely and securely preserve a sample of your newborn’s pristine DNA for potential genomic testing in the future.
Whole Genome Sequencing
Requires Cord Blood Banking. All 22,000 genes are sequenced and analyzed DNA for variants in 2,500 genes with known associations to childhood onset-conditions and drug sensitivities.
Cord Blood Banking
Preserve stem cells from your newborn's umbilical cord blood. Cord blood can be used in stem cell transplants for nearly 80 conditions to regenerate a healthy blood and immune system, and in clinical trials exploring new potential applications.
Parents Ask
I want to do delayed cord blood clamping. Can I still bank cord blood?
The short answer - yes! The timing of cord clamping is a personal decision that should be discussed your healthcare provider. Cord blood and tissue collection start after the cord is cut, whenever that is. If your cord blood sample does not meet our minimum quantity requirement to store, we will reach out to you to review the findings and go over the options for next steps. Delayed clamping does not affect cord tissue collection.
What's the difference between cord blood and cord tissue?
Cord blood is the blood left in the umbilical cord after your baby is born. Cord tissue is the actual tissue of the umbilical cord (also called Wharton’s jelly). Both contain unique types of stem cells that can easily be collected after delivery.
Cord blood stem cells form blood and immune cells (red cells, white cells, platelets) and may be used in transplants to treat certain conditions like leukemia and sickle cell disease by rebuilding a healthy blood and immune system in the patient. Cord blood may also be used in regenerative medicine clinical trials exploring new potential applications.
Cord tissue stem cells can develop into bone, cartilage, muscle, and other tissues. They are widely studied for their anti-inflammatory and regenerative properties and may help treat conditions that cord blood stem cells cannot.
When will I receive my ViaCord Collection Kit?
Kits are shipped to arrive by week 27 of pregnancy. If your due date is less than 13 weeks away, the kit will arrive shortly after you place your order.
Can I bank if I live outside the U.S.?
Yes. ViaCord can process collections if your baby's delivery occurs within the United States or Puerto Rico, regardless of residency. An additional $450 shipping fee applies to collections that take place in Puerto Rico.
How can you store cord blood for?
There is currently no evidence that cord blood expires. Studies published in Stem Cell Translational Medicine found that long-term cryopreservation of cord blood stem cells (up to 29 years) does not affect their ability to function effectively, supporting the value of cord blood banking.
How does having a c-section affect cord blood or cord tissue collection?
Cord blood and tissue collection during a cesarean section is essentially the same as during a vaginal birth. ViaCord provides an FDA-approved, pre-loaded collection bag for use with sterile C-sections.
