# Cost per sample

**URL:** <https://community.artic.network/t/cost-per-sample/90>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [3 April 2020 13:48 UTC](https://community.artic.network/t/cost-per-sample/90 "2020-04-03T13:48:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![MJC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@MJC](https://community.artic.network/u/MJC)\
**Post date:** [3 April 2020 13:48 UTC](https://community.artic.network/t/cost-per-sample/90/1 "2020-04-03T13:48:25Z")

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Hi!

Do you know how much it costs per sample if you multiplex 6 samples + 1 control as per the ARTIC network protocol?

Thank you.  
Kind regards.  
Maria

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**Author:** ![scalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@scalene](https://community.artic.network/u/scalene)\
**Post date:** [6 April 2020 09:43 UTC](https://community.artic.network/t/cost-per-sample/90/2 "2020-04-06T09:43:00Z")

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Hi Maria,

If you did 6 samples and 4 libraries per flowcell (with washing) it would be about £42 per sample at large scale.

Josh

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**Author:** ![MJC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@MJC](https://community.artic.network/u/MJC)\
**Post date:** [6 April 2020 15:36 UTC](https://community.artic.network/t/cost-per-sample/90/3 "2020-04-06T15:36:35Z")

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Thank you, Josh. I have been doing my budgets wrong…  
Think I’ll have to contact ONT.