UK Biobank Tier 3 (adds imaging and sequence data) against Tier 1 (questionnaires, measurements, linked health data), first three years
£3,000 and £9,000
ratio of three-year access fee, Tier 3 to Tier 1, UK
“Tier 1 Questionnaire and physical measurements Health outcome phenotypes Linked health data Web-based questionnaires £3,000...Tier 3 Everything from Tier 2, plus: Imaging data (currently available under Tier 2 fees for a limited period) Other large-scale assay data Whole genome sequence data Whole exome sequence data £9,000”
UK Biobank, Fees (read from an Internet Archive copy, 2025; fees exclude VAT), 2025-01
- Kind of source
- Vendor's published price
- Read on
- 2026-11-06
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- What to know
- Fees are cost-recovery, so the ratio shows how the biobank prices breadth and richness of data, not market value; Tier 2 (£6,000) sits at twice Tier 1.
- Arithmetic
- £9,000 / £3,000 = 3.