Custom Data Requests and Clinical Data Services

The SC CTSI offers comprehensive services that enable access to and analysis of patient data from the electronic medical records of Keck Medicine of USC, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. We also provide de-identified access to multi-institutional datasets through federated research networks, including:

• TriNetX, a global health research network offering real-time access to clinical data from millions of patients to support cohort discovery, clinical trial feasibility, and evidence generation;

• All of Us, a national research initiative gathering health data from one million diverse participants to advance precision medicine and equitable healthcare;

• LADR (Los Angeles Data Resource), a regional network that connects clinical data across major academic institutions in Southern California to support collaborative research and local population health insights.

For more information or to request any of the services mentioned above, please email cri@usc.edu.

SC CTSI Pricing
(for CHLA Data Request pricing please contact cri@usc.edu)

**Rate includes salary & fringe

Pricing & Billing Notes

• The rates shown are blended rates for SC CTSI services and reflect the combined cost of personnel, expertise, and operational support required to provide the service.
• The rates shown include all applicable salary and fringe benefit costs.
• Services are billed as “Other Materials and Supplies (SC0243)” through the USC Priority Software FBS platform monthly.
• Non-industry rates apply to academic, government, foundation, and non-profit funded research projects and are partially subsidized by SC CTSI.
• Industry rates apply to research funded or sponsored by commercial, for-profit organizations, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.
• Annual effort-based rates represent 100% effort; costs are prorated based on the level of effort requested and the project duration.
• Organizations outside of USC and CHLA are subject to an additional 30.5% indirect cost (overhead) rate on professional service agreements.

• For grant-funded projects, investigators are encouraged to engage the DS Team during proposal development to ensure adequate resources are budgeted for community engagement activities.

   

Discount Categories: Eligibility for discounted services is determined by the CRI Consultant. Investigators may qualify for free consultation hours through one or more of the categories below based on their role in the associated IRB protocol, funded award, or project. However, the maximum number of free consultation hours available per investigator across all projects per fiscal year is 9 hours, inclusive of initial consultation hours.

• Initial Consultation (up to 1 hour per project): Free for projects based at USC, CHLA, and affiliated SC CTSI institutions.
• SC CTSI Pilot Funding Awardees (up to 2 hours per fiscal year): Investigators with an active SC CTSI Pilot Funding award may receive up to 2 hours of support for activities related to the funded project.
• Junior Investigators (up to 9 hours per fiscal year): Junior investigators, as defined by NIH policy and listed on the approved IRB protocol as an Investigator or Co-Investigator, may receive up to 3 hours of support per unique IRB protocol, with a combined maximum of 9 hours across all protocols per fiscal year.
• K Awardees (up to 15 hours per fiscal year): Investigators with an active K award may receive up to 15 hours of support per fiscal year for their K award project based at USC, CHLA, and affiliated SC CTSI institutions.
• Extramural Grant Planning (up to 3 hours per fiscal year): Investigators preparing an extramural grant application may receive up to 3 hours of support for grant planning and proposal development. To qualify, the proposal must be submitted within six months and include at least 5% budgeted effort for CRI data services.