Cord Blood Banking Guide and Provider Comparison
SaveCord helps expecting parents understand cord blood banking, compare private cord blood banks, estimate storage costs, and learn how umbilical cord blood stem cells may be used in treatment.
What is cord blood?
Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta after birth. It contains stem cells that can develop into healthy blood and immune cells.
Why families consider cord blood banking
Cord blood banking preserves a one-time birth collection that may be a perfect match for the child and may also help compatible siblings or relatives. Cord blood stem cells are used for many blood, immune, and metabolic disorders.
How cord blood banking works
Families enroll during pregnancy, bring a collection kit to the hospital, collect cord blood after delivery, and store the processed sample in monitored long-term storage.
Cord blood banking cost
Private cord blood banking commonly includes a collection and processing fee plus annual storage. SaveCord compares estimated provider costs across one-year, five-year, and eighteen-year periods.
Compare cord blood banks worldwide
Compare providers by country, processing fee, annual storage fee, accreditations, customer ratings, and years in operation. Listed providers include CBR, ViaCord, Americord, Cryo-Cell International, iCORD, Medipost, Life Line Korea, FamiCord Group, and Vita 34.
Find a cord blood bank match
SaveCord includes a provider matching quiz that filters cord blood banks by location, budget, and family priorities.