Public and Private Cord Blood Banking Options in New York for Parents

Last Updated on December 21, 2020

Public and Private Cord Blood Banking in New York – Looking to Bank Cord Blood? The sortable list below includes all public and private cord blood banks in the United States. Here, you will learn more about cord blood, cord blood banking, therapeutic uses and benefits.

Public and Private Cord Blood Banking Options in New York

• Public Banks: Public cord blood banking supports the health of the community. Public banks collect qualifying cord blood donations from healthy pregnancies and save them in case one of them will be the match to save the life of a patient who needs a stem cell transplant. Patients who have a rare genetic type are more likely to receive cord blood transplants. In order for parents to donate cord blood to a public bank, their baby must be born at a hospital that accepts donations. Public cord blood banking is highly recommended by both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Medical Association (AMA).
• Private Banks: Private cord blood banks store cord blood for personal use by the family. People with a family history of diseases that can be treated with stem cell transplants sometimes consider this option. Less commonly, people choose to privately bank their newborn’s cord blood on the off chance that someday their child or a sick family member could be treated with it.

Top Cord Blood Banking Providers

Name	Type of Bank	City/State	Website
AlphaCord	Private	Atlanta, GA	alphacord.com
Americord	Private	New York, NY	americordblood.com
Assure Immune	Private	Miami, FL	assureimmune.com
CariCord	Private	Aurora, CO	caricord.com
CorCell	Private	Helm Drive, NV	corcell.com
Cord Blood Registry	Private	San Bruno, CA	CordBlood.com
Cord Blood Solutions	Private	Montvale, NJ	cordbloodsolutions.com
Core23 BioBank	Private	Springfield, MO	core23biobank.com
Cryo-Cell International	Private	Oldsmar, FL	cryo-cell.com
Cryopoint: Biorepository	Private	Brownsburg, IN	cryopointllc.com
Evercord TM (A Natera Brand)	Private	Seattle WA	evercord.com
Family Cord	Private	Los Angeles, CA	familycord.com
Family Link	Private	Louisville, KY	nortonhealthcare.com
GeneCell International	Private	Doral, FL	genecell.com
Genecord	Private	Augusta, GA	genecord.com
LifebankUSA	Private	Cedar Knolls, NJ	lifebankusa.com
Lifeforce Cryobanks (Cord for Life SM )	Private	Altamonte Springs, FL	cordforlife.com
Maze Cord Blood	Private	Purchase NY	mazecordblood.com
MiracleCord	Private	Chicago, IL	miraclecord.com
New England Cord	Private	Marlborough, MA	cordbloodbank.com
PacifiCord	Private	Irvine, CA	pacificord.com
Safetycord	Private	Montvale, NJ	safetycord.com
Stem Cell Cryobank	Private	Boynton Beach, FL	stemcellcryobank.com
Stork Medical	Private	Montvale, NJ	stork.md
New York Stem Cell	Private	Houston, TX	New Yorkstemcell.com
ViaCord	Private	Waltham, MA	viacord.com
Xytex	Private	Augusta, GA	xytextissues.com
BloodworksNW	Public	Seattle, Washington	bloodworksnw.org
California’s Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program	Public	California, CA	ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/cordblood
Carolinas Cord Blood Bank	Public	Durham, NC	ccbb.duke.edu
CHOC Cord Blood Bank	Public	Orange, CA	choc.org
Cleveland Cord Blood Center	Public	Cleveland, Ohio	clevelandcordblood.org
ClinImmune: University of Colorado Cord Blood Bank	Public	Aurora, CO	clinimmune.com
Gencure: Texas Cord Blood Bank	Public	San Antonio, TX	gencure.org
Gift of Life	Public	Boca Raton, FL	giftoflife.org
ITxM: The Institute For Transfusion Medicine	Public	Rosemont, IL	givecord.org
J.P. McCarthy Cord Stem Cell Bank	Public	Rochester Hills, MI	karmanos.org
Life Line Stem Cell	Public	New Haven, IN	lifelinestemcell.org
LifeCord Life South	Public	Gainesville, FL	lifecord.org
MD Anderson Cord Blood Bank	Public	Houston, TX	mdanderson.org
Michigan Blood	Public	Grand Rapids, MI	miblood.org
New Jersey Cord Blood Bank	Public	Paramus, NJ	communitybloodservices.org
NY Blood Center: National Cord Blood	Public	Long Island City, NY	nationalcordbloodprogram.org
Oklahoma Blood Institute	Public	Oklahoma City, OK	obi.org
San Diego Cord Blood Bank	Public	San Diego, CA	sandiegobloodbank.org
Saneron CCEL	Public	Tampa, FL	saneron-ccel.com
St. Louis Cord Blood Bank	Public	Park Avenue, St. Louis	slcbb.org
StemCyte	Public	Baldwin Park, CA	stemcyte.com
University of Iowa Cord Blood Bank	Public	North Liberty, IA	uihealthcare.org
Upstate Cord Blood Bank	Public	Syracuse, NY	upstatecordbloodbank.com

Comparing Public and Private Cord Blood Banking in New York

	Private Banking	Public Banking
Intended Use	Preserved for the child or other family members to treat nearly 80 diseases such as leukemia and lymphoma. Also immediately available for clinical trials treating conditions like autism or cerebral palsy	Donated for a family in need to treat one of nearly 80 diseases or to further cord blood research. Not always accessible for clinical trials.
Rights	A family that privately banks has full rights and immediate access to treat nearly 80 diseases or in more than 200 ongoing clinical trials	A family that donates gives up rights and access. The baby’s cord blood is sold to a family in need and who is granted full rights for use in treatments or certain clinical trials.
Collecting	Cord blood can be collected nearly anywhere with no harm to mother or child.	Cord blood can be collected at many participating locations, with no harm to mother or child.
Cost to Preserve	Various options from which to choose including payment plans starting at $69 a month for a two-year term.	Free.
Compatibility	Higher match. A perfect match for baby and a 75% chance of being a partial match for siblings, reducing risk of post-transplant graft-versus-host disease (GVHD).	Suitable match. Public recipients will need to be a suitable match for transplant. GVHD is estimated to occur in 60%–80% of transplants where the donor and recipient are not related.
Cost to Retrieve	Free.	It is approx. $45,000 to purchase from a public bank.

How Does Cord Blood Banking Work?

While banking cord blood is a new experience for many parents, it is simple. After all, most mothers worry about how labor will turn out, and they also don’t want to worry about the details of collecting, processing, and cryopreserving their baby’s umbilical cord blood. Fortunately, the healthcare professional and the cord blood bank do most of the work. Here are the steps followed in cord blood banking:

• The cord blood bank sends you a collection kit. Kits are stored at room temperature.
• The cord blood collection kit goes with the expectant parents to the delivery center.
• Upon admission, the mother’s blood is collected to be tested for any infectious diseases as mandated by federal regulations.
• Upon birth but before the placenta is delivered, the healthcare provider will clamp and cut the umbilical cord as normal.
• Remaining in the umbilical cord and placenta is approx. 40–120 milliliters of cord blood. The healthcare provider will extract the cord blood from the umbilical cord at no risk or harm to the baby or mother.
• The collection bag with the baby’s cord blood and the vials with the mother’s blood are placed back inside the collection kit.
• Parents call a toll-free number on the collection kit to have a medical courier—any time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week—arrange for its transportation to the cord blood bank. (When the medical courier delivers the cord blood collection kit to the cord blood bank, it is quickly processed to ensure the continued viability of the stem cells and immune system cells found in the cord blood).

Many doctors and researchers support the preservation of umbilical cord blood, mainly because of the promise that stem cell research holds for the future. Most of us would have little use for stem cells now, but research into using them to treat diseases continues and the future looks promising. If you’d like to donate your child’s umbilical cord blood, talk to your obstetrician or midwife or contact the hospital or maternity ward where your baby will be born. It’s best to start the process early in your second trimester so that you have enough time to register for this service.