#  What is the "F and A add-on" charge on my invoice? 

 



Users from all external labs are charged an additional Facilities and Administration Fee (F&A Fee) which goes to HMS to cover a portion of the facilities and administration costs for the CMI space. We include this add-on fee in our [published rates](/fees) for external users, however PPMS invoicing separates this out from the base rate.

- Academic Users are considered External if:
    - their lab's grants are managed by *any institution other than Harvard University.*
    - their lab will NOT be paying with a Harvard 33-digit billing code.
    - their lab is located at a affiliated Hospital (including BWH, Children's Hospital, Beth Isreal, DFCI, MGH) or other academic institution.
- All commercial labs are External, and are charged F&A and an additional Commerical add-on charge.



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Billing ](/cmi-terms/billing)