Description
Return tube-month storage fee after minimum and discount.
Biobank quantity and time budgets use explicit parent/aliquot, dead-volume, clock and billing conventions. A remainder, delay envelope or fee term can reconcile supplied records without establishing specimen stability, safe use or actual contractual rights.
Return tube-month storage fee after minimum and discount.
When to use this tool
Use Biobank Storage Fee Tube Month Term when checking the stated biobank volume, timing, precision or fee convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter tubeMonths, monthlyRate, minimumFee, discount. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read gross, payable. Use the output convention below.
Return tube-month storage fee after minimum and discount. Require nonnegative tubeMonths, monthlyRate, minimumFee and discount; gross = max(minimumFee,tubeMonths*rate), payable = gross-discount.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| tubeMonths | Tube Months | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| monthlyRate | Monthly Rate | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| minimumFee | Minimum Fee | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| discount | Discount | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| gross | Gross | Required. Finite number. |
| payable | Payable | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"tubeMonths": 120,
"monthlyRate": 2,
"minimumFee": 100,
"discount": 20
},
"output": {
"gross": 240,
"payable": 220
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Payable may be negative; actual contract, tax treatment, currency and reimbursement rights are not determined.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use verified collection/storage records, suitable quality controls and governing billing/permission rules for actual specimen or payment decisions.
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