Pricing Schedule
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The FY 2009 pricing schedule for Background Investigations can be viewed on the OPM Circular “Federal Investigations Notice -- No. 08-04 -- on Billing Rates (PDF, 7 Pages).” The FY2009 Special Agreement Price Schedule – Notice No. 08-05 – is posted at the OPM website here: http://www.opm.gov/extra/investigate/FIN08-05.pdf. Costs for the six most commonly ordered investigations at NIH are also listed in the table below.
Level of Investigation Required |
Standard Rate |
Priority Rate |
NACI (National Agency Check and Inquiries/Level 1 Non Sensitive) |
$121 | n/a |
ANACI (National Security/Level 2 Confidential) |
$252 |
$296 |
SSBI (National Security/Level 3 & 4/Top Secret) |
$3888 |
$4271 |
MBI (Public Trust/Level 5b/Moderate Risk) |
$591 |
$673 |
LBI (Public Trust/Level 5c/High Risk) |
$2578 |
$2988 |
BI (Public Trust/Level 6/High Risk) |
$3096 |
$3670 |
