Price guide
What card grading actually costs
The number on a rate card is not what you pay. Here is every tier side by side, and the four costs that land on top of it.
Last updated October 23, 2026
PSA's cheapest services are paused for now; Standard is the cheapest one open. Beckett's Base and Standard are paused for now; Express is the only one open.
Every tier, side by side
Sorted cheapest first within each company. The ceiling is the highest a card may be worth before the tier refuses it, and the minimum is how many cards the company requires in one submission at that price.
PSA
- Standard$59.99
- Ceiling
- $1,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 100 days
- Priority$79.99
- Ceiling
- $1,500
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 80 days
- Express$199.00
- Ceiling
- $2,500
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 30 days
- Super Express$349.00
- Ceiling
- $5,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 15 days
- Premier$599.00
- Ceiling
- $10,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 10 days
- Premium 1$999.00
- Ceiling
- $25,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 7 days
BGS
- BaseFrom formPaused$17.95
- Ceiling
- none published
- Min cards
- 1
- Turnaround
- 75 days
- StandardFrom formPaused$34.95
- Ceiling
- none published
- Min cards
- 1
- Turnaround
- 45 days
- ExpressFrom form$79.95
- Ceiling
- none published
- Min cards
- 1
- Turnaround
- 15 days
CGC
- Bulk$17.00
- Ceiling
- $500
- Min cards
- 25
- Turnaround
- 150 days
- Economy$20.00
- Ceiling
- $1,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 90 days
- Standard$55.00
- Ceiling
- $3,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 10 days
- Express$100.00
- Ceiling
- $10,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 5 days
- WalkThrough$300.00
- Ceiling
- $100,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 2 days
SGC
- Standard$50.00
- Ceiling
- $1,500
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 40 days
- Standard to $3,500$85.00
- Ceiling
- $3,500
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 40 days
- Expedited to $3,500$150.00
- Ceiling
- $3,500
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 3 days
- Expedited to $7,500$250.00
- Ceiling
- $7,500
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 3 days
- Expedited to $20,000$500.00
- Ceiling
- $20,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 3 days
- Expedited to $50,000$1,000.00
- Ceiling
- $50,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 3 days
- Expedited to $100,000$2,000.00
- Ceiling
- $100,000
- Min cards
- none published
- Turnaround
- 3 days
Four extra costs on top of the grading price
The prices above are only what the company charges to grade the card. You also pay to mail your cards in, to get them mailed back, for the sleeves and holders that protect them, and the fees when you sell the graded card (the slabA slab is the sealed plastic case a grading company puts a card in, with the grade on a label at the top.). Here is roughly what each one costs.
- Postage to the grader
- about $20.00 per package
- Charged per package, not per card. This single fact is why sending one card is the most expensive way to grade anything, and why the planner exists.
- Return postage
- about $15.00 plus 1% of value
- The insured portion scales with what is inside, so a box of expensive cards costs more to send home than a box of cheap ones.
- Supplies
- about $1.25 per card
- Sleeves, semi rigid holders, team bags and a box. Small per card and easy to forget, and it is the cost people are most surprised by.
- Selling fees
- about 13.25% plus $0.40
- Plus roughly $6.00 to ship the slab to whoever buys it. A grade is only worth what you keep after selling it.
What that adds up to
The same arithmetic the calculator runs, on a card worth about $300 once slabbed, at three batch sizes. Nothing changes between these rows except how many cards share the postage.
- PSA Prioritysticker $79.99
- 1 card
- $119.24
- 10 cards
- $87.74
- 20 cards
- $85.99
- SGC Standardsticker $50.00
- 1 card
- $89.25
- 10 cards
- $57.75
- 20 cards
- $56.00
- CGC Bulksticker $17.00
- 1 card
- $56.25under min
- 10 cards
- $24.75under min
- 20 cards
- $23.00under min
- BGS Expresssticker $79.95
- 1 card
- $119.20
- 10 cards
- $87.70
- 20 cards
- $85.95
A struck through figure means that company will not accept a submission that small at that price, however appealing the number looks.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure on this page comes from the same price list the calculator uses, so the two always agree. Postage and supply figures are typical rather than quoted: yours will differ by where you live and what you buy, and the calculator lets you change all of them.
Rates were last checked on October 23, 2026, and which services are paused on October 5, 2026. Grading companies change tier prices, ceilings and minimums with no notice, so every company's own price page is checked every week, and the date above only moves when every price on this page was found there again. Still, check the company rate card before you post anything. If you spot one that has moved, tell us and it will be fixed.
Run it on your own card
These are averages. Your card has a specific value, a specific condition and a specific batch size, and all three move the answer.
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