This information is for making payments to the CDC. For NIH payments, please use the NIH Payment Center.

ATTENTION CDC LICENSEES: Checks will no longer be accepted after September 30, 2024.

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT to reference the appropriate OTT license agreement number (L-XXX-XX-X) on all payments. This will ensure prompt and accurate credit of your royalty payment to your license agreement. Also include information with your payment stating how the payment should be applied. For example: 2025 Minimum Annual Royalty, Execution Fee, Earned Royalties for (MM/DD/YYY to MM/DD/YYYY).

Credit and Debit Payments through U.S. banks only

The CDC now accepts DEBIT or CREDIT CARD payments for royalties. Go to the U.S. Treasury website located at: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1462368250. Transactions are limited to $24,999. You may not split payments using the same credit card if the total will be over the limit, even if partial payments are made on different days. However, you can use a different credit card for each partial payment. There is no transaction limit on the use of Debit Cards, except for the funds available in your account.

Credit and Debit Cards Accepted by Pay.gov

• American Express
• Discover and cards showing Discover Logo including
  • JCB
  • Union Pay
  • Some Diners Club cards
• MasterCard
• Visa
• Debit Cards showing the MasterCard or Visa logo

Pay.gov can be used to make secure electronic payments to Federal
Government Agencies and is the preferred method of payment for CDC.
 

Electronic Funds Wire Transfers

The following instructions pertain to the Fedwire Network: Deposits made in U.S. Dollars (USD).

Drawn on a foreign bank account via FEDWIRE: 

Should your remitter utilize a correspondent U.S. domestic bank in transferring electronic funds, the following Fedwire instructions are applicable.

Agency Contacts

Office of Technology Transfer (OTT); OTT-Royalties@mail.nih.gov

Automated Clearing House (ACH):

The CDC encourages its licensees to submit electronic funds transfer payments through the Automated Clearing House (ACH). ACH payments can be submitted by two methods: Pay.gov (for U.S. banks only) or standard ACH payment (U.S. and International banks accepted).

• Pay.gov ACH payments can be submitted for U.S. banks only. Submit your ACH payment through the U.S. Treasury website located at https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/1462368250.
• Standard ACH credits can be submitted for payments up to $99,999,999 for U.S. and International banks. Please provide the following instructions to your Financial Institution for the remittance of Automated Clearing House (ACH) credits to the United States Department of Health of Human Services – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Drawn on a U.S. and international bank account via Standard ACH: