FIPPA utilizes a “user pay” principle whereby the requester must bear some of the costs incurred by the hospital in processing the request. This includes a nominal initial application fee of $5.00 and a number of specified processing fees. For example, the fee for record searching is $7.50 per 15 minutes. There are also a number of other fees related to processing a FIPPA request, such as photocopying or the production of computer discs. Hospitals are required to provide a fee estimate for requests where processing costs are expected to be greater than $25. For fee estimates of over $100, hospitals may request a deposit of 50% of the fee estimate before taking any further steps to process the request.