HGS Investigations – Professional Service Rates

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· Standard Surveillance (Urban/Suburban): $50/hour + travel/milage

· Rural / Remote Surveillance: $75/hour

· Two-Investigator Surveillance Team: $150/hour

· Night / Weekend / Holiday Surveillance: +$15/hour premium

· Mileage: $0.72 per mile (portal to portal)

· Minimum Assignment: 4-hour minimum per day

· In-Depth Claims Investigation: $95/hour

· Accident Scene / Neighborhood Canvass: $85/hour + mileage and travel

· Fraud or Subrogation Investigation: $95/hour

· Mileage: $0.72 per mile (portal to portal)

· Witness / Claimant Statement (recorded or written): $125 flat rate (local)

· Remote / Telephonic Statement / Zoom: $95 flat rate

· Complex or Multi-party Statement: $150+

· Mileage: $0.73 per mile (portal to portal)

· Comprehensive Background Check: $155 flat rate

· Employment / Tenant / Pre-Litigation Background: $125 flat rate

· Enhanced Intelligence Report (corporate or claimant): $250+

· Investigation Report: $130 flat rate

· Daily monitoring: $125 (includes up to 3 accounts/summary report/one hour daily)

· Standard Document Delivery / Pickup: $85 flat rate (local, within 25 miles)

· Rush / Same-Day Delivery: $125

· Statewide Courier / Retrieval: quoted by distance

· Mileage: $0.72 per mile (portal to portal)

· Basic Locate (skip trace): $125 flat rate

· Comprehensive Locate with Verification: $175

· Asset Check (vehicles, property, liens, businesses): $250+

Comprehensive Financial & Asset Report: $450+ 

· Corporate Due Diligence / Competitor Profiling: $300+

· Cyber / OSINT Intelligence Report: $250+

· Technical Counter-Surveillance (TSCM Sweep): $125/hour (2-hour minimum)

· Threat Assessment Report: $200 (executive or corporate)

· Mobile Notary (local within 15 miles): $50 flat rate

· Affidavit Preparation & Signing: $65 flat rate + travel ($35/hour)

· Affidavit on Scene (assistance with filling out the affidavit): $95/hour

· Mileage: $0.72 per mile (portal to portal)

· Report Preparation / Evidence Compilation: $65/hour

· Court Appearance / Testimony: $95/hour (portal to portal)

· Consultation / Case Review: $75/hour

· Mileage: $0.72 per mile (portal to portal)

· Background Checks: $65

· Computer/Cyber Investigation: $75/hour

· Mobile Notary Fees: $40/hour + $.072 milage (within 15 miles) 

· Locate/Missing Persons: $75/hour

· Welfare Check: $50 + $.072 milage

· Security Assessment (home/office): $100/hour

· Counter-Surveillance Bug Sweep: $85/hour + $.072 milage

· Executive Protection: $150/hour (minimum 2 hours)

· All services are billed with a 4-hour minimum for surveillance assignments.

· Retainers required for new clients or large-scale cases.

· Rush, after-hours, or holiday services subject to premium rates.

· Payment Methods: Credit card, ACH, or law firm billing account.