Grading Open Doors and Fees: September 15, 2026 Snapshot
Dated Sep 15, 2026 snapshot of PSA, CGC, TAG, Beckett, and SGC open doors: live primary fees, pause states, and where checkout is blocked or unverified.
By Jamie Budesky · Editor, Card Grading News ·
This is a dated open-doors fee matrix, not a rehash of PSA Standard's launch alone. Prices and pause states below were opened on September 15, 2026 from each company's own domain (or explicitly marked unverified when the primary page would not yield a fee table). Fees change; re-check the linked primary before you pay or ship.
Company-at-a-glance (opened Sep 15, 2026)
Company | Open-door summary | Pause / outage | Primary checked |
|---|---|---|---|
PSA | Standard $59.99 and faster tiers listed with Get Started | Value Bulk and Value currently unavailable | psacard.com/services/tradingcardgrading |
CGC | U.S. Bulk $17 through WalkThrough/Unlimited Value published | No pause banner on fees page this run | cgccards.com fees (services-fees/cgc-grading) |
TAG | Priority $149 and Walkthrough $299 available in catalog | REGULAR TIERS PAUSED; Basic/Standard/Express variants unavailable | taggrading.com pricing + products.json |
Beckett | No new online submissions until platforms restored | Websites/app on S3 maintenance since Sep 9, 7pm CT | beckett.com -> S3 maintenance |
SGC | No live fee table extracted this run | n/a (page not extractable / displaced) | gosgc.com/pages/pricing (browser_needed) |
PSA: Value paused, Standard and faster tiers listed
Primary: PSA trading card grading services (opened Sep 15, 2026).
PSA's page still banners Value Services Are Temporarily Paused. Value Bulk (max insured $500) and Value (max insured $500) show Currently Unavailable. Lower on the same page, these tiers list prices with Get Started:
Tier | Fee / card | Max insured value | Est. turnaround (business days) |
|---|---|---|---|
Standard | $59.99 | $1,000 | 90 - 100 |
Priority | $79.99 | $1,500 | 70 - 80 |
Express | $199.00 | $2,500 | 20 - 30 |
Super Express | $349.00 | $5,000 | 10 - 15 |
Premier | $599.00 | $10,000 | 7 - 10 |
Premium 1 | $999.00 | $25,000 or less | 5 - 7 |
Premium 2 | $1,999.00 | $50,000 or less | 5 - 7 |
Premium 3 | $2,999.00 | $100,000 or less | 5 - 7 |
Premium 5 | $4,999.00 | $250,000 or less | 5 - 7 |
Premium 10 | $9,999.00+ | $250,001 or higher (see PSA notes) | 5 - 7 |
Decision rule: If you need the cheapest PSA online door today, Standard at $59.99 is the published entry that shows Get Started while Value remains unavailable. Confirm checkout on PSA's own flow before packing a box. Related CGN: PSA Standard now live at checkout (Sep 14 verify) and PSA Standard service September 2026.
CGC: U.S. fee chart still publishing full tier ladder
Primary: CGC Cards services and fees (opened Sep 15, 2026; /fees/ redirects here).
CGC states turnaround times are estimates in working days and are not guaranteed. Associate/Premium members save 10% on grading; Elite saves 20% (per the same page). Direct U.S. CGC Grading tiers shown:
Tier | Fee / card (USD) | Max value / card (USD) | Current turnaround (working days) |
|---|---|---|---|
Bulk (25-card minimum) | $17 | $500 | 150 |
Economy | $20 | $1,000 | 90 |
Standard | $55 | $3,000 | 10 |
Express | $100 | $10,000 | 5 |
WalkThrough | $300 | $100,000 | 2 |
Unlimited Value | $300 + 1% FMV | Unlimited | 2 |
Jumbo Card | $20 | Unlimited | 120 |
Decision rule: CGC's published door is open across Bulk through Unlimited Value on the fees page this run (no pause banner found). Long Bulk/Economy estimates still matter for planning. Related CGN: CGC Bulk 150 working days.
TAG: regular tiers paused; Priority and Walkthrough available
Primaries: TAG pricing page (banner: REGULAR TIERS PAUSED / LIMITED PRIORITY GRADING AVAILABLE) and taggrading.com/products.json (opened Sep 15, 2026).
Catalog title | Listed price (USD) | Variant availability this run |
|---|---|---|
GRADING | PRIORITY | $149.00 | Available (wrap options) |
GRADING | WALKTHROUGH | $299.00 | Available (wrap options) |
GRADING | EXPRESS | $79.00 | Unavailable |
GRADING | STANDARD | $39.00-$43.99 | Unavailable |
GRADING | BASIC | $22.00-$36.98 | Unavailable |
TAG's backlog tracker page still discusses capacity load near 101% of monthly processing capacity in its published update text (backlog tracker). Treat that as TAG's stated load context, not a new drop announcement.
Decision rule: If TAG is your target, do not plan Basic/Standard/Express mail-ins while those catalog variants show unavailable. Priority and Walkthrough are the open paid doors reflected in products.json today. Related CGN: TAG backlog 101% update and TAG limited drop / TAG Score.
Beckett: digital outage blocks online doors
Primary: beckett.com still redirects to beckett-maintenance-page.s3.amazonaws.com (opened Sep 15, 2026). Beckett says websites and the mobile app have been offline since 7:00 p.m. CT on September 9 for infrastructure work, and that it is not accepting any new submissions at Beckett.com or other Beckett sites until platforms are restored.
We are not publishing Beckett Base/Standard/Express fee numbers in this matrix because the live fee/availability HTML is not reachable behind the outage interstitial. Show drop-offs Beckett names and existing in-house orders continue per the notice. Day-of Sep 15 estimate coverage: Beckett Sep 15 reopen estimate vs outage. Prior outage explainer: Beckett digital platforms offline.
Decision rule: Beckett's online door is closed until the maintenance page is gone. Do not invent a restore date or mail "hoping" Base/Standard returned on Sep 15.
SGC: fees not extractable this run
Primary attempted: gosgc.com/pages/pricing. Curl returns a short SPA shell without a fee table. Headless Chrome DOM for that path showed a displaced/empty message without dollar amounts. Per CGN sourcing rules we drop SGC price and open-door claims for this snapshot rather than reuse an older article. Marked browser_needed for a future human or interactive session. Prior CGN SGC context (not today's live primary): SGC Standard $50 September 2026.
How to use this snapshot
Match the door to the constraint you actually have: budget (PSA Standard / CGC Bulk-Economy / TAG only if Priority fits), speed (CGC Express/WalkThrough, PSA Express+, TAG Walkthrough), or Beckett-only brand preference (wait for restore or confirm a live show drop-off).
Never treat a published fee as a guaranteed turnaround. PSA, CGC, and TAG all frame times as estimates. Declared-value caps and member discounts change the real invoice.
For prep workflow across graders, CardGrade.io remains an advertiser resource: Beckett grading guide and PSA cost context on CardGrade should be cross-checked against the PSA primary above, not the other way around.
The bottom line
As of September 15, 2026, the clearest online doors with extractable primary prices are PSA (Standard $59.99+; Value paused), CGC (full U.S. ladder published), and TAG (Priority $149 / Walkthrough $299 while regular tiers stay paused). Beckett online remains blocked by maintenance. SGC fees were not verifiable from gosgc.com this run. Re-open each primary before you ship.
Frequently asked questions
Is PSA Value still closed on September 15?
Yes on the services page we opened: Value Services Are Temporarily Paused, with Value Bulk and Value marked Currently Unavailable.
What is the cheapest PSA tier showing Get Started today?
Standard at $59.99 per card (max insured $1,000; 90-100 business day estimate) is the lowest priced tier we saw listed with Get Started under the Value pause banner.
Are TAG Basic and Standard open?
Not in products.json this run: GRADING | BASIC, STANDARD, and EXPRESS variants showed available=false while PRIORITY and WALKTHROUGH showed available=true. The pricing page still banners regular tiers paused.
Can I submit to Beckett online today?
Beckett's maintenance notice says it is not accepting any new submissions at Beckett.com or other Beckett sites until digital platforms are restored.
Why is SGC missing prices here?
Because we could not extract a live fee table from gosgc.com this run. We omit unverified SGC figures rather than invent them.
Sources
PSA: Trading card grading services (Sep 15, 2026).
CGC: Services and fees (Sep 15, 2026).
TAG: Pricing; products.json; backlog tracker (Sep 15, 2026).
Beckett: Maintenance notice via beckett.com (Sep 15, 2026).
SGC attempted: gosgc.com/pages/pricing (not extractable this run).
Related CGN: PSA Standard live; Beckett Sep 15 vs outage; Beckett outage; TAG backlog; CGC Bulk TAT; August grading volume.
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