The Kazan State Academy of Veterinary Medicine named after N.E. Bauman has accumulated extensive experience in developing basic cost standards for the provision of public services in veterinary medicine. In the article, the authors present the results of work on the development of basic cost standards for the provision of public services by regional laboratory and diagnostic institutions of the state veterinary services of the Kaliningrad, Lipetsk, Ryazan regions and the Republic of Adygea. The need to establish cost standards is dictated by the need to form a state task for institutions in order to justify the amount of budget financing of their core activities. When developing standards, the requirements of the federal and regional regulatory framework defining the procedure for financial provision of public services by budgetary veterinary institutions of these subjects of the Russian Federation are taken into account. The developed basic cost standards have been adopted by customers - regional executive authorities in the field of veterinary medicine.