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Lab tests from storefront places

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12 years 8 months ago #36209 by eklein
Lab tests from storefront places was created by eklein
I finally looked up the local lab test place, it's called Any Lab Test Now. The cost for a CBC is $49 and they don't have a stand alone platelet count available. So while it would save the hassle of a doctor appointment, the cost is a lot more than I would pay after insurance if I went to the doctor. It did not say how long results would take.

If the price was in the 20s I would for sure do this now and then. At $49 I'm not sure. For example I just got a flu shot yesterday and I'm feeling the usual slightly crappy for a couple of days after. I was wondering if my platelets dip after the flu shot and I'd spend $20 to find out but no, not 49.
Erica
And she was!
Diagnosed May 2005, lowest count 8K.
4/22/08: 43K (2nd Rituxan)
10/01/09: 246K, 1/8/10: 111K, 5/21/10: 233K
Latest count: 7/27/2015: 194K

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12 years 7 months ago #36233 by openhanded
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I would say $49 is too much to pay for a CBC. I'm uninsured, and the place I go to get CBCs only costs me $20, and they fax my results to my hematologist. I would keep looking/calling around other places. Personally, I wouldn't pay that much.
Diagnosed: August 2013, lowest count 2k.
Treatments: IVIG, Prednisone, transfusions.
Current Count: 233k, 12/23/2013.
Currently: Watching/waiting.

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