What lab testing costs at HealifyMD

Our lab tests at a glance

Most people start with the Comprehensive Lab Panel, a blood test that gives a clinician a broad view of your health: markers such as blood counts, metabolic function, blood sugar, lipids and hormones relevant to your situation. A licensed clinician reviews the results with you.

Specialty tests answer narrower questions and aren't needed by most people. Your clinician can help you decide whether one is worth the cost before you buy it.

• Comprehensive Lab Panel: $199
• Male Fertility Test: $299
• DUTCH Test (dried urine hormone panel): $449
• Methylation Health Panel: $549
• Gut Biome Analysis: $625
• GI Effects + Microbiomix: $1,095
• Galleri Multi-Cancer Early Detection Test: $1,095
• Continuous Glucose Monitor: $189 (one 14-day sensor, clinician visit included)

Why labs are priced separately

We keep lab prices separate from treatment prices so you can see exactly what you're paying for. Not everyone needs the same tests, and some people already have recent results from their own doctor that a clinician can review instead.

Some treatments do require testing. Testosterone therapy, for example, calls for two early-morning testosterone measurements on separate days and a baseline blood count before starting, and periodic monitoring afterward. Your clinician will tell you which tests you need and how often, so you can budget ahead.

Sample budgets

Here's how the numbers add up in a few common situations, using list prices. Your actual testing depends on your results and your clinician's recommendations.

• One baseline panel before starting a treatment: $199
• Baseline panel plus one follow-up panel in the same year: $398
• Baseline panel plus a DUTCH test: $648
• Baseline panel plus a Male Fertility Test before testosterone therapy: $498

Specialty tests: what they are and aren't

The DUTCH test measures hormones and their breakdown products in dried urine. It isn't required to start menopause or testosterone therapy, and mainstream guidelines rely on symptoms and blood tests. It may be useful when you and your clinician have a specific question it can help answer.

The gut and methylation panels describe your microbiome or genetic and nutrient pathways. They can be interesting, but research linking many of their findings to specific treatment decisions is still developing.

The Galleri test looks for signals shared by many cancers in a blood sample. Its regulatory status has been changing, as GRAIL has sought FDA premarket approval, so ask your clinician where it stands when you order. Either way, it can miss cancers, it can return false alarms that lead to further testing, and it does not replace recommended screenings such as colonoscopy, mammography or cervical screening.

When insurance may be cheaper

Under the Affordable Care Act, many preventive services, including certain screening tests, are generally covered at no cost when you use an in-network provider, although coverage varies and $0 isn't guaranteed in every case. If you're due for routine screening such as cholesterol or diabetes checks, ask your primary care clinician first.

Tests ordered to investigate symptoms are often covered too, subject to your deductible and coinsurance. If you've already met your deductible, insurance may cost you less than our self-pay price. Broad wellness panels and specialty tests like DUTCH, microbiome or methylation panels are the least likely to be covered.

HSA and FSA

IRS guidance says lab fees that are part of medical care can be counted as medical expenses, so many lab tests can be paid with HSA or FSA funds. Your plan administrator decides what qualifies under your plan, especially for wellness-oriented testing. Ask before you buy and keep your receipt.

Preparing so you don't pay twice

A repeat draw because of a preventable error is money wasted. Follow any fasting instructions you're given, stay hydrated, and avoid hard exercise the day before unless told otherwise. If you take biotin supplements, ask whether to pause them, since high doses can interfere with some lab assays.

For hormone tests, timing matters. Testosterone is normally drawn in the morning, and for women who still have cycles, your clinician may ask you to test on a particular day.

Getting the most from what you spend

Ask your clinician what question a test is meant to answer before ordering it. Prepare properly, since fasting, timing and recent exercise can change results, and testosterone is normally drawn in the morning when levels are highest. And share recent results you already have; there's no reason to pay twice for the same information.