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1,25-OH Vitamin D
17-Hydroxyprogesterone
17-Ketosteroids, urine
17-KS
17-OH
17-OH Progesterone
25-OH Vitamin D
3-Methylhistidine, urine
5' Nucleotidase
5-HIAA
5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, urine
5'NT
A1AT
A1C
A2AP
ABO/Rh Type
ACE
Acetaminophen, theophylline, and salicylate drug screen
Acetone
Acetylaspartate, urine
Acid fast smear
ACL
ACTH
Activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT)
Activated protein C resistance
Adenovirus antibody
Adenovirus antigen
Adenylosuccinase deficiency, screen
ADNB
Adrenocorticotropic hormone
AFB culture
AFB smear
AFP (maternal quad screen)
AFP (tumor marker)
Alanine, CSF
Alanine, plasma
Albumin
Albumin (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Alcohol screen
Aldolase
Aldosterone
Alk phos (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Alk phos
Alkaline phosphatase
Alkaline phosphatase (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Alpha fetoprotein (maternal quad screen)
Alpha fetoprotein (tumor marker)
Alpha-1-antitrypsin (quantitation)
Alpha-2-antiplasmin
ALT (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
ALT
AMA
Amikacin
Amine drug screen, serum
Amino acid analysis, quantitative, amniotic fluid
Amino acid analysis, quantitative, CSF
Amino acid analysis, quantitative, fluid misc
Amino acid analysis, quantitative, plasma
Amino acid analysis, quantitative, urine
Amino acid analysis, quantitative, vitreous fluid
Amino acid screen, urine
Ammonia
Amylase
Amylase (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Amylase, urine
ANA
Anaerobic culture
Anal prep for pinworm
ANCA
Angiotensin converting enzyme
Antibody screen (blood transfusion service)
Anticardiolipin antibody (IgG and IgM)
Anti-CCP IgG
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide IgG
Anti-deoxyribonuclease B
Anti-DNASE B
Anti-double stranded DNA
Anti-dsDNA antibody
Anti-endomysial IgA
Anti-gastric parietal cell antibody
Anti-GBM (ELISA)
Anti-GBM (western blot)
Antigen detection, HSV
Antigen detection, influenza A and B
Antigen detection, RSV
Antigen detection, VZV
Anti-gliadin antibodies
Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (ELISA)
Anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody (western blot)
Anti-GPC antibody
Anti-Jo-1 antibody
Anti-La antibody
Anti-mitochondrial antibodies
Anti-native DNA antibody
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
Antinuclear antibody (ANA screen on Hep 2)
Anti-parietal cell antibody
Antiphospholipid antibody panel
Antiplasmin
Anti-ribonucleoprotein
Anti-RNP antibody
Anti-Ro antibody
Anti-Scl-70 antibody
Anti-Sm antibody
Anti-SMA
Anti-Smith antibody
Anti-SS-A antibody
Anti-SS-B antibody
Antithrombin III
Anti-thyroid antibodies (Anti-TPO)
Anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA
Anti-tTG
Anti-U1RNP antibody
Anti-Xa activity assay
APCR
APTT
Arbovirus antibody
Arginase activity
Arginine, plasma
Argininosuccinate lyase activity
Argininosuccinate, amniotic fluid
Argininosuccinate, plasma
Arthropod identification
ASMA
AST
AST (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
ATIII
B2 GP1 antibodies
B27 antigen
B2M
Babesia antibody
Babesia: thick and thin smear
Babesiosis serology
Bacterial antigens
Bacterial smear
Barbiturate screen, serum
Bartonella antibody
Basic drug screen
Basic Metabolic Panel (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Basic Metabolic Panel
Basic toxicology screen
Bence Jones protein, serum
Bence Jones protein, urine
Benzodiazepine screen, serum
Beta 2 glycoprotein I autoantibodies
Beta 2 GPI antibodies
Beta 2 microglobulin
Beta hydroxybutyrate
Beta strep screen
Beta transferrin (tau protein)
Bilirubin (Pediatric Microchemistry)
Bilirubin, direct (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Bilirubin, direct and total
Bilirubin, total (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Biopsy - Bone
Biopsy - Bone marrow
Biopsy - Brain
Biopsy - Breast
Biopsy - Cardiac valves
Biopsy - Hepatic
Biopsy - Intestinal
Biopsy - Kidney
Biopsy - Liver
Biopsy - Lung
Biopsy - Lymph node
Biopsy - Muscle
Biopsy - Myocardial
Biopsy - Nerve
Biopsy - Rectal (for Hirschsprung's disease)
Biopsy - Renal
Biopsy - Skin
Biopsy - Testicular
Biopsy for immunofluorescence
Biopsy for immunoperoxidase staining
Biopsy/Aspirate - Bone Marrow
BJ protein, serum (qualitative)
BJ protein, urine (qualitative)
Blastomyces dermatitidis antibody
Blastomycosis serology
Blood culture
Blood culture, special for mycobacteria, fungus
Blood culture, special request for unusual, fastidious organisms, culture negative, endocarditis
Blood gas profile (pO2,pCO2,pH) acute care lab
Blood gas profile (pO2,pCO2, pH) (Pediatric Microchemistry)
Blood glucose
Blood glucose (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Blood glucose
Blood type
Blood urea nitrogen
Blood urea nitrogen (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Body cavity fluids, cytology
Body fluid culture
Bone biopsy
Bone marrow biopsy/aspirate
Bone marrow culture
Bone marrow iron stain
Bone marrow myeloperoxidase stain
Bone marrow non-specific esterase stain
Bone marrow transplant stem cell monitoring for CD34 quantitation or viability T cell subsets or lymphocyte subsets determination
Bone marrow Wright stain
Bordetella pertussis antibody
Borrelia burgdorferi antibody
Brain biopsy
Breast biopsy
Breast cyst aspiration
Breast, smear of discharge
Bronchial brushings cytology
Bronchial wash/lavage cytology
Bronchioalveolar lavage for pneumocystis
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) quantitative culture
Brucella agglutinins
Brucella antibody
Brucellosis serology
Buffy coat preparation
Buffy coats (immunopathology)
BUN
BUN (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
C diff toxin assay
C pneumoniae antibody
C psittaci antibody
C trachomatis antibody
C1 esterase inhibitor protein (quantitative)
C1 esterase inhibitor test (functional)
C3
C4
CA 125
CA 15-3
CA 19-9
Ca, ionized
Ca, serum
Ca, serum (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Ca, urine
Calcitonin
Calcium, ionized
Calcium, serum (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Calcium, serum
Calcium, urine
Calculated bicarbonate (Pediatric Microchemistry)
Carbamazepine
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Carbon monoxide
Carboxyhemoglobin
Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)
Cardiac valves
Carnitine, free and total, serum
Catecholamines, fractionated, plasma
Catecholamines, fractionated, urine
Catheter tip culture
CBC (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
CBC
CBC (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
CCP antibody
CEA
Cell count, CSF
Cell count, Non-CSF
Cell surface markers for hematologic malignancy
Ceruloplasmin
CF mutation analysis
CFX
CH50
Chagas disease serology
Chagas disease, blood examination
Chem 7
Chimerism analysis
Chimerism analysis, additional sample
Chlamydia DFA
Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody
Chlamydia psittaci antibody
Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrheae nucleic acid amplification
Chlamydia trachomatis antibody
Chlamydia trachomatis culture
Chlamydia trachomatis immunofluorescence
Chloride (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Chloride
Chloride, urine or CSF
Cholesterol
Cholesterol (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Chromogenic factor X
Chromogranin A
Chromosome 1p/19q allele loss (anaplastic oligodendroglioma markers)
Chromosome analysis - bone marrow, blood leukemias, myelodysplasia
Chromosome analysis (karotype) - blood lymphocytes
Citrate, urine
Citric acid, urine
Citrulline, plasma
CK
CKMB
Cl
Cl (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Cl, urine of CSF
CLO test
Clomipramine, serum
Clostridium difficile toxin assay
Clot stabilizing factor
CMP (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
CMP
CMV antigen
CMV antigenemia
CMV culture
CMV IgG antibody
CMV IgM antibody
CMV shell vial culture
CO2
CO2 (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Coccidioides immitis antibody
Coccidioidomycosis serology
Cold agglutinins
Colony count, quantitative culture on sterile body fluids
Compatibility test, adults
Compatibility test, neonates
Complement level
Complete blood count
Complete blood count (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Complete blood count (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
Coomb's test
Copper, liver tissue
Cortisol
Cortisol stimulation test
Cortisol, free urinary
Cotinine, urine
Coxiella burnetii antibody
C-peptide
CPK
CPK (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
C-reactive protein
C-reactive protein, high sensitivity
Creatine kinase (CPK)
Creatine kinase, (CPK, CK) (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Creatine kinase, isoenzymes
Creatinine (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Creatinine, serum
Creatinine, urine
CRP
CRP, high sensitivity
Cryocrit
Cryoglobulins
Cryoglobulins (cryocrit only)
Cryoproteins: detection and identification
Cryptococcal antigen
Cryptosporidium (stool, aspirate or tissue biopsy)
Cryptosporidium, stool
Crystals, joint fluid
CsA
CSF albumin
CSF cell count
CSF cytology
CSF electrophoresis and quantitation of IgG and albumin
CSF IgG
CSF oligoclonal banding
CST
Culture, anaerobic
Culture, blood
Culture, body fluid
Culture, bone marrow
Culture, catheter tip
Culture, chlamydia trachomatis
Culture, CMV
Culture, CMV shell vial
Culture, diptheria
Culture, duodenal aspirate
Culture, fungal
Culture, GC
Culture, genital
Culture, gonococcus
Culture, group B streptococcus
Culture, HSV
Culture, legionella
Culture, mycobacterial
Culture, mycoplasma (respiratory)
Culture, mycoplasma (urogenital)
Culture, nasal
Culture, pertussis
Culture, special request for unusual, fastidious organisms
Culture, sputum
Culture, stool
Culture, throat
Culture, trichomonas vaginalis
Culture, urine
Culture, viral
CyA
Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide antibody
Cyclospora, stool
Cyclosporin A
Cyclosporine
Cystathionine synthase, G307S/I278T mutations
Cystathionine, plasma
Cystic fibrosis mutation analysis
Cysticercosis serology
Cystine amino acid panel, urine
Cystine and homocystine screen, urine
Cystine, quantitative, urine
Cytomegalovirus antibody (IgG)
Cytomegalovirus antibody (IgM)
Cytomegalovirus antigenemia assay
Cytomegalovirus culture
Cytomegalovirus IgM antibody
Cytomegalovirus shell vial culture
Cytopathology
Cytotoxic Antibody Screen, ABC (PRA)
D bili
D bili (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
DAT
D-Dimer (ED Kiosk)
D-Dimer test
DDT
Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, serum
Dehydroepiandrosterone, serum
Dengue fever (1-4) antibody
Depakote
Desipramine
DHEA, serum
DHEAS, serum
Diff
Diff (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Diff (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Differential count, peripheral blood
Differential count, peripheral blood (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Differential count, peripheral blood (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Digoxin
Dilantin
Dilantin, free
Diphtheria culture
Direct antiglobulin test
Direct bilirubin
Direct bilirubin (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Direct Coomb's test
Direct platelet antibody
DNA antibody
DNA ploidy
DNPH Test panel, urine
Doxepin
Drug induced thrombocytopenia
Drugs of abuse, urine
Duodenal aspirate culture
Dystonia - Dopa Responsive Dystonia
Dystonia - DYT1
Dystonia - Myoclonus Dystonia
Dystonia - Rapid Onset Dystonia
E2
E2, IVF
EBV serology
Echinococcus antibody
Ehrlichia antibody
Electrolytes panel (Na, K, Cl, CO2) (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Electron microscopy
EM
Encephalitis antibody
Endomysial IgA antibody
Epo
Erthrocyte sedimentation rate (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Erythropoetin
ESR
ESR (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
ESR (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Estradiol
Estradiol, IVF
Estriol, unconjugated (maternal quad screen)
Ethanol
Factor B
Factor II activity
Factor inhibitor assay
Factor IX activity
Factor V activity
Factor V Leiden
Factor VII activity
Factor VIII activity
Factor X activity
Factor XI activity
Factor XII activity
Factor XIII screen
Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (FALS)
Fe, serum
Ferritin
Fetal fibronectin
Fetal Rh and cell screen
FFN
Fib
Fibrinogen
Fibroblast culture, skin biopsy
FII
Filarial antibody
Filariasis
Fine needle aspirations
Fine needle biopsies (aspirations) with cores
FIX
FK-506
Fletcher factor assay
Fletcher factor screen
Flu A and B antigen detection
Fluoxetine, serum
FNA
Folic acid
Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)
Free cortisol, urinary
Free kappa light chain, serum
Free lambda light chain, serum
Free T4
Fructose, urine
FSH
Fumarase activity
Fumarate hydratase mutation analysis
Fungal culture
Fungal serology
Fungal smear
Fungal wet prep (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Fungal wet prep
FV
FVII
FVIII
FX
FXI
FXII
FXIII
G6PD
Galactose, urine
Gastric Occult Blood and Gastric pH
Gastric parietal cell antibody
Gastrin
Gastro-esophageal brush cytology
Gastroesophageal wash cytology
GC culture
Genital culture
Gentamicin
German measles screen
GGT, gamma glutamyl tranferase
GH
Giardia (stool, aspirate or tissue biopsy)
Giardia, stool
Gliadin IgG and IgA antibodies
Globulin
Glucose, blood
Glucose, blood (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Glucose, blood (Acute Care Lab)
Glucose, urine
Glucose, whole blood (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Glutamine, CSF
Gly, plasma
Glycine, CSF
Glycine, plasma
Glycohemoglobin
Gonococcal culture
Gonococcal nucleic acid amplification
GPC antibody
Gram stain
Group B streptococcus culture
Growth hormone
Gyrate atrophy test - plasma ornithine
H pylori IgG antibody
H pylori stool antigen
H pylori urease
Hantavirus antibody
Haptoglobin
HAV antibody
Hb (Acute care lab)
Hb (Pediatric microchemistry)
Hb A1c
HBEP
HBsAb (qualitative)
HBsAb (quantitative)
HBsAg
HBV Be antigen and antibody
HBV core antibody, IgM
HBV core antibody, total
HBV DNA
HBV DNA, quantitative
HCG (maternal quad screen)
HCG (Tumor marker only)
HCG, serum (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
HCG, serum (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
HCG, serum (quantitative)
HCG, urine (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
HCG, urine (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
HCG, urine
HCT (manual)
HCT (manual) (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
HCT (manual) (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
HCV antibody
HCV genotyping
HCV RNA, qualitiative
HCV RNA, quantitative
HDL
HDL (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Heavy metal evaluation, urine
Helicobacter pylori IgG antibody
Helicobacter pylori stool antigen
Helicobacter pylori urease
Hematocrit (Hematology), manual
Hematocrit, manual (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Hematocrit, manual (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Hemochromatosis DNA mutation analysis
Hemoglobin (Acute Care Lab)
Hemoglobin (Pediatric Microchemistry)
Hemoglobin A1C
Hemoglobin electrophoresis
Hemoglobin EP
Hemoglobin F
Hemosiderin, urine or other fluids
Heparin assay (anti-Xa activity assay)
Heparin induced platelet antibody
Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Heparin PF4 antibody
Hepatic copper
Hepatic iron
Hepatic Panel
Hepatic Panel (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Hepatitis A virus antibody
Hepatitis B core antibody, IgM
Hepatitis B core antibody, total
Hepatitis B surface antibody - qualitative
Hepatitis B surface antibody - quantitative
Hepatitis B surface antigen
Hepatitis B viral DNA, Quantitiative
Hepatitis Be antigen and antibody
Hepatitis C antibody
Hepatitis C viral RNA, qualitative
Hepatitis C viral RNA, quantitative
Hepatitis C virus genotyping
Herpes simplex 1 and 2 antibdies (IgG and IgM)
Herpes simplex 1 serology (IgG)
Herpes simplex 2 serology (IgG)
Herpes simplex virus antigen detection (immunofluorescence)
Herpes simplex virus culture
Herpes simplex virus nucleic acid amplification
Herpes simplex virus PCR
Heterophile antibody (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Heterophile antibody
Heterophile antibody (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
HGH
HHH Syndrome mutation analysis
High density lipoprotein cholesterol
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Histoplasmosis serology
HIT
HIV antibody
HIV RNA quantitation
HIV RNA quantitation, ultrasensitive
HIV viral load
HIV viral load (ultrasensitive)
HIV-1/2 antibody
HIVAB
HLA antibody screen ELISA panel Class I
HLA antibody screen ELISA panel Class II
HLA antibody screen quick PRA
HLA molecular typing, B locus
HLA molecular typing, C locus
HLA molecular typing, single locus or allele
HLA-A,B, or C Typing
HLA-ABC low resolution molecular typing
HLA-B27 Antigen
HLA-DR DQ serology
HLA-DR or DQ high resolution molecular typing
HLA-DR or DQ low resolution molecular typing
Homocitrulline, urine
Homocysteine, total, plasma
HP screen
HPT
HPV typing, high risk
HSCRP
HSV 1 and 2 antibdies (IgG and IgM)
HSV antigen detection
HSV culture
HSV PCR
HSV-1 serology
HSV-2 serology
HTLV-I/II
HTLV-I/II antibody, human T-lymphotropic virus type I/II
Human chorionic gonadotropin (maternal quad screen)
Human chorionic gonadotropin (tumor marker only)
Human chorionic gonadotropin, quantitative, serum
Human chorionic gonadotropin, serum (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Human chorionic gonadotropin, serum (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Human chorionic gonadotropin, urine (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
Human chorionic gonadotropin, urine (Revere Healthcare Center Lab)
Human chorionic gonadotropin, urine
Human Growth Hormone
Human T-lymphotropic virus type I/II
Huntington disease
Hypercoagulation panel
Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis screening tests
Hypersensitivity screen
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis type 2
IgA
IgE
IGF Binding Protein-3
IGF-1
IGF-1 (Somatomedin-C)
IGFBP-3
IgG
IgG subclasses
IgM
Imipramine
Immunodeficiency lymphocyte subsets
Immunofixation
Immunoglobulin A
Immunoglobulin E
Immunoglobulin G
Immunoglobulin M
Indirect immunofluorescence for detection of Pemphigus or Pemphigoid antibodies
Indirect platelet antibody
Influenza A & B antibody
Influenza A and B virus antigen detection
Inhibin A (maternal quad screen)
Inhibitor assay
INR
Insect identification
Instrinsic factor antibody
Insulin
Intestinal aspirate or biopsy for parasites
Intestinal biospy
Ionized calcium
Iron binding capacity
Iron, liver tissue
Iron, serum
Iron, urine
IVF E2
IVF estradiol
JAK2 Mutation Analysis JAK-2 mutation analysis
Joint fluid exam for crystals
Joint fluid exam for mucin
K
K (Chelsea Healthcare Center Lab)
K, blood (acute care lab)
K, urine
Kappa light chain (free), serum
Karotype (blood lymphocytes)
Karotype (bone marrow, blood leukemias, myelodysplasia)
K-B test
Keppra (Levetiracetam)
Ketones
Kleihauer-Betke
La antibody
Lactic acid
Lactic dehydrogenase
Lactimal
Lambda light chain (free), serum
Lamotrigine
LCM serology
LDH
Lead (adults)
Lead (children)
Legionella culture
Legionella urinary antigen
Leishmania (sp. donovani), blood smear examination
Leishmania aspirate
Leishmania skin scraping
Leishmania species, mucocuta