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Reference:
Effective date:
2015
Expiry date:
2018
Page:
27 of 28
Title: Laboratory Testing Guidelines (DRAFT)
Type:
Clinical Guideline
Version:
01
Authorising initials:
Appendix:
The top 20 most expensive send-away tests in quarter 2 of 2015 were:
Test
MARR ( $1000)
BCR-ABL (RT-PCR) ( $376.99)
BRCA SCREEN ( $3108.91)
ELASTASE 1 (PANCREATIC) FAECES ( $139.56) CHROMOGRANIN A ( $172.08)
6TGN (RBC) ( $162)
CYSTIC FIBROSIS SCREEN ( $335.94)
ORGANIC ACIDS URINE ( $146.77) CARBOHYDRATE DEF TRANSFERRIN ( $118.44) DNA EXTRACTION ( $139.07)
CLOZAPINE ( $38.76)
FRAGILE X ( $423.49)
NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA IGG ( $777.44) AMINO ACIDS URINE (CHROM) ( $118.83) NEURONAL ABS ( $120.72)
CALR ( $400.46)
STEATOCRIT FAECES ( $121.78)
CONNEXIN 26 ( $339.85)
25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D ( $25.95)
6MMP (RBC) ( $118.68)
No Cost
26 26,000 57 21,488 6 18,653 101 14,096 74 12,734 68 11,016 25 8,399 55 8,072 53 6,277 45 6,258 156 6,047 13 5,505 7 5,442 45 5,347 39 4,708 11 4,405 34 4,141 12 4,078 155 4,022 31 3,679
The top 10 most expensive non-histology tests in quarter 2 of 2015 were:
Test
COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT ( $9.44) BLOOD CULTURE ( $33.29)
BLOOD GAS ( $16.65)
CRP ( $8.17)
INR ( $10)
CREATININE AND ELECTROLYTES ( $2.5) CULTURE URINE ( $18.09)
ABRSV ( $143.15)
SWAB CULTURE ( $33.95)
BNP (NT PRO) ( $44.38)
No Cost
46,726 441,093 5,777 192,316 10,871 181,002 18,588 151,864 14,551 145,510 56,365 140,913 7,584 137,195 894 127,976 3,160 107,282 2,191 97,237