Cost of testing

mari65

I have high deductable and never did the testing last year when I maxed my out of pocket expenses. . Anyone know the cost of this test??

azul115817

I don't remember exactly, but I believe the main test was $3000 with the BART being an additional $1500.  Thankfully, my insurance paid for all of it.

Good luck!

Anonymous

Yes, if I recall correctly ~ it was about $3000.  One unfortunate thing I found out AFTER all my testing was that apparently my insurance has a LIFETIME maximum of $5000 for genetic testing.  So between the BRCA, oncotype, and I also had the "tamoxifen metabolizing" test... I went  over and have to pay the difference.  Bummer. 

AnacortesGirl

My bill came in at $3200 back in October of 2009.

Moderators

Mari, there's a section about genetic testing and its cost at this link of the main Breastcancer.org site. You'll also see more informative links down the left side of that page.

Judith and the mods

Anonymous

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