23/08/2025
Getting your blood work can be intimidating. Where do I go? Can my doctor order it? What should I ask for? How much does it cost? Will they explain the results to me? These are all reasonable questions.
Let me give you some answers:
1. If you have direct to primary care or a concierge service you can get labs through them, but this is very few people. Most people are in the traditional healthcare model.
2. Your doctor can order labs, but often times they will not order everything we really need to see to assess metabolic health. This is because they need to be able to code the labs with a “medically necessary reason.” Unfortunately, your curiosity about your health status doesn’t count unless you’re already presenting symptoms. Insurance doesn’t cover preventive health. It’s a broken system designed to step in only when things are broken. We believe this is a big miss.
3. It’s never been easier to order your own labs without a doctor, but depending where you go the costs can be very high, and that doesn’t include sourcing an expert to sit down with you, listen to your story, and look at your labs in context. This is critical because labs alone don’t tell the story. In fact, we can do more to help someone by hearing their story than labs alone. When we have labs, now we have a more comprehensive picture of what’s happening. It’s like lifting the hood of the car to inspect the engine versus just seeing that the check engine light is on.
4. When you engage with us, we order the labs for you and when you get the results we will meet with you either in person or on a video call to dive deep into your situation.
If you engage with us for strength and nutrition coaching, your first set of labs are on us, but even if you don’t want to engage in 1:1 coaching, you can do a one time consult with us to dive deep and get practical education and recommendations.
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