Own your labs is no longer available in CT?

(Bob M) #1

Went to pay for my labs at Own Your Labs (from Dave Feldman), and it’s no longer available in CT (and multiple other states). When did that happen?

Is there any way I can get the following tests done?

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(KM) #2

Hateful. Congratulations and welcome to your status as Big Med property, like it or not. :rage:

I think Quest Diagnostics still operates in CT. Also Discounted Labs and Laboratory Assist. In Indiana my options appear to be Quest, Request A Test, LabCorp On Demand, and Any Lab Test Now.

(Bean) #3

OYL still operates in Indiana.

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(Bob M) #4

Bummer. I used them about a year ago, so it must be something new. I think you’re both correct, some law must have been passed to prevent them from being used.

I’ll look into those other providers. Quest doesn’t have some of the tests, like LPIR (a measure of insulin resistance based on lipoproteins). Probably has the others, though.

#5

PrivateMD is good in CT. That link will also get you $200 in testing credit (don’t get too happy, it’s not all at once, but its money!) You’ll have your lab req in your email in minutes.

For most things, especially things you keep testing, PMD is the best bet because you rack up testing credit.

However, the NMR’s are overpriced, I do those with Ulta Labs, as well as my full Thryoid Panels. I checked OYOL, and they wanted almost $80 for an NMR, Ulta is $46 right now.

https://www.ultalabtests.com/test/lipoprotein-fractionation-test-nmr

A lot of the smaller 3rd party testing places don’t have actual doc’s on staff ordering stuff, and they usually get shut down after a while, no clue if OYOL did or not though.

(Bob M) #6

Thanks, I’ll try that this weekend.

(Bob M) #7

I don’t really get it. Why is Own Your Labs not allowed to sell in CT, but Ultra Labs is? Did they make some deal with the testing companies?

My original thought was that CT passed a law that no one other than doctors could order labs, but that’s not correct because Ultra Labs (and others) can.

What gives?

#8

CT regulates all that and wants bribery like NY, MD and RI does, so if any specific labs doesn’t have a doc (physically) in the state that can write the lab orders for them, that happens. Most states don’t regulate consumer labs so all the lab needs is an acct to put the orders in.

Ulta has people in the small minority of states that regulate consumer labs, which is how they pull that off in those states.