How to Order Your Own Thyroid Tests
In most states, you can order your own thyroid lab tests and other lab work, without the time and expense of a doctor's visit. (You can also save a lot of money!)
In most states in the U.S., you can order your own blood and lab tests, without seeing a doctor, or having a lab order from your doctor. “Direct-to-consumer” or DTC lab testing lets you choose the tests you want, and get home test kits or blood draws at local labs. In addition to thyroid tests, more than 2,000 different types of tests are available. Let’s take a look at just a few popular options for thyroid testing. at significantly lowered costs -- often much lower than your insurance co-pays! You can usually pay for testing out of health savings accounts (HSA) as well. It's an affordable, convenient, and simple way to privately learn about your health without a doctor’s visit, and without insurers, HMOs or doctors dictating which tests you can get, and how often you can be tested. Tests cost as much as 80% less than in your doctor's office or local hospital lab, and may even be less than your co-pays.
The Paloma Home Thyroid Test Kit
Online medical practice Paloma Health offers an at-home thyroid test kit. The kit, which provides comprehensive, highly-accurate bloodspot test results from a CLIA-certified lab, is available for $99. The kit tests:
TSH
Free T4
Free T3
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies
Add-ons are available at checkout to add tests for:
Vitamin D
Reverse T3
Paloma's at-home test kits let you test wherever you are, including the comfort of home. All you need to do is...
Order your test kit, which is shipped to you quickly, free.
Complete a blood test. (It's a fast, easy, and painless finger prick!)
Mail back your test card in the prepaid mailer.
Get your results back in days, delivered securely online.
Traditional Lab Tests
As an independent contractor of Ulta Lab Tests, I provide access to a thousands of medical tests It's simple to use Ulta…
Find the tests you want, and order and pay for them at Ulta Lab Tests.
Go to a convenient lab for testing.
When your results are in, you'll get an email from Ulta.
View or download your results on your secure patient portal, and share with your physician or health coach. It's that easy!
You have access to more than 2,000 different tests. You can start your search here. But here are a few of my custom-designed panels.
Hashimoto's & Hypothyroidism Diagnosis & Followup Panel
Could you have an underactive thyroid? Do you have Hashimoto's thyroiditis? Is your thyroid treatment optimal? Are you having success at lowering thyroid antibodies? This Hashimoto’s & Hypothyroidism Diagnosis & Followup Panel gets you the answers you need.
Tests included in this panel:
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
Free Thyroxine (Free T4)
Free Triiodothyronine (Free T3)
Thyroid Peroxidase Antibody (TPOAb)
Reverse T3 (RT3) Test
Are you hypothyroid at the cellular level? Do you need T3 treatment? Do you have enough REAL T3 -- the active thyroid hormone? Does your doctor refuse to test Reverse T3? This test measures your important Reverse T3 level.
My custom panels, and 2,000 more laboratory tests — including many other thyroid and related panels — are available from Ulta. Visit my Thyroid Testing page for more information, or go to Ulta Labs.
Need Help Deciding on Tests or Understanding Your Results?
If you don’t have time to study up on all the test options, or are finding it challenging to understand your results, learn more about my one-on-one telephone coaching sessions. You can skip weeks or months of time-consuming research, so you can fast-forward to the best part: feeling and living well!