prepair carrier screening
Overview
prepair carrier screening identifies carrier status for cystic fibrosis (CF), fragile X syndrome (FXS) or spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Anyone can be a carrier of a genetic condition, even if there is no family history. Knowing carrier status helps determine if an individual or couple have an increased chance of having a baby with one of these conditions.
CF, FXS and SMA have serious health consequences and are some of the most common recessive conditions found in the general population. Testing will identify individual carrier status for CF, FXS and SMA.
A Medicare item number is available for prepair 3.
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Turnaround time
prepair 3: 2-3 weeks
Cost
prepair 3: $389 or bulk billed for Medicare eligible patients (#73451)