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What a PSA test covers
What a PSA blood test measures, how the sample is collected, and where the cash prices live. No interpretation of a PSA number.
Cash prices, where a sheet row exists, are on a separate page: PSA cash price page.
What it measures
A PSA test is a blood test that measures the level of prostate-specific antigen, a protein made by the prostate. Lab reports may list it as total PSA or free PSA.
This page does not list conditions and does not say what to do with a result. Ask your clinician.
Reference ranges vary by lab. This page does not interpret a result, and it does not say what a high or low number means. Ask your clinician.
How the sample is collected
Collection is a blood sample. A needle enters a vein, and the sample goes into the tube the order names. The visit is at a patient service center or another collection site the seller names. The cited pages do not give one visit length for every lab, so this page does not state one.
Prep and fasting
Prep, including whether to fast, is set by the order and by the seller. This page does not state prep steps. A cash price page states prep only as the seller states it, with the date it was checked.
How long results usually take
The cited pages do not publish one result-release time that every lab uses. When you compare cash offers, use the window that offer states, and the date this site last checked that offer.
How to compare cash prices
Line up the same test name, the component list on the offer, the date the price was checked, any draw fee the offer states, and any physician-order fee the offer states. A missing fee stays missing. This page does not list amounts. See how to compare lab test prices.
A total PSA offer and a free-and-total PSA offer are different products when the seller lists them that way. Compare like with like.