Ordering & Billing

Supplies

Plastic serum vials, order forms, patient history, and postage paid pre-addressed mailers are supplied at no charge.

Specimen Handling

Draw blood in 15 ml size red top vacutainer tube. Keep blood at room temperature for approximately 30 minutes, then centifuge specimen for 10 minutes. This will ensure proper separation of serum from the cells. Carefully pipette serum into the plastic vials. Label each serum vial with the patient's full name and securely cap the vial. *Unlabeled specimen tubes will not be accepted by our lab for testing, and will be returned to you.

Volume Requirements

A minimum of 1.0 ml of serum is required for most testing. For the Regional Mini-Screen and Food Screen a minimum of 2.0 ml serum is required. All unused serum is stored fo a period of 3 months, so that additional testing may be ordered by simply telephoning the request rather than collecting a new specimen. Specimen is diluted 100-fold for IgG4 assay.

Ordering Procedure

Testing REQUEST FORMS and supplies can be obtained sending an email or by calling the lab at 800-631-1379 or 201-342-5400.

Tests are ordered by checking the individual box for specific allergens. Regional profiles have been designed to include prevalent allergens in the different geographical regions in the United States. Customized profiles are available upon request. Please print all information on order forms in ink.

Please note: Our profiles include a Total IgE. Please refer to your fee schedule for full details.

Billing Procedures

1. Client Account

   For physicians, laboratories, hospitals and clinics, the professional fee schedule is used. The client is responsible for charges incurred and pays directly by invoice or by monthly statement. Individual invoices by patient and monthly statements are provided.

2. Patient Account

   For patient billing, the patient fee schedule is used. The patient is responsible for charges incurred and pays directly to MRT Laboratories, Inc. by check, American Express, Mastercard, or Visa. A paid invoice is mailed to the patient.

3. Insurance Billing

   Please provide a copy of insurance card and name of subscriber. Complete section on reverse side of the request form.

Medicare may limit testing to 30 individual allergens (specific IgE) in a 12 month period.
A signed ABN should accompany the sample if more than 30 allergens are requested.