This is a user pay test not covered by Alberta Health & Wellness. The patient must pay $50.00 at time of collection.
When both Bioavailable and Free Testosterone are ordered together, the patient will pay one fee of $50.00 for both tests.
1 x 3.5 mL gold top SST tube
1 mL serum
Recommend collecting blood between 07:00 and 10:00.
Specimen Handling
Additional Information
Bioavailable Testosterone and Free Testosterone will both be reported.
The concentration of Bioavailable Testosterone is derived from a mathematical expression based on constants for the binding of Testosterone to Sex Hormone Binding Globulin and Albumin.