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No doctor. No insurance. No referral.
Available in 49 states·From $14.99·Results in 1-3 days
TestWell lets you order your own lab tests online at Quest or Labcorp - physician-reviewed, without insurance, a doctor visit, or a referral. Choose from 238+ tests and panels.
Why order online
Your labs, on your terms.
Skip the referral and the markup. Order the exact tests you want and take them to the lab on your schedule.
No doctor's visit required
A licensed physician reviews and authorizes every order for you - included free. No appointment, no referral, no waiting room.
Up to 80% less than hospital pricing
Transparent, upfront prices. The same tests hospitals bill hundreds for, drawn at the same labs, for a fraction of the cost.
The same labs your doctor uses
Every test runs at CLIA-certified Quest or Labcorp facilities - 4,000+ locations nationwide, no appointment needed.
Private, physician-reviewed results
Results land in your secure portal in 1-3 business days, each reviewed by a licensed physician. HIPAA-protected, never sold.
The mechanics
What actually happens after you order
Ordering your own labs is simple, but it isn't magic — there are four moving parts between checkout and results, and knowing how they work makes the whole thing smoother.
1.Who authorizes the order if I don't have a doctor?
Every order is reviewed by a licensed physician from an independent physician network before it becomes a lab requisition — that's a legal requirement for lab testing in the US, and it's included in the price. There's no video visit, phone call, or questionnaire for standard tests: the physician reviews what you selected and signs the requisition, usually within minutes of checkout. The signing physician's name and NPI number appear on your requisition and your receipt.
2.What exactly is a requisition, and how long is it good for?
The requisition is the signed lab order the draw site needs — think of it as the prescription for your blood work. Yours arrives by email and in your TestWell portal shortly after checkout, tells you which lab network it's issued for, and is valid for six months, so you don't have to get drawn the same week you order. If your plans change, support can reissue it for the other lab network instead.
3.Do I need an appointment for the blood draw?
Walk-ins work at most of the 4,000+ Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp patient service centers, and most draws take under 15 minutes end-to-end. Booking a slot on the lab's site typically shortens the wait to a few minutes. Bring a photo ID and your requisition (on your phone is fine). If your tests require fasting — glucose, insulin, and lipid panels are the common ones — it's flagged on the test page and your requisition; 8–12 hours with water is the standard rule.
4.When do results come back, and what do they look like?
Most results land in your secure portal in 1–3 business days after the draw; a few specialized tests take longer and say so on their pages. You get the lab's full report with reference ranges plus a plain-language summary of each biomarker, and any critical value is reviewed by the physician network. Results download as a PDF you can hand to any doctor — they're the same CLIA-certified results a clinic would receive.
What it costs
The same test, ordered online, usually costs less
Every test below is performed at the same CLIA-certified labs regardless of where you buy it. The difference is the price on the order form. These are our current prices next to the lab's own direct-to-consumer storefront price for the equivalent test — updated automatically whenever our catalog changes.
| Test | TestWell | Lab storefront | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Metabolic Panel | $22.99 | $49.00 | 53% |
| CBC with Differential | $21.99 | $25.00 | 12% |
| Lipid Panel | $24.99 | $59.00 | 58% |
| TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) | $26.99 | $35.00 | 23% |
| Hemoglobin A1c | $21.99 | $45.00 | 51% |
| Vitamin D, 25-Hydroxy | $41.99 | $75.00 | 44% |
| Testosterone, Total | $33.99 | $69.00 | 51% |
| Ferritin | $24.99 | $30.00 | 17% |
Comparison prices are the labs' published direct-to-consumer storefront rates for equivalent tests, checked periodically. Insurance "list prices" billed through hospitals typically run far higher than either column.
Where to start
Not sure what to order?
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Paying for it
No insurance involved — here's why that helps
Self-ordered labs are cash-pay by design. The price on the test page is the entire price: physician authorization, the draw, lab processing, and results are all included, and nothing is billed to insurance afterward. That's why the same panel that generates a surprise three-figure hospital bill through insurance often costs less here than a specialist copay — there's no claims machinery in the middle.
HSA and FSA funds work. Diagnostic lab testing is a qualified medical expense: pay with your HSA/FSA card at checkout, or pay normally and submit the receipt. Every order comes with an itemized receipt built for administrator review — date of service, itemized tests with CPT codes where applicable, the ordering physician's name and NPI, and the amount paid marked as patient responsibility.
And because no claim is filed, nothing about your self-ordered testing is reported to an insurer. Your results live in your portal, shareable with any doctor whenever you choose.
Where it works
Can you order your own labs in your state?
Self-ordered lab testing is available in 49 states, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico. Rhode Island is the one state where direct-to-consumer lab ordering isn't currently supported.
New Jersey and New Yorkhave their own wrinkle: Quest and Labcorp don't accept self-ordered requisitions there, so TestWell routes those orders through BioReference Laboratories— the same CLIA-certified network hospitals across the Northeast use — automatically at checkout. You don't have to do anything differently; prices for a few tests differ slightly and are shown before you pay.
Everywhere else, you choose between Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp at checkout and your requisition is issued for that network's locations. Pick whichever has the more convenient patient service center — same tests, same accreditation, same result quality.
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Common questions
Ordering labs,
explained.
Everything about self-ordering, answered plainly.
No. You choose the tests you want, and a licensed physician reviews and authorizes the order for you - included free with every purchase. There is no appointment, referral, or existing doctor relationship required.
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