Women's Health Panel

Eight tests: CMP (metabolic), CBC (blood health), Lipid Panel (cardio), TSH + Free T4 (thorough thyroid), Ferritin + Iron + TIBC (complete iron picture), Vitamin D, and A1c. About 35 individual biomarkers covering the major women's health systems.

Ferritin reflects iron stores (the long-term reservoir); serum Iron + TIBC reflects current circulating iron and transferrin saturation. Together they distinguish 'I just had spinach' from 'my stores have been depleted for months' — important because iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in menstruating women.

Reproductive hormones (Estradiol, Progesterone, FSH, LH) need to be drawn at specific cycle days for meaningful results. They're in our separate Women's Hormone Panel so you can time it correctly without affecting the annual workup.

Women's Health includes Free T4 (women have higher rates of thyroid disease), Iron + TIBC (women have higher rates of iron deficiency due to menstruation), and excludes PSA. Men's Health adds testosterone and PSA, excludes the iron + free T4 add-ons. Both share CMP, CBC, Lipid, TSH, Vitamin D, A1c.

On TestWell, the Women's Health Panel is $129.99. Ordering the same 8 tests separately would be about $175. Quest Direct lists comparable bundles at $305, walk-in hospital labs typically bill $650-950 for the same biomarkers without insurance.

Yes — 9-12 hours of fasting (water only). Required for accurate Lipid Panel, A1c, Iron + TIBC, and CMP results.

Yes — all eight tests are available at Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp patient service centers nationwide. Order on TestWell, pick your preferred lab, and we'll generate a digital requisition.

Annually for women 25+. Every 6 months if you're managing iron deficiency, thyroid disease, or hormonal changes. Pre-pregnancy is a good time for a baseline (add the Women's Hormone Panel for full preconception evaluation).

Women's Health Panel results are typically ready in 2–5 business days after your draw at Quest or Labcorp. TestWell emails you the moment they post, and your results dashboard shows each marker against its reference range with a plain-English explanation.

Keto and high-protein diets, smoking and nicotine and recent illness can change a Women's Health Panel result without anything being wrong. Keto and high-protein diets can raise LDL Cholesterol and HDL Cholesterol and 2 more markers on this test and can lower Triglycerides, Sodium and Glucose — recheck with ApoB; discuss cardiovascular risk rather than dismissing the rise as 'diet noise'. Smoking and nicotine can raise RBC and WBC and 2 more markers on this test and can lower HDL Cholesterol and 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D — tell the clinician; a high hematocrit in a smoker is usually smoking, not polycythemia. Recent illness can raise Ferritin and can lower Iron and LDL Cholesterol — wait 2 weeks — illness can mask iron deficiency. Each factor is covered on our physician-reviewed "Before your test" pages; when one applies, the fix is usually to remove it and retest.