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I just had a bunch of blood work done, including a lupus panel and some others? cost a fortune. why?
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Tests: Lupus test can be expensive as the ingredients for the tests have to be specially made, use ultraviolet light to read, may involve using rare chemicals to do the test and have to be tested by the fda before being released to use on people. Technicians have to be paid for as well as expensve machinery.
Answered 3/31/2016
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