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What number does your hcg level have to be to pick up you are pregnant on a home pregnancy test?

Q: what number does your hcg level have to be to pick up you are pregnant on a home pregnancy test?

&gt;25 units: On a blood test HCG level of

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Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

>25 units: On a blood test HCG level of

Answered 5/20/2018

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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Low: Home pregnancy tests are pretty sensitive. They will be positive when the quantitative serum HCG is early double digits.

Answered 7/8/2018

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A member asked:

What number does your hcg level have to be to pick up you are pregnant on a home pregnancy test?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Gurmukh Singh answered

Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

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