A representative from one of the local laboratories (NW Regional lab) stopped by today with some literature about their new in-house vitamin D testing. So now instead of them having to ship the blood out and wait several days for results, they will now conduct the vitamin D tests locally and be able to rapidly (24 hrs.) provide results. He informed me that the reason they’re doing this is due to the sheer volume of vitamin D test requests they now receive. This is really great news!

Another surprise to me was that the charge for the test will be a mere $70.00. Now, that might sound like a lot, but it was not long ago that these tests ran more in the range of $275.00. I’m guessing other local labs will follow with their own in-house testing which hopefully will drive the price of this test down even more. My opinion is that this test should be readily available and financially accessible to everyone so I hope the price continues to come down!