Any blood-borne pathogens such as Bartonella, Borrelia, Ehrlichia, Malaria, Trypanosoma, Anaplasma, Babesia etc.

The answer to this question is complicated and usually only concerns physicians. However, at a basic level IgM is usually associated with the onset of a disease (acute) whereas IgG is usually associated with long-term infection (chronic).

Adherent to outside of red blood cells and may be inside red blood cells.

Yes. Lyme disease spirochetes can be seen on a stained smear, however, we use the Western Blot to test for lyme disease.

No. Freezing whole blood will destry the cells so that analysis isn't possible. Simply freeze the small ice pack provided with your kit and place both the pack and your blood in the Styrofoam box.

We mail as well as fax the results to your ordering physician within 2 weeks of when we received the blood sample.

The results should be discussed with your ordering physician. Fry Laboratories is not allowed to discuss patients' results with anyone other than the ordering physician.

Our turnaround time for smears is about 1 week. For profiles, turnaround time is approximately 2 weeks. All others should take about one week from the date we received the blood sample.

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to mail or fax results to anyone other than the ordering physician.

At this time, Fry Laboratories does not accept insurance assignment.  Our patients pay for their services up-front.  We then provide a paid invoice as well as a sample 1500 Health Insurance Claim Form by mail that explains how to fill out the form for our services.  Patients need to retrieve this form from their insurance company, fill it out, and turn it in along with their paid invoice.  Since Fry Laboratories does not accept insurance assignment, we do not fill out these forms for our patients and are not responsible for any insurance reimbursements.

No. You will need to get all insurance forms and claim instructions from your insurance company directly.

We mail out paid invoices every 2 weeks.