Department of Health

Fees and Charges for Public Health Care Services provided by the Department of Health

LABORATORY SERVICES
Notes
(1)	Request forms should be properly filled in and signed. Full particulars of the examinations required, the nature of specimen submitted and brief clinical notes are required. These requests should be addressed to the Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists, Department of Health. Unless otherwise specified or agreed by the Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists, all charges specified below are payable in advance or on demand.
(2)	The Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists may refuse any sample.
(3)	Samples submitted for examination will remain the property of the Government and may be disposed of in any way considered suitable by the Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists.
(4)	The Government will not recognize any claims arising from the results of any examination.
(5)	The cost for other special tests not listed below will be determined by the Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists according to the actual cost of the test.
(6)	Specimens for laboratory testing must be referred by registered medical practitioners.

(A)	Bacteriology (Clinical)		$
	Agglutination test : ASOT, Weil-Felix		350
	Serological test for bacterial & mycotic infections		370
	Note:	Examinations for typhoid, brucellosis, diphtheria, meningococcal meningitis, cholera and plague are free of charge.

(B)	Mycobacteriology	$
	Culture for AFB in sputum	91
	Drug sensitivity test minimum charge (determination of MIC for 3 drugs)	260
	Drug sensitivity test (MIC) for each additional drug	120
	Microscopic examination for AFB in sputum, urine, pus etc.	55
	Positive culture slope for identification of TB only	130
	Positive culture slope for identification of TB & typing of other mycobacteria	1,120

(C)	Bacteriology (Public Health)		$
	Bacteriological examination of water, milk, ice cream and other dairy products:
		Formal	430
		Informal	330
	Bacteriological examination of food products:
		Complaint cases	1,530
		Other samples	1,480

(D)	Chemical Pathology		$
	Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)		41
	Red cell folate		100
	Serum folate		75
	Serum, Vitamin B12		76
	Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)		54
	Thyroxin, free (T4, free)		59
	Triiodothyronine, free (T3, free)		68

(E)	Haematology and Serology		$
	Anti-microsomal antibodies		255
	Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies		255
	Fluorescent treponema antibody absorption test (FTA-ABS)		205
	Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity (G6PD)(quantitative)		66
	HLA B27 typing		880
	Lymphocyte T4 : T8 count		1,010
	TPHA		130
	VDRL test for syphilis (quantitative)		135

(F)	Virology		$
	Antibody titre to single antigen		135
	Culture for Chlamydia		210
	Electron Microscopy		470
	Hepatitis A antibody, IgM		170
	Hepatitis B core antibody including IgM		175
	Hepatitis B e antigen and antibody		120
	Hepatitis B surface antibody		110
	Hepatitis B surface antigen		120
	Hepatitis C antibody		120
	Hepatitis D antibody		200
	Hepatitis E antibody		235
	HTLV 1 antibody		140
	Immunofluorescence test for single antigen (eg RSV, chlamydia)		220
	PCR for virus		760
	Serological Profile test for virus infection (2-6 Antigens)		255
	Serological Profile test for virus infection (More than 6 Antigens)		345
	Virus isolation		550
	Virus isolation (Herpes simplex only)		190
	Assay for Antibody to Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV 1&2)		245
	Note:	Confirmatory HIV antibody test on specimens received from private registered practitioners are free of charge on the conditions that:
		(i) Only specimens tested positive by 2 ELISA tests are accepted, i.e. the free test offered is for confirmation and not a preliminary screening test, and
		(ii) All referrals have to be channelled through private registered medical practitioners.
	Note:	Examinations for poliomyelitis, smallpox, rabies, Japanese B encephalitis, Dengue and Hantaan viruses are free of charge.

(G)	The above charges include the issue of one copy of the report of examination.



	Last revision date: 22 March 2007