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

LABORATORY SERVICES
Notes
(1)	All requests for laboratory tests should be supported by information and documents as required by the Department of Health. Unless otherwise specified or agreed by Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists, all charges specified below are payable in advance or on demand.
(2)	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 Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists.
(4)	The Government will not recognise any claims arising from the results of any examination.
(5)	Fees for other special tests not listed below will be determined by Consultant Medical Microbiologists / Consultant Pathologists according to the actual cost of the test.
(6)	Specimens for laboratory testing must be referred from registered medical / dental / veterinary practitioners.

Charges for Laboratory Services (including the issue of one copy of the examination report)
		$
(1)	PCR for single reaction (real-time PCR)	280
(2)	Multiplex real-time PCR for respiratory viruses	405
(3)	PCR for single reaction (conventional PCR)	575
(4)	Molecular detection of Chlamydia trachomatis & Neisseria gonorrhoeae	220
(5)	Hepatitis B viral DNA load	450
(6)	Hepatitis C viral RNA load	520
(7)	Human immunodeficiency viral RNA load	760
(8)	Nucleotide sequencing (each gene)	1200
(9)	Virus isolation (one cell line)	200
(10)	Virus isolation (two or more cell lines)	715
(11)	Cytomegalovirus DEAFF test	295
(12)	Culture for Chlamydia trachomatis	225
(13)	Immunofluorescence test for single antigen (e.g. Chlamydia)	230
(14)	Electron microscopy	810
(15)	Culture for pathogenic organisms (apart from other specified agents)	715
(16)	Identification of culture isolate	870
(17)	Antimicrobial susceptibility test (Disk diffusion method) (each plate)	135
(18)	Antimicrobial susceptibility test (Etest method) (each antimicrobial)	305
(19)	Antimicrobial susceptibility test (Microbroth dilution method) (each antimicrobial)	1,090
(20)	Examination for parasite	355
(21)	Urine test for Legionella antigen	210
(22)	Clostridium difficile toxin detection	370
(23)	Spore test for autoclave	55
(24)	Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (each isolate)	1,700
(25)	Microscopic examination for acid fast bacillus (AFB)	85
(26)	Culture for AFB in sputum	170
(27)	Culture for AFB in urine	205
(28)	Culture for AFB in specimens other than sputum and urine	1,190
(29)	Positive culture for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)	470
(30)	Positive culture for identification of non-tuberculous mycobacterium (NTM)	1,150
(31)	Antimicrobial susceptibility test for MTB/NTM (first 4 drugs)	595
(32)	Antimicrobial susceptibility test for MTB/NTM (each additional drug)	475
(33)	Xpert MTB/RIF	1,460
(34)	Line probe assay for direct detection of MTB complex and resistance genes of MTB (each test)	3,810
(35)	Bacteriological examination of water, milk, ice-cream and other dairy products	395
(36)	Detection of each antigen or antibody from serum or cerebrospinal fluid sample	145
(37)	Titre of each antigen or antibody from serum or cerebrospinal fluid sample	220
(38)	Typing by serological reaction	460
(39)	CD4 and CD8 T lymphocyte count	1,010
(40)	Thyroid stimulating hormone	90
(41)	Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity (quantitative)	82
(42)	Exfoliative cytology	360