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8005.1 – Fee increases for Outside Labwork

Result Statement: Our client prices for outside lab tests are updated yearly before or within
two weeks after fee increases in order to charge accurately and fairly to the client and hospital.

Overview:

Treatment Category “Laboratory – Other” and “Laboratory – Outside Blood Test” are both
based on Antech fee increases and NOT changed here. They are changes as we receive notice
from Antech. They are marked up 2.5 X cost of the LIST PRICE. You will get a 20__ Fee
Schedule – this is our DISCOUNTED prices. Wait for the book from Antech that has the LIST

prices in it.
o Start with “Laboratory – Other” in AVimark. Print the treatment category.
Highlight each line as you adjust cost AND price in AVImark. Do the same with
“Laboratory – Outside blood test”. You may have to call Antech to get the list
prices on some tests. Some will not be in the book.
o Many of these tests (especially the profiles that are SA___) can be found by
logging into www.antechonline.com and entering the TEST CODE # under the
“Test Guides”. Search under the name and type in the code # or go to the letter
it starts with and look for it on the list.
o There are a few exceptions due to special pricing and they are listed below with

the markup:
 Heartworm antigen
 Pre-op screens are markedup 4X
 Wellness profile
 ACTH stim test of various sizes has much higher markups due to cost of
the cortrosyn used with the test. 0

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