Well, it is a good 6-hour drive from NYC to Brattleboro so I don’t know why one would do that. It would be closer to do it somewhere in PA or MA for about 2-hour drive, unless Vermont is the only place that offers e certain service. I am generally pissed that labs in NY are at least 30% more expensive than some other states.
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I was replying to this. Are you allowed to get self-prescribed lab tests in NY?
The times I was quoting were courtesy of Gemini AI
Of course, I do it all the time but at a higher price than some other states. I used good labs through bioreference and they are a bit cheaper than going directly through LabCorp or quest, but yes you can order any test you want without a doctor’s note.
Reminds me of the lyric “Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.”
Which of these states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Vermont,
allows self-prescribed blood tests from such sites as Ultalabtests.com and goodlabs.com to be used in the state at Quest or LabCorp?
Claude (Sonnet 4.6):
Of the four states you listed, only Pennsylvania and Vermont allow self-prescribed/direct access lab testing through services like UltaLabTests or similar sites at Quest or LabCorp.
New York – Prohibited. Direct access testing is prohibited by law in New York.New Jersey – Prohibited. Self-ordered testing through services like these is unavailable at both LabCorp and Quest in NJ.
Pennsylvania – Allowed. Pennsylvania is not on any restricted list for either Quest or LabCorp for direct access testing.
Vermont – Allowed. Vermont is “silent” on the issue — it has no laws or regulations addressing who is authorized to request testing or receive results — meaning direct access testing is fully permitted.
Of your four states, Pennsylvania and Vermont are the ones where you can use sites like UltaLabTests or similar services at Quest or LabCorp locations.