Updated 10/1/2025
Effective 10/1/2025, 5 mL Pearl top tubes will no longer be utilized for high sensitivity troponin testing at Corewell Health East Laboratories. In lieu of pearl top tubes, 4 mL lavender top tubes will be the preferred tube type for High sensitivity troponin testing. Should a Pearl top tube be sent for high sensitivity Troponin testing, it will still be accepted and testing performed.
Effective July 30, 2025, PD-L1 testing will be performed at Corewell Health Reference Laboratory East and will no longer be a sendout to Neogenomics. Collection instructions and other information may have changed, please visit the lab catalog for more information.
For questions and inquiries, please use the “Contact Us” link above.
New test: PD-L1 [LAB3658]
Former test: PD-L1 to Neogenomics (LAB848)
Traditional Medicare insured patients who have a Lipid Panel or Vitamin D 25 ordered more than once per 12 months are not covered due to medical necessity.*
If testing is indicated, you will need to provide an appropriately executed Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) for Corewell Health Southeast Laboratories and Advance Beneficiary Notice for Corewell Health Southwest and West Laboratories signed by the patient indicating they would like testing and understand they may be financially responsible for payment (ABN: Option 1). ABN must be submitted with specimen.
For testing ordered inside this frequency range without an ABN, Corewell Health will implement an automatic cancellation.