3. If I need blood work or radiology testing, can you send me to an in-network lab? Blood processing is highly mechanized, so it doesn’t matter where the tests are performed, but the prices at hospital labs can be one hundred times higher than at commercial labs like LabCorp and Quest. Electronic ordering programs keep such profitable testing in-house, when a few extra clicks of a mouse or a fax from the doctor’s office can direct testing to cheaper outside providers. Any doctor should be able to do it, but will yours?
