My Medicare advantage paid for it. But I wasn’t sure if they would so I looked up the company that the cancer center was using, Invitae. At that time, Invitae had a program to subsidize the cost of genetic testing and the most I’d have to pay was something like $150. So I said to go ahead. With a sister with breast cancer and a history of other concerning cancers on my fathers side I thought I’d sleep better at night if I had the results. I only had to pay a co-pay for the blood draw, nothing else.

MD Anderson and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center both use Invitae (at least they were in 2022). It looks like Invitae and Labcorp are now working together, from the logos on the Invitae website.

If you can’t get a straight answer from the insurance company, you might find out which genetic company your doctor is planning on using and contact them. They would almost definitely know whether Medicare would cover it!