PSE in California

https://www.94percent.com/#requisition-form There is a finder section or you can have the blood drawn by a mobile phlebotomist.

gmr60, yes. The doctor ordered the kit and a phlebotomist came to the house to draw the blood, except it wasn't me who had the draw. The blood sample is fed exed back to Episwitch lab where they process it.

Thank you.
Was it your / his Dr or one of the Dr's from 94percent.com.
Sorry to be so anal.
I belong to Kaiser and they (will not) cooperate with me on this and Im tired of talking to them about this particular matter

I'm in the same boat with Kaiser ..... though I haven't asked them for the PSE test yet I think it would be my best " next step " before getting a biopsy . last year I had my first ever PSA test which came back at 10.9 followed by another 6 weeks later that came back at 11.0 the next one in August came back at 8.6 . I finally had an appointment with a Kaiser urologist who wanted me to get the biopsy ( Kaiser really pushes for the biopsy ) but with the research I did I thought it best to get the 3T MRI first then the biopsy - Kaiser said no to the MRI but I stuck to my plan and eventually Kaiser approved the MRI - they profit much more with a biopsy , MRI's are not cost effective . The MRI came back as pirad 3-4 ( according to the guy that did the imaging ) but he said he was going with a " 4 " to be safe .... I have a contained ( no visible spread ) lesion of 5mm in my prostate , when I had my follow up consultation with the urologist she thought for the time being we would do active surveillance and monitor my PSA I'm due for my next PSA test now - my plan is to get a biopsy if the PSA has increased - if it has then I will get the biopsy though I would prefer to get a PSE . I'm very skeptical that Kaiser will agree to a PSE test . Has anyone out there that is a Kaiser member been approved for the PSE test ? If so please let me know - thanks in advance .

I'm in the same boat with Kaiser ..... though I haven't asked them for the PSE test yet I think it would be my best " next step " before getting a biopsy . last year I had my first ever PSA test which came back at 10.9 followed by another 6 weeks later that came back at 11.0 the next one in August came back at 8.6 . I finally had an appointment with a Kaiser urologist who wanted me to get the biopsy ( Kaiser really pushes for the biopsy ) but with the research I did I thought it best to get the 3T MRI first then the biopsy - Kaiser said no to the MRI but I stuck to my plan and eventually Kaiser approved the MRI - they profit much more with a biopsy , MRI's are not cost effective . The MRI came back as pirad 3-4 ( according to the guy that did the imaging ) but he said he was going with a " 4 " to be safe .... I have a contained ( no visible spread ) lesion of 5mm in my prostate , when I had my follow up consultation with the urologist she thought for the time being we would do active surveillance and monitor my PSA I'm due for my next PSA test now - my plan is to get a biopsy if the PSA has increased - if it has then I will get the biopsy though I would prefer to get a PSE . I'm very skeptical that Kaiser will agree to a PSE test . Has anyone out there that is a Kaiser member been approved for the PSE test ? If so please let me know - thanks in advance .

I’m in a similar situation. My MRI came back PIRADS 3 and maybe pointing to a benign lesion. Radiologist said to do another MRI in 6 mos. Urologist would do a PSA in 3 months and a biopsy if my numbers increase or remain elevated. Not sure what to do. Wait for 2nd MRI or test and Biopsy. How is a PSE different from a PSA?