what is the average cost for a tuberculosis test?

Question

I'm applying to volunteer at a children's hospital and one of the requirements is that I have had a negative TB test in the last 12 months. So, insurance obviously won't pay for it. Does anyone know what the average cost of the TB test is w/o insurance?

Answer 1

I'm sending U several sites, so U can see what I have. They run from $2 - $122 depending where U have it done. The sites I'm sending U have information for places to consider having the test done at. All this will be at Ur finger tips.

Background Information for Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test (PPD, Mantoux)
Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease. It is estimated that approximately 1/3 of the entire world's population is infected with the bacterium that causes TB. In the United States this number is much lower, but those who live in close quarters, inner cities, or work in health care settings are at higher risk.

Even though 1/3 of the world's population is infected with the bacterium that causes TB, nowhere near that number of people actually have TB. The rest have a condition known as Latent TB Infection (LTBI). This is a situation where the body's immune system is constantly fighting the bacterium and keeping it in check. A small number of bacterium survive in the body, but are not able to reproduce and cause the disease. This fight may continue for decades and the human host may win in the end. BUT, sometimes, often when the immune system is depleted from other fights, the bacterium wins, begins reproducing actively and TB the disease occurs. It is only those people who actually have TB that are sick, and it is only they who are contagious.

The TB test (also called a PPD or Mantoux, and similar to the old Tine test) is designed to find those individuals who have been exposed to, and carry the bacterium that causes TB, but are not yet sick. It is easier to prevent a case of TB in someone who has been infected, than to treat a case of TB should it occur.

The TB test is NOT a vaccine. It does not protect against TB. It is only designed to identify those individuals who carry the bacterium.

Background Information for Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test (PPD, Mantoux)
Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease. It is estimated that approximately 1/3 of the entire world's population is infected with the bacterium that causes TB. In the United States this number is much lower, but those who live in close quarters, inner cities, or work in health care settings are at higher risk.

Even though 1/3 of the world's population is infected with the bacterium that causes TB, nowhere near that number of people actually have TB. The rest have a condition known as Latent TB Infection (LTBI). This is a situation where the body's immune system is constantly fighting the bacterium and keeping it in check. A small number of bacterium survive in the body, but are not able to reproduce and cause the disease. This fight may continue for decades and the human host may win in the end. BUT, sometimes, often when the immune system is depleted from other fights, the bacterium wins, begins reproducing actively and TB the disease occurs. It is only those people who actually have TB that are sick, and it is only they who are contagious.

The TB test (also called a PPD or Mantoux, and similar to the old Tine test) is designed to find those individuals who have been exposed to, and carry the bacterium that causes TB, but are not yet sick. It is easier to prevent a case of TB in someone who has been infected, than to treat a case of TB should it occur.

The TB test is NOT a vaccine. It does not protect against TB. It is only designed to identify those individuals who carry the bacterium.

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Background Information for Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test (PPD, Mantoux)
Worldwide, tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease. It is estimated that approximately 1/3 of the entire world's population is infected with the bacterium that causes TB. In the United States this number is much lower, but those who live in close quarters, inner cities, or work in health care settings are at higher risk.

Even though 1/3 of the world's population is infected with the bacterium that causes TB, nowhere near that number of people actually have TB. The rest have a condition known as Latent TB Infection (LTBI). This is a situation where the body's immune system is constantly fighting the bacterium and keeping it in check. A small number of bacterium survive in the body, but are not able to reproduce and cause the disease. This fight may continue for decades and the human host may win in the end. BUT, sometimes, often when the immune system is depleted from other fights, the bacterium wins, begins reproducing actively and TB the disease occurs. It is only those people who actually have TB that are sick, and it is only they who are contagious.

The TB test (also called a PPD or Mantoux, and similar to the old Tine test) is designed to find those individuals who have been exposed to, and carry the bacterium that causes TB, but are not yet sick. It is easier to prevent a case of TB in someone who has been infected, than to treat a case of TB should it occur.

The TB test is NOT a vaccine. It does not protect against TB. It is only designed to identify those individuals who carry the bacterium.


http://www.uhs.umich.edu/services/tb_int.html
http://www.health.rutgers.edu/Immunizations/TB.htm
http://www.muskegonhealth.net/programs/health/tb.htm
http://www.ochealthinfo.com/public/tb/faqs.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15225648
http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/news/p507111
http://www.uhs.nd.edu/html/faq_tb_inh.html
http://www.aidsmap.com/en/news/9F5BB3FA-D7B1-4DAC-89AF-B3C5035CB503.asp

I hope this helps & gives u some ideas as well.

Answer 2

Cost Of Tb Skin Test