LabCorp

Poor organizational and administrative issues. They will send out past due notices, BEFORE an actual bill is sent. Usually I receive data from my insurance company first, then pay my bill. It’s alarming when you pay bills on time and receive notices such as this.

A few months ago I had a glucose tolerance test. After fasting I had blood drawn four times in three hours. This lab found that half the samples did not exceed normal limits so I tested negative for gestational diabetes. It took about a week to learn the results. Another blood test discovered that my anemia had returned.
A prenatal screen showed me that I’m immune to German measles and I learned what my blood type was for the first time (I thought it was a different one all my life!). All my urine tests for e. coli except for one were analyzed here. Forensic urine drug testing looks for methadone or opiates. They reported that I tested negative for amphetamines, barbiturates, and metabolized cocaine. I think this is the same lab that tried to detect chlamydia and gonorrhea in my urine specimens.
My group B strep culture was done here too.

This company tries to direct you to do something not only appalling, but completely illegal. My wife and are are in our late 30’s and we want to start having kids. Our doctor suggested that we both have fertility tests done. The LabCorp location in Rancho Penasquitos has the processing lab on site, which is important because you only have 30 minutes to get the sample to the lab for testing. Otherwise, your results could be inaccurate.
I called there yesterday to make an appointment for the fertility test. I was obviously a bit nervous as I’ve never done this before. They told me that ‘it’s walk-​in only, as all you need to do is drop off your sample.’ I was confused and asked how said sample was supposed to be generated.
She (whoever answered the phone) said that they don’t allow ‘sample generation’ at their facility, so it was up to me to get that done. I told her I don’t live anywhere near RP, so I wasn’t sure what to do. Her response was, ‘Well, there’s a Shell gas station just up the road, and they have a bathroom. We tell people to go there if they have nowhere else to go.“
I was shocked and asked her if she realized that she was asking me to commit a crime and that if I was arrested and convicted of this crime (lewd acts in the California statutes) that I could be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of my life. She giggled and said she didn’t think it was illegal.
It is, and the consequences are real. Men, if you need to get a fertility test done, DO NOT contact this location. It’s appalling.