To their dismay, patients have to pay for the drug tests at their own (or their insurersâ) expense. Carol, a chronic pain patient who had been treated for seven years by the same clinic without any testing, reports that she was billed $325 for a urine screen.
Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD. May 2, 2012 -- Researchers say they've found a way to identify the father of a baby as early as the eighth week of pregnancy. The new method, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, uses fetal DNA isolated from the mother's blood.
Blood Test. You can get a blood test 7 days after you ovulate, which is usually a week before your period. Blood tests can take longer to process than other methods of pregnancy tests, but a blood test can detect pregnancy earlier and is 99% accurate.