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 tests. Blood tests are done in a doctor's office. They can pick up hCG earlier in a pregnancy than urine tests can. Blood tests can tell if you are pregnant about six to eight days after you ovulate.Doctors use two types of blood tests to check for pregnancy: 1  Quantitative blood test (or the beta hCG test) measures the exact amount of hCG in your blood.2  So it can find even tiny amounts of hCG. 3  This makes it very accurate.lood tests can tell if you are pregnant about six to eight days after you ovulate. Doctors use two types of blood tests to check for pregnancy: 1  Quantitative blood test (or the beta hCG test) measures the exact amount of hCG in your blood. 2  So it can find even tiny amounts of hCG. 3  This makes it very accurate.