Sending Glass
Slides for Second Opinion or Consultation
Slides sent directly
from the original laboratory:
Ask your urologist or the original pathology
lab to send the relevant biopsy slide(s) to the address below
. (The address and phone number of the original lab should
be present on the pathology report). It is easier to have
slides sent directly from the lab since they will have the
nifty plastic slide holders that prevent breakage of the glass
slides during transportation. Please send (by e-mail or U.S.
Mail) your mailing address so we may send you a written report
and allow for more direct communication.
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Slides sent directly by you:
Some laboratories will require you to pick
up your slides in person, whereupon they will ask you to sign
a release. When you obtain the slides ask for a plastic or
cardboard crush-resistant slide holder in which to send them.
Slides should be sent by Fed-Ex.
If previous biopsies have been performed,
it might be helpful to send them as well. Generally, the more
slides we see, the more we feel we have not overlooked anything.
E-mailing your PCDigest my allow us to be more helpful, but
it is not necessary.
It is not necessary to send the paraffin
block at first. If we think it would be helpful, we will ask
the laboratory to send it to us. The paraffin block containing
the malignant cores are necessary for tumor markers and DNA
ploidy studies.
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Results:
We can usually e-mail you results the same day that we receive
the slides. A written report will take a day or two later.
Please include instructions on whether you would like a report
faxed and/or e-mailed and which parties are to receive the
reports. Please be advised that electronic transmission of
information may compromise your privacy. Hard copies will
be sent by U.S. Mail to the address(es) that you indicate.
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Payment:
Our fee for slide review and written report
is $225.00 U.S. for a routine consult and $275.00 U.S. for
complex consults. Your insurance may cover most if not all
of this. If you are a member of a capitated plan, you will
not be eligible for reimbursement.
Please print and fill out our insurance
form and enclose it with a personal check made payable to
PRIME, Inc. You will be reimbursed for all portions of your
bill covered by your insurance. Recent federal law prohibits
private contracting between physicians and Medicare eligible
folk. If you qualify for this status, let us know. We accept
Medicare reimbursement as payment-in-full for all services
covered by that insurance.
We look forward to assisting you and your
physician(s).
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Address
P.R.I.M.E., Inc.
1854 Air Lane Drive, Suite 17A
Nashville, TN 37210
1-800-881-0470; FAX 615-232-8009
info@prostateresearch.org
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