It depends on what kinda test you wanna do because there are different packages for the full blood tests done. Like what onemilimeter had said, some comes with HIV, some without Hep.C, etc.
Blood testing range is wide. you can get your blood tested for the blood cells, or for the chemical components,for your immune system, etc All comes in different price list.

private hospitals do not give discount over blood donated by you.
national blood bank, only if you have donated few times then there are free tests.
so you want to get your blood tested for hepatitis B? whether you are free from it or a carrier?
then just request for hepatitis B testing. it wont cost that much if its only involving 1 test.
and for hep.B injection, its not a must to take it when you are adults. just that, on the safer side, better to be safe and sorry, you go get it., especially if you have "healthy" life style or you are working in the healthcare industry, particularly in the hospitals.

ive got myself jab for 3 times. but no antibodies is produced. how sad...

Ive come across many cases in which the patients is like a bag of bones but when lipid profile testing was done, the cholesterol level is even higher than those obese patients. So its not only meant for obese people or those with family history. but everyone should get check at least once as our blood can give out alot of clues regarding our health status.

As for klifex, in my opinion, if you do have family background of cancers, when you have reach a certain age and if there are risk factors that may contribute to the mutation of the cells within our body, tumour marker may help a little. As when something goes wrong with any organs in our body, the amount of cancer marker would certainly be higher if it were to compare with a normal healthy people. it is not nessecary only for prognosis purposes. but like what you have mentioned, those lab testing packages offers by private labs or even in the hospital, some of the tests are unnessecary. It would be better if you do have some knowledge regarding the importance of each test done and how it is connected to your health status. e.g. if you have never been exposed to any sexual transmitted disease, whats the point of doing STDs testing?

This post has been edited by LoveMeNot: Jan 11 2008, 07:37 PM

Hepatitis B immunization is actually involving injection of weak hepatitis B virus into your body. This will activate your immune system to produce antibodies against it. Once the 3 series of jab is complete, you can go and get your blood tested for the antibody.

thats like already above the normal range. wassup with it ???

those private labs always have this promotion thingy going on and its kinda cheap actually e.g. around rm100. the tests included in the packages offers are reasonable enough to check the status of your health. it would be better if you know what tests to go for, its even better because some of the tests included doesnt really serve any purpose

This post has been edited by LoveMeNot: Aug 14 2008, 09:00 AM

Full blood test may include:

1. Full blood count (e.g. white blood cells, red blood cells, platelets)
2. Biochemistry measurement (e.g. cholesterol, protein, glucose)
3. Urine checkup (e.g. physical and chemistry components)
4. Blood type (ABO Grouping) ( always come in a package)
5. Thyroid function (e.g. T4, T3)
6. Hepatitis B related
7. Tumour marker (e.g. PSA, CA-125, AFP

Usually if you go to the lab and you want cheaper rate, tests are clustered into packages. As far as I know, the test cannot be replaced with others. STDs and HIV tests are more expensive compared to e.g. blood type testing.

You can always give them a call to ask about the pricing