OUR Prostate Lab

P27, P53, Bcl-2, Ploidy Tests and / or Second Opinion from Dr. Oppenheimer

If you would like to have any of these test performed please follow the instructions below.

 

Request Materials:

Materials needed:

  1. Cancerous paraffin tissue block (s)
  2. Original biopsy slides
  3. Copy of original pathology report
  4. Request these materials be sent overnight to:

OUR Prostate Lab

1450 Elm Hill Pike

Nashville, TN. 37210

Telephone: 615-874-0410

Fax: 615-232-8009

 

Payment:

While we will be happy to filecharges with your insurance carrier, we require payment in advance by personal check or credit card. Any payments received by OUR Prosate Lab from the carrier will be refunded and/or redirected to you. Advance payment is not required for Medicare patients receiving a second opinion requested by their physician since this is a service covered by Medicare.

Tumor marker  tests (BCL-2,  p53, p27), informative as they may  be, are considered experimental and may not be covered by your insurance provider.

Please call OUR Lab’s toll free number for fee schedule:  1-800-883-7999

Insurance information:

  1. Print and fill out the insurance form
  2. If you are a Medicare patient you must also print and sign the Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN ).
  3. Please fax the above to OUR Prostate Lab

    4. Fax Number: (615-232-8009).

    Note: If you do not have access to a fax machine you may send these forms   via barb@ourlab.net or snail mail to above address.

    Note: Your insurance carrier may require a referral from your physician in order to process the claim. If so, please contact your physician and ask them to fax a copy of the referral to OUR Prostate Lab

  4. Payment in advance (Required for all services except second-opinion for Medicare beneficiaries).

Personal Checks should be mailed to:

OUR Prostate Lab

7051 HWY 70 South

PMB # 350

Nashville, TN. 37221

 

Results:

  1. It is OUR Prostate Lab’s policy to provide the requesting patient and physician with

    2. Dr. Oppenheimer’s findings. If you would like a copy sent to your physician / urologist please provide his / her name, address, telephone number and fax number.

  2. We will not fax a report with out first notifying the requesting party of his results.
  3. OUR Lab will fax all reports and then mail the hard copies to concerned parties.
  4. The results of all tests should be considered objective data. In order to convert this data into useful information, all patients are strongly encouraged to confer with their own physician(s).