I know a histotech that worked for a urology lab in Indiana that does this test. She said they run it on the positive cases only. I believe the lab she worked at had a urologist that actually developed the test and founded Strand Diagnostics.
Look at the new Medicare website that shows what Medicare paid out to Strand Diagnostics in 2012. It was over 4 million dollars I believe for this test.
I'd be curious to see data from the labs that are using the test. Are they actually finding any errors? If so I wouldnt want my biopsy going to them. How can I trust that the DNA test was labeled properly? Does the lab do anything to figure out what happened? It seems like a waste of money to spend 450 bucks just because the lab and physician offices are too stupid to properly label specimens.
A lab in New York called Manahattan labs started doing Know Error on positive pap tests last year. Can you believe that? This country is sure wasting our health care dollars.