Rich_by_the_Bay
Moderator Emeritus
It isn't clear to me why it's necessary to pay a doctor for a prescription so that you can get your blood tested.
Is it plausible that you're paying for the knowledge and experience to know what to order, what not to order, and how to interpret it?
But I agree... if it's a trivial, routine screening test it is unseemly to me to charge just to order the test. Other stuff, not so much.