Ordering Breast Cancer Index®
Breast Cancer Index provides clinically actionable information that can impact her treatment plan beyond year 5.
Insurance Information
- Medicare covers Breast Cancer Index at a predetermined rate with no fees charged to your patients. Subject to specific coverage criteria.*
- Her commercial insurance plan may cover Breast Cancer Index. A member of our Patient Services Team will contact her to discuss the billing process and what to expect.
- We also offer a Financial Assistance Program designed to minimize financial burden for your patients if certain financial hardship criteria are met.
*Click here to see coverage criteria under the current Local Coverage Determination (LCD) »
Logistics
- Offered in all 50 states
- CLIA-certified, CAP-accredited clinical laboratory
- Biotheranostics will coordinate sample shipment directly from hospital to lab
- Test results available within 7 business days (from receipt of specimen and required information)
Download Eligibility CriteriaSpecimen Preparation
- BCI uses her original tissue specimen, no additional biopsy needed
- Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue block preferred, or
- 3-4 unstained, 10µm-thick sections on glass slides (an area of tumor that contains ≥40% neoplastic cells) and one H&E-stained slide