Calcium test

The calcium in your blood, which your body keeps within tight limits.

€3.93. You pay at the desk, not online.

Calcium test: what it is for

Blood calcium is the amount of calcium in your blood. Your body keeps it within very tight limits, because calcium keeps your muscles, nerves and heart working. The measured number also depends on albumin, the protein that carries part of it.

Why it is done

Almost all the calcium in your body sits in your bones. There is little in your blood, but it is needed all the time: it makes muscles contract, carries signals along nerves and keeps your heart beating.

That is why your body keeps it almost constant, with the parathyroids, four small glands in the neck, and with vitamin D. If the number moves outside the limits, there is usually a reason to find.

How the calcium test is done

It is a blood test, done at a Bianalisi lab without a prescription. You can add other tests to the same draw.

Questions about the calcium test.

Do I need to fast for a calcium test? It is better, also because other tests in the same draw usually need it. You can drink water. If you take calcium or vitamin D, tell your doctor.

How much does the calcium test cost? €3.93, from Bianalisi’s private list for Lombardy. You pay at the desk on the day of the draw, not online.

Do I need a prescription for the calcium test? No. You book it here without a prescription and pay at the Bianalisi desk.

When do results arrive? Within 10 working days, in the Rosa app, with each value next to the lab’s interval. The report a doctor approves is in the Rosa membership.