anna_c
5th February 2007, 03:53 PM
Just posting about my medical as I thought it might be helpful to some people.
I got the main medical done with my local GP at the Northland Village Surgery. Cost:$175. I was very happy with him as a doctor and the way he asked questions/examined me, but he was not really familiar with the medical and I had to point out a couple of things he'd missed.
I paid just over $160 for the bloodtests and urinalysis at Aotea Pathology on the Terrace. This included the fasting blood and lipids test (so annoyed - after getting my BMI down my waist measurement was a few cm over). The extra cost was an annoyance, but the tests in themselves were no big deal - it involved going there in the morning not having eaten since 8pm the night before (and they open pretty early) and they took a bit extra blood for them.
And would you believe every single one came back in the normal range :nice1 I was so sure there'd be an issue (albeit a minor one) with either blood glucose or iron levels. (Excuse my gloating).
X-ray at pacific radiology on Lambton Quay. Cost $93. It does take them a week to get the results back to you (I understand it is same day if you go up to Newtown) but I was ahead of time and this was more convenient to me.
I got the main medical done with my local GP at the Northland Village Surgery. Cost:$175. I was very happy with him as a doctor and the way he asked questions/examined me, but he was not really familiar with the medical and I had to point out a couple of things he'd missed.
I paid just over $160 for the bloodtests and urinalysis at Aotea Pathology on the Terrace. This included the fasting blood and lipids test (so annoyed - after getting my BMI down my waist measurement was a few cm over). The extra cost was an annoyance, but the tests in themselves were no big deal - it involved going there in the morning not having eaten since 8pm the night before (and they open pretty early) and they took a bit extra blood for them.
And would you believe every single one came back in the normal range :nice1 I was so sure there'd be an issue (albeit a minor one) with either blood glucose or iron levels. (Excuse my gloating).
X-ray at pacific radiology on Lambton Quay. Cost $93. It does take them a week to get the results back to you (I understand it is same day if you go up to Newtown) but I was ahead of time and this was more convenient to me.