By virtue of the authority of the Secretary of Health under Executive Order No. 119, dated January 30, 1987, to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Department of Health objectives, policies, plans, programs and projects, pursuant to Section 2, General Provisions of Republic Act No. 6831, otherwise known as General Appropriations Act of CY 1990, the following fees shall be charged for certain laboratory examinations performed in the Bureau of Research and Laboratories, this Department:

Laboratory Examination Fee

A.	Blood Chemistry
	1.	FBS		P60.00
	2.	BUN		60.00
	3.	CHOLESTEROL		60.00
	4.	CREATININE		60.00
	5.	URIC ACID		60.00
	6.	ALT		80.00
	7.	AST		80.00
	8.	ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE		80.00
	9.	TRIGLYCERIDES		90.00
	10.	TOTAL PROTEIN		60.00
	11.	TOTAL BILIRUBIN		80.00
	12.	CHLORIDE		60.00
	13.	CO2		80.00
	14.	Na		80.00
	15.	K		80.00
	16.	HDL CHOLESTEROL		120.00
	17.	ACID PHOSPHATASE		80.00
B.	Immunology
1.	VDRL			80.00
2.	FTA-ABS			100.00
3.	WIDAL or WEIL FELIX TEST			150.00
4.	HEPATITIS B SERUM MARKERS
	4.1	HBsAg (EIA)		120.00
		HBsAg (RPHA w/adsorption)		120.00
	4.2	Anti- HBs		150.00
	4.3	Anti- HBc		160.00
	4.4	HBeAg/Anti-HBe		200.00
	4.5	PACKAGE:
		a.	2 markers
			( HBsAg HBeAg/Anti-HBe)	300.00
		b.	3 markers ( HBsAg, Anti-HBs,
			Anti-HBc)	400.00
		c.	4 markers ( HBsAg, HBeAg/
			Anti-HBe,Anti- HBs
			Anti- HBc)	600.00
5.	Hepatitis A: Anti-HAV IgM			250.00
6.	Hepatitis C: HCV			400.00
7.	HIV Antibody
	8.1	HIV Ab (EIA)		200.00
		HIV Ab (PA)		150.00
	8.2	HIV Ab Supplemental(WB)		800.00
C.	Hematology
1.	ABO Typing			40.00
2.	Rh Typing			60.00
3.	Full Red Cell Phenotyping			500.00
4.	Red Cell Panel (Antibody Determination)			300.00
5.	Direct Coomb ™s Test			40.00
6.	Indirect Coomb ™s Test			40.00
7.	CBC			60.00
8.	ESR			25.00
9.	Bleeding Time/Clotting Time			50.00
10.	Thrombocyte ct.			80.00
11.	Reticulocyte ct.			50.00
12.	Malaria/ Trypanosoma Detection			50.00
13.	Evaluation of Peripheral smear			100.00
14.	Prothrombin Time			60.00

15.	Activated Partial Tromboplastin Time	120.00
16.	L.E. Cell Preparation	80.00
Special Test
1.	Osmotic Fragility Test	80.00
2.	Ham ™s Test	50.00
	Special Staining	50.00
	1. Peroxidase Stain 2. LAP 3. Sudan Black 4. Dual Esterase
D.	Parasitology
1.	Routine Stool Examination	30.00
2.	Direct Pecal Smear (0.85% NSS)	30.00
	a.  Iodine Mount
	b.  Kato Thick Smear
3.	Special Examinations	50.00
	a.  Formalin-Ether Concentration
	b.  Merthiolate-Iodine
	Formalin Concentration
4.	Serological Examination	50.00
	a.  Filaria Blood Examination
	b.  Schistosomiasis COPT
	5.  Occult Blood	25.00
E.	Bacteriology
1.	Acid Fast Stain Smear	50.00
2.	Acid Fast Bacilli Culture	80.00
3.	Gram Stain	50.00
4.	Bacterial culture & sensitivity	150.00
5.	Isolation & Identification of:	100.00 each
	a) Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli b)  Campylobacter c)  Aeromonas d)  Plesiomonas e)  Yersinia
6.	Specie Identification from bacterial isolates for	100.00 each
	a)  Salmonella b)  Shigella c)  Vibrio cholera d)  Vibrio parahemolyticus
F.	Anatomic Pathology
1.	Cytology	50.00
2.	Surgical Pathology	75.00
3.	Special Stain	150.00/mtd.
	a.  Wilder ™s Method for Reticulum b.  Kinyoum ™s Method for AFB c.  Gomori ™s Method for Reticulum
4.	Referral Professional Fee
	a.  Cytology	100.00
	b.  Surgicals w/ 1-2 slides	150.00
	c.  Surgicals with multiple slides	200.00
G.	Clinical Microscopy
1.	Routine Urinalysis
2.	Special Tests
	a.  Bile Test	30.00
	b.  Urinary Calculi (analysis)	50.00
	3.  Urobilinogen	40.00
	4.  Strip	30.00
H.	Water Analysis
1.	BOD	500.00 /sample
2.	Physical & Chemical Exam	165.00 /sample
3.	Water Bacteriology	50.00 /sample
4.	Waste Water	50.00 /parameter
5.	Bacterial Density (Plate Count)	300.00+25.00 /plate
6.	Particulate Sampling and Testing (Microscopic)	200.00+100.00 /sample

The rate of laboratory fees herein promulgated is within the range of usual fees prevailing at the time, and in the different public health laboratories, taking into consideration the cost of reagents, supplies and materials, and quality control of various laboratory procedures.

This Order shall take effect upon approval and publication.

Adopted: 5 Nov. 1990

(SGD.) ALFREDO R.A. BENGZON, M.D.

Secretary