Cheapest Microbiome Test?

A reader in Australia wrote:

Could you tell us which laboratory is the cheapest? Like many families facing a credit squeeze, the cost of regular testing has become prohibitive.

The criteria to be included is simple — it must be up loadable or transferable to MicrobiomePrescription. The criteria of the whether the test provider will ship to Australia etc is not evaluated. There is always the “friends solution” — i.e. someone where they will ship to, orders the test and forwards to Australia.

Low resolution tests and not uploadable tests(No CSV files provided) are excluded. These include:

  • Biomefx
  • Bioscreen (cfu/gm)
  • Biovis Microbiome Plus (cfu/g)
  • Chuckling Goat
  • DayTwo
  • Diagnostic Solution GI-Map (cfu/gm)
  • Estudio de Disbiosis: Intestinal + Parasitos
  • GanzImmun Diagnostic A6 (cfu/gm)
  • GanzImmun Diagnostics AG Befundbericht
  • Genova Gi Effects (cfu/g)
  • Genova Parasitology (cfu/g)
  • GI EcologiX (Invivo)
  • GI360 Stool (UK)
  • Gut Zoomer (vibrant-wellness)
  • HealthPath
  • InVitaLab (cfu/gm)
  • Kyber Kompakt (cfu/g)
  • Laboratorio Teletest
  • Medivere Mikrobiom Plus Stuhlanalyse
  • Medivere: Darm Mikrobiom Stuhltest (16s limited)
  • Medivere: Darn Magen Diagnostik (16s Limited)
  • Medivere: Gesundsheitscheck Darm (16s Limited)
  • Metagenomics Stool (De Meirleir) (16s Limited)
  • Microbiome Healthpath Maxi
  • MyBiota (Austria)
  • Nordic Laboratories
  • NutriPATH
  • Randox Health
  • Smart Gut (16s – Limited Taxonomy)
  • Tarmkollen Mega
  • TinyHealth
  • Verisana (cfu/ml) aka (kbe/ml)
  • Viome (Latest Reports Fail to provide ANY measurements)

The numbers are in $AU. Some sites have a variety of price according to subscription model, discount codes, sales – for example “The Gut Club’s Biomesight discount code: THEGUTCLUB50 provides 33% discount for single kits).

TypeProviderLowestHighest
16sBiomesight$187$312
16sOmbre$136$180
ShotgunThorne$180 (via US Amazon)$300
16sVitract (transfers are pending)$212$228
ShotgunTiny Health$302$377
ShotgunXenogene$800
Prices as of time of writing

On a personal note, this household is shifting to Thorne because of the greater detail from Shotgun including virus and phages. Ombre / Biomesight has been our prior preferred test when focused on symptoms.

This is an interest item by item price list.

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