Why is amniocentesis so expensive? What diseases can be detected by an amniocentesis?

Hospital level. The level of the medical institution is different, and so are the charges. Because of the difference between hospitals and small hospitals in terms of machinery and equipment, steps, and so on, there is a difference in price, generally speaking, the price of hospitals will be more expensive. The big city is not the same. Different regions have different spending power and different price levels, causing the price of amniocentesis to be different. Generally speaking, the price of amniocentesis in a city will be higher than in a small city. For example, the cost of amniocentesis in Guangdong Provincial Women's and Children's Hospital is 2,800 yuan, the cost of amniocentesis in Beijing is 2,000 yuan, the cost of amniocentesis in Nanjing is 1,300-1,400 yuan, and the cost of amniocentesis in Shanghai is about 800-1,000 yuan.

The weeks of pregnancy vary. The best time to do amniocentesis is at 16-20 weeks of pregnancy, if the pregnant mother exceeds the length and then do amniocentesis, the cost will be a little higher. The risks are a little higher as the weeks of pregnancy get bigger. Tip: Regardless of the price of amniocentesis, parents-to-be do not have to choose unreliable hospital clinics in order to get a cheaper price, it is better to go to a professional hospital to do amniocentesis, the safety of which is more assured. The price of an amniocentesis is a few thousand dollars, but it varies from one medical institution to another.

Before an amniocentesis, a pregnant woman is required to undergo a series of full body examinations, and the human body is eligible for an amniocentesis. Amniocentesis is a needle used to extract the amniotic fluid of the pregnant woman, based on the amniotic fluid of the pregnant woman in the baby's vitality of the body cells to do analysis, to distinguish the fetus baby is not suffering from a disease. Amniocentesis is performed after 12 weeks of pregnancy and the results are accurate at this stage. After the amniocentesis is carried out first to observe whether the human body has side effects, after the puncture surgery pregnant mothers do not have to take a shower, in the 72 hours after the procedure, should not touch the water amniocentesis test is a prenatal examination, according to the amniocentesis test can detect thalassemia, phenylketonuria, hemophilia A and B A,

False hypertrophic medium-sized progressive myotonic dystrophy, Genetic genetic and metabolic diseases such as hereditary spinal muscular dystrophy, delayed X syndrome, dark mongoloid dementia, galactosemia, can also be used to distinguish the fetal lung maturity. Amniocentesis is a pregnancy test that relies on amniocentesis to obtain the amniotic fluid of the pregnant woman and uses a variety of laboratory techniques to analyze the composition of the amniotic fluid. The fetal cells in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women are suitable for somatic cell and genomics tests; the enzymatic analysis in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women is suitable for the screening of inborn genetic metabolic diseases; the test of pathogenic bacteria in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women is conducive to establishing the existence or non-existence of amniotic fluid contamination. At this stage, it is commonly used in prenatal examination of genetic diseases, monitoring of amniotic fluid contamination pathogens and distinguishing the fetal lung maturity.