Progesterone Level
Icon & Photos
Plain Red Top
Specimen Requirements
Preferred:
Container/Tube: Plain Red Top(NO GEL)
Minimum Volume: 1.0 mL
Specimen Stability
Ambient: 8 hours
Refrigerate: 48 hours
Frozen: aliquot for longer storage
Reference Range
Males: 0.14 – 2.06 ng/ml
Non-pregnant Females:
mid-follicular phase 0.31 – 1.52 ng/ml
mid-luteal phase 5.16 – 18.56 ng/ml
post menopausal <0.08 – 0.78 ng/ml
Pregnant Females:
first trimester 4.73 – 50.74 ng/ml
second trimester 19.41 – 45.30 ng/ml
Methodology
Chemiluminescent Immunoassay
CPT
84144