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Counsyl's test is at most $99 if you do not have insurance. Most major insurance companies now cover the test, so you're usually just making a $20 co-pay. You're looking at the insurance billing rate - compare $599 to tens of thousands of dollars that Lab Corp or Quest charge to screen just a few diseases. Counsyl screens for over 150+.
The second iteration of Counsyl's test is a sequencing test. It's already been launched. It was referenced in the article. Expect a third iteration to include additional diseases in the near future.
2.5% of all births last year? So 100,000 people tested? I'm surprised it's not higher. Shouldn't everyone thinking of having children be taking this test?
Impressive how much data these guys are managing.
My only question is, when is Google buying Counsyl? David Drummond is an investor right? This seems like a no-brainer acq for goog to move into health care data.
What is Counsyl valued at?