# Insulin

> This test measures the amount of insulin in your blood, which is a hormone made by the pancreas to help your body use sugar for energy. It helps show whether your body is producing too much insulin, which can cause low blood sugar, or if your body has become resistant to insulin.

- Labcorp code: 004333
- Category: [Heart & Metabolic](https://picardo.health/labs/tests/heart-metabolic.md)
- Sample: blood
- Labcorp turnaround: within 1 day
- Preparation: Fast before your blood draw. Water is fine. Skip food and other drinks, including coffee and tea.
- Collection: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Without a doctor: yes. People order it themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral.
- Price: shown on the review page its order link opens. Opening it orders nothing.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=004333&ref=assistant
- Already in these panels: [Base Core Annual – Men](https://picardo.health/labs/panels/base-core-men.md), [Base Core Annual – Women](https://picardo.health/labs/panels/base-core-women.md), [Heart Health](https://picardo.health/labs/panels/heart-health.md), [Celiac / GI Panel](https://picardo.health/labs/panels/celiac-gi.md)

## About ordering

People order for themselves, with no doctor's visit or referral, and results arrive in their Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.