# Osteocalcin, Serum

> This test measures the level of osteocalcin, a protein produced by your bones when they are building new tissue. It helps show how quickly your body is breaking down old bone and replacing it with new bone, a process known as bone turnover.

- Labcorp code: 010249
- Category: [Bone Health](https://picardo.health/labs/tests/bone-health.md)
- Sample: blood
- Labcorp turnaround: 2–4 days
- 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=010249&ref=assistant

## 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.