# Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (Direct)

> This test directly measures the amount of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), often known as "bad" cholesterol, in your blood. It is specifically used to accurately assess your risk for heart disease when you have not fasted or if you have high triglyceride levels that make standard calculations inaccurate.

- Labcorp code: 120295
- Category: [Heart & Metabolic](https://picardo.health/labs/tests/heart-metabolic.md)
- Sample: blood
- Labcorp turnaround: within 1 day
- 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=120295&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.