# B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP)

> This test measures the level of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP), a hormone released by your heart when it is under pressure or working hard to pump blood. Doctors use this measurement to evaluate symptoms like shortness of breath and leg swelling to determine if heart stress is the cause.

- Labcorp code: 140889
- 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=140889&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.