# Interleukin-8, Serum

> This test measures the level of Interleukin-8, a protein released by your immune system to attract white blood cells to areas of infection or injury. It helps show the severity of inflammation in your body, which is often elevated during bacterial infections or chronic inflammatory conditions.

- Labcorp code: 140918
- Category: [Immune Regulation](https://picardo.health/labs/tests/immune-regulation.md)
- Sample: blood
- Labcorp turnaround: 4–7 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=140918&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.