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Haptoglobin, Serum

Tube Type = Gold Top

Tube Type

Test ID LAB89
EPIC Order HAPTOGLOBIN
CPT Code(s) 83010
Group/Individual Test Individual
Laboratory Core Laboratory
Tube Station Routine: 30
Specimen Routine: 3 mL blood/gold SST tube
Micro: 1.5 mL blood
Stability Unspun: Unspun: 2 hours
Spun/Separated,
Room Temp:
4 hours
Spun/Separated,
Refrigerated:
7 days
Spun/Separated,
Frozen:
30 days
Availability 24 hrs/day
Turnaround Time Routine: 2 hrs; STAT: 1 hour
Reference Range 30-200 mg/dL (Adults)
Comment Reference range effective 2/14/2024

Reviewed by J. Carr on December 31, 2025

UNC Hospitals
McLendon Clinical Laboratories
101 Manning Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27514