Down syndrome test

Hi parents! Does any of you have gone for the Down syndrome test before during your first trimester? I went for my test just a few weeks ago. I am currently at my 14 weeks now. I was shocked that the bill accumulated to almost $600+. When I went for my firstborn, it wasn't this expensive. Most probably, this happened 6 years ago. And I also just gave birth not long ago to my second, early last year, and I don't remember doing a Down syndrome test this early. It was already at my second trimester when i was told to go for the test or so? I don't remember. But what i do remember is that I don't pay that much for it? Is this the normal rate for Down syndrome, now?

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For my firstborn on 30 Mar 2020 at KKH (subsidised), I was 12w 3d and it cost me $285.50. My current pregnancy on 18 Jan 2022 at 10w 5d, I gave 5 tubes of blood, urine sample due to protein in urine and a scan. Also made 1/2 payment for FTS which cost me $445.82 in total after subsidy. On 3 Feb 2022, i was 13w 2d, I went for my FTS Down syndrome test and made the balance payment so total was $86.50. I had complication post-delivery for my firstborn so maybe that’s why it’s more costly this time round to do the DS test.

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