Ordering Harmony

The cost of the Harmony NIPT test is $430. No Medicare rebate is available. If 22q11.2 Microdeletion is also ordered there is an additional cost of $70.

Harmony NIPT is a highly accurate prenatal screening test with high specificity and sensitivity. It is important to note that it is not a diagnostic test, and while rare, false positive and negative results may occur.

“No call” or “Inconclusive Test” results:
Between 0.5-2.9%¹ of women who undergo NIPT will not get a result. This can be due to several factors such as insufficient foetal DNA in the sample (known as Low Foetal Fraction), high maternal BMI, early gestational age, maternal aneuploidy, chromosomal mosaicism (maternal, foetal of placental), unknown demised co-twin pregnancy or the mother has had a transplant or transfusions. A sample can also show inconclusive results if the level of "noise" (variance of genomic assays) in the sample was too great to reliably assess sex chromosomes. Due to testing complexity, foetal gender or sex chromosomal assessment results cannot be reported in 1 in 100-200 tests. The manufacturer of the testing kit does not recommend that the Harmony test be repeated. Cumulative data showed that repeat testing is unlikely to provide a reliable result.
Reference
1. de Wergifosse et al. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2019. DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1686478

Patient refund process
If your patient’s first test does not produce a result, they will be asked if they would like to provide a new blood sample for testing. If they choose not to proceed, they are entitled to a full refund. If your patient decides to supply a new sample for testing, there will be no additional cost to them, and it will be covered by their initial payment. If the second sample does not produce a conclusive result, then a cost recovery may be charged to your patient. This partial refund will be processed automatically upon a second time fail. Any refund issued by Australian Clinical Labs will be processed within 2-3 weeks back to the credit card used to pay at the initial testing stage.
For pregnant women who still wish to undergo the test for a third time, a full test fee will be incurred, and there will be no entitlement to a refund if the test fails.

Australian Clinical Labs is NATA-accredited for Harmony Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing, which allows for high accuracy and quick result turnaround times.

For patient FAQs, please click HERE.

Clinical Labs offers expert pathologist advice, as well as a genetic counselling service for patients who receive a high probability result for a genetic defect.