You don’t know your biological family health history.

To pursue genetic testing on your own, the lab’s independent network of physicians and genetic counselors will order the test on your behalf. You can still keep your own provider in the loop. Typically you can’t pay with insurance.

Below are some other providers of high quality cancer risk tests. For these, you will need your doctor’s help to order.

This is not a comprehensive list and Any Mountain does not endorse or have a relationship with any genetic testing provider.

If you don’t know where to begin, a genetic counselor can help you. Ask your provider for a local genetic counselor reference.

Go see your own trusted health care provider to get started with genetic testing.

Genes are bits of DNA we inherit from our biological parents that give our cells instructions about how to function. Genes determine things we can see, like eye color, and things we cannot see, like cancer risk.

For more information about genes and how they work, visit the U.S. National Library of Medicine.