I agree that they can be overwhelming, BirdDancer. And expensive, if you are paying yourself, as I am.

Yes, ordering our own labs is apparently a thing of the future. You don't need a doctor's order to do it with this company, you actually order your own. There are a few states, cannot remember which ones, but it is on their site, where it is still not permitted.

The company is called Walk-in Lab, walkinlab.com. They do seem to offer significant cost savings compared to Quest or LabCorp, which is interesting. I think they are trying to build a business on the idea that some people would like more of their own helath information and are willing to pay for that. They may be right.