Cholesterol Screening Services in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area

The St. Louis Metropolitan area offers many services to its residents in terms of health care. Getting routine cholesterol screenings for both children and adults is a great way to stay health and should be a routine part of your medical care plan. If you choose to go to a health care screening service area in St. Louis remember to follow-up with your personal physician to give him or her the test results. According to the Cholesterol Screening: Adults and Children webpage offered by the American Heart Association people who interpret their own cholesterol test results may become unduly frightened or reassured.

If you are looking for cholesterol screening services in the St. Louis Metropolitan area here is a list of the best ones:

St. Anthony's Medical Center

St. Anthony's Medical Center offers community cholesterol testing for St. Louis. This cholesterol testing consists of an extensive lipid profile which tests total cholesterol, triglyceride levels, HDL and LDL, cardiac risk ratio, and fasting glucose. The cost is only $30. You will need to fast for 12 hours before doing the test. Your cholesterol screening results are provided immediately. Testing is only done on Thursday mornings from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. each week. Appointments are required so remember to call the program and see if they can get you in before you start fasting.

St. Anthony's Medical Center
Hyland Education & Training Center
2nd Floor
10020 Kennerly Road
St. Louis, Missouri 63128
1-314-525-4002
1-800-554-9550

Progress West Healthcare Center

On Tuesday September 22 Progress West Healthcare Center is offering the community free cholesterol screening tests. There testing includes blood pressure screening, total cholesterol, HDL levels, glucose level, and your body mass index (BMI). Appointments for this free screening are required. This is only for one day; Tuesday September 22. Hours will run from 5 p.m. through 8 p.m.

Progress West Healthcare Center
2 Progress Point Parkway
1st Floor Café
O'Fallon, Missouri 63368
1-636-344-2273
1-800-392-0936

For more information regarding cholesterol screening or finding a physician to help you after your screening please visit the following websites:

Understanding and Controlling Cholesterol Brochure: American Heart Association

Personalized Cholesterol Treatment Options Report from Heart Profilers

What Are High Blood Cholesterol and Triglycerides? Available from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association in Adobe PDF, file size is 116 KB

Physician Search: St. Anthony's Medical Center