# Copper, Serum or Plasma

> This test measures the amount of copper in your blood, a mineral essential for nerve health and making red blood cells. It helps show whether your levels are too low due to nutritional issues or too high, which can be toxic to your organs. Doctors use these results to help evaluate genetic conditions like Wilson’s disease or to monitor for copper poisoning. However, because inflammation and hormones can temporarily change copper levels, this test does not diagnose a specific disease by itself.

- Labcorp code: 001586
- Category: [Nutrients](https://app.picardo.health/labs/tests/nutrients.md)
- Price: shown at checkout, before payment.
- Blood draw: free at a Labcorp location, or $75.00 at home.
- Order link: https://app.picardo.health/labs/order?tests=001586&ref=assistant

## About ordering

A licensed physician reviews every order before any test is run, and results arrive in the person's Picardo account. Ordering is open to adults 18 and over in the US, except New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii and Maine. General health information, not medical advice.