# Albumin/Creatinine Ratio, Random Urine

> This test measures the amount of albumin, a protein, in your urine compared to creatinine, a waste product from your muscles. It helps show whether your kidneys are filtering blood properly, which is a key step in monitoring early kidney stress for people with diabetes. This measurement helps identify potential kidney damage before it becomes severe. However, this test cannot diagnose kidney disease by itself, as temporary factors like recent exercise or infection can also affect the results.

- Labcorp code: 140285
- Category: [Heart & Metabolic](https://app.picardo.health/labs/tests/heart-metabolic.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=140285&ref=assistant
- Already in these panels: [Base Core Annual – Men](https://app.picardo.health/labs/panels/base-core-men.md), [Base Core Annual – Women](https://app.picardo.health/labs/panels/base-core-women.md), [Heart Health](https://app.picardo.health/labs/panels/heart-health.md)

## 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.