# Ferritin (Serial Monitor)

> This test measures the level of ferritin in your blood, a protein that stores iron for your body to use later. It helps show if your iron reserves are too low, which can cause fatigue, or too high, which can damage organs. This measurement helps doctors rule out iron deficiency anemia or iron overload disorders. However, because inflammation or infection can temporarily raise ferritin levels, this test cannot identify the underlying cause of an iron imbalance on its own.

- Labcorp code: 480111
- 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=480111&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.