NT Scan Price in Kolkata

What Is The NT Scan?

The NT scan is the nuchal translucency screening test that is recommended for pregnant women in their first trimester, or between 11 and 14 weeks of pregnancy.

Nuchal translucency is an ultrasound prenatal scan that measures your baby’s nuchal translucency, which is a fluid-filled space behind the baby’s neck. The purpose of the screening is to help your doctor evaluate if your baby carries any risk of chromosomal abnormalities, such as Down’s Syndrome. The NT scan can also help diagnose –

• Limb deformities
• Cardiac malformation
• Congenital deformities
• Spinal cord abnormalities

Older women – those who are aged 35 years and older – are usually at higher risk of carrying babies with chromosomal defects, but this isn’t conclusive. Anyone can be at risk, which is the reason why doctors recommend a routine antenatal NT scan for all pregnant women in their third month of pregnancy, to be sure if the baby is developing normally; they plan the next course of treatment if the screening shows growth anomalies.

The choice to go for the scan is completely yours, but it is still strongly recommended.  The NT scan is normally performed by a sonographer, but doctors and technicians with relevant training can also do it. It may be carried out in a radiology clinic or a hospital. The NT test scan may have to be combined with a blood test and other diagnostic procedures to get an accurate estimate of risks.

You will have to take the test just once as the results remain unaltered throughout a pregnancy term.

AccuHealth Diagnostics offers NT scan tests at an affordable cost in Kolkata.

How To Prepare For NT Scan?

The test requires no special preparation, except that it takes place in two phases –

1. A technician will take blood samples either from your arm or fingertips
2. The second step involves a normal ultrasound procedure where you lie on your back while a sonographer probes your belly.

The entire procedure is completed within 20 to 40 minutes. You can expect the NT scan results in a few days. You have little to worry about ‘low risks’, but your doctor may advise further tests if the results show ‘high risk’.

For reliable test results, you may get your NT scan done at a reasonable price at either one of AccuHealth Diagnostics’ testing centres –

• Kasba Branch
• Baruipur Branch
• Barasat Branch

Average NT Scan Prices In Kolkata

NT scan costs differ with testing centres in Kolkata. NT scan rates in the city range between INR 1500 to INR 3500, depending on where you are getting it done. The cost variation in the NT scan prices is due to –

• Location of the testing centre (more centrally located, higher the pricing)
• Doctor fees, their experience, and level of expertise
• The patient’s medical condition (more the criticality, higher the NT scan cost)
• Clinic/Hospital infrastructure (bigger and more technologically advanced a medical centre, higher the NT scan rates)