MCV

MeasuredEssential

The average size of your red blood cells.

Size points to the cause of anaemia — small suggests iron deficiency, large suggests B12 or folate.

Calculated from this result

Once a lab has this measurement, these lines cost it nothing to add.

Part of

How we rate it — Essential

Defensible in a routine adult check-up.

This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.

Check-ups that include it

In 67 of the 78check-ups we track — 86%. Cheapest first.

and 55 more.

Also sold as

Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.

mcv · mean corpuscular volume

Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.