Can you get a blood test without a doctor in Denmark?

Denmark has one of the most accessible public health systems in Europe, and that shapes the private market. When your GP thinks you need a blood test, it's ordered for you and it's free. What the public system doesn't usually do is test you because you're curious, want to track a marker over time, or want something your doctor hasn't suggested. That's the gap private services fill – and in Denmark it's a small, Copenhagen-heavy market.

This guide is general information about how to access tests and what they cost. It isn't medical advice. If you have symptoms, contact your doctor – that route is free and the right place to start.

Route 1: through your GP (free)

Everyone covered by Danish public health insurance is registered with a GP, and consultations and most examinations are free (Life in Denmark). If there's a clinical reason for a test – symptoms, a family history, a condition being monitored – your GP orders it and you give blood at the practice or a hospital sampling clinic. You see results on sundhed.dk.

The limitation is that your GP decides what's clinically needed. Asking for a broad "longevity" panel, or markers such as ApoB without a clinical reason, may not get you very far – and that's by design, because extra tests in healthy people can cause more harm than good (we cover this in what is a longevity blood test?).

Route 2: private services without a referral

In our check on 13 October 2026, we found three services that sell blood tests directly to individuals, without a GP referral:

NurseCare (Copenhagen K)

NurseCare runs a clinic at Rømersgade in central Copenhagen. Its price list says one price covers both sampling and analysis, and that samples are analysed at an accredited hospital laboratory. It says it doesn't make diagnoses and that abnormal results should be followed up with your own doctor. Prices are shown as estimates and confirmed when you book.

• Vitamin D, HbA1c, ferritin or CRP: 299 kr each (≈ €40)
• Cholesterol package (total, LDL, HDL, triglycerides): 599 kr
• Hormone package (testosterone, estradiol, prolactin, LH, FSH): 849 kr
• "Basis" – 15 markers including blood count, ferritin, B12, kidney and liver markers, HbA1c, TSH and a lipid profile: 1,599 kr (≈ €214)
• "Komplet" – a large panel including thyroid, lipids, iron status and sex hormones: 4,495 kr

CPHMed (Copenhagen)

CPHMed also states that no referral is needed. Its list price for vitamin D is 499 kr and HbA1c 399 kr. TSH isn't sold on its own but is part of a thyroid panel at 945 kr, and testosterone is part of a hormone package from 1,445 kr (it measures total, not free, testosterone).

Hemio – online health check, sampled at hospitals around Denmark

Hemio sells a "Sundhedstjek 360" covering 50+ markers for 5,000 kr as a one-off, or 4,000 kr a year as an annual check. You fill in a health questionnaire, Hemio reviews the order, and you book a blood draw at a public hospital outpatient clinic – it names Herlev and Gentofte as well as clinics in the Southern, Central and North Denmark regions. Results arrive on sundhed.dk with a written assessment. You need to fast for 8–12 hours. This is the one option we found that isn't limited to the Copenhagen area.

Route 3: health examinations and hospital self-pay

Two other routes exist but aren't really "order a blood test yourself":

• Private health examinations. Aleris lists a basic health examination – consultations plus a blood panel covering thyroid, vitamin D, liver and kidney markers – at 6,855 kr (prices from 1 January 2025). That's a full medical check, not a blood test, so it isn't comparable on price.
• Hospital self-pay sampling. Since 1 September 2026, the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital offers sampling for self-paying patients at a flat 800 kr, covering sampling, analysis and sending results to the referring doctor. It still needs a doctor's requisition marked "selvbetaler", and payment is by card before sampling (sundhed.dk). It's aimed at people outside public cover – for insurance, travel, tourists or diplomats – not at self-ordered testing.

How Denmark compares with Sweden and Germany

Denmark's private prices are among the highest we've recorded. Here's the same set of tests side by side, using the lowest price we found in each country:

*Werlabs sells a "Diabetes & Blodsockertest" for 245 SEK, but its page didn't confirm HbA1c is included. German lab prices exclude a blood-draw fee (€4.20) and materials (€4.50) per visit at Labor Dr. Heidrich. Basic panels differ in content – compare the marker lists, not just the price. Full sources in our European price guide.

Sweden: the Malmö option

Sweden has a large direct-to-consumer market. Werlabs, for example, says it has 200+ sampling sites, and a doctor comments on your results within 2–4 working days. For people in Greater Copenhagen the interesting part is geography: Werlabs lists nine sampling sites in Malmö – including at Hyllie, a short train ride from Copenhagen – plus four in Helsingborg. Single tests such as vitamin D (295 SEK) and testosterone (245 SEK) are clearly cheaper than in Copenhagen; its standard health check (2,395 SEK, or 1,850 SEK at the member price) is similar in price to NurseCare's Basis panel.

Before relying on this, check what identification and payment the Swedish service accepts for a non-resident. We couldn't confirm from Werlabs' public pages whether a Swedish personal number or BankID is needed to order.

Germany: cheapest per marker, but not on your doorstep

German self-pay lab price lists are the cheapest we've found anywhere in Europe – single markers often cost €13–25 plus a small draw fee. That's useful context for what a test "should" cost, but it's only practical if you're in Germany anyway; we don't suggest travelling for a blood test.

What's missing in Denmark: ApoB and Lp(a)

Two of the markers people interested in heart health ask about most – ApoB and Lp(a) – weren't listed with a price by any Danish private service we checked. NurseCare lets you paste a list of tests you want, so it may be possible to ask; Celto (which works with Hemio) has information pages on both markers but no listed price. If these markers matter to you, a conversation with your GP is worth having: European guidelines recommend measuring Lp(a) at least once in adulthood (see our ApoB guide for the guideline background).

How to choose

1. Start with your GP if there's any clinical reason for the test – it's free, and results go straight into your record.
2. For one or two markers you want to check yourself, a Copenhagen clinic is the simplest no-referral option; compare the per-test price including sampling.
3. For a broad panel outside Copenhagen, an online health check sampled at a hospital clinic near you is the main option.
4. If you're near the Øresund, compare Swedish prices for the same markers – but confirm ordering requirements first.
5. Whatever you buy, keep the report and share anything flagged with your doctor.

How we checked

We read each provider's own public price page on 12–13 October 2026 and recorded the listed price for a self-paying customer. Where a page didn't confirm which markers a package includes, we say so and leave it out of comparisons. Prices change; check the provider's site before booking. We don't have affiliate relationships with any provider mentioned here.