What drives the price of a genetic test, and how to think about value rather than just the number.
Roughly ₹6,000–15,000 for a consumer wellness kit, ₹14,000–16,000 for a pharmacogenomic test, and ₹20,000–70,000 or more for clinical disease panels, with whole-genome sequencing higher still.
The cheapest options sometimes give you a data file and nothing else, which is worth little if you cannot read it. The cost differences usually reflect three things: how much of your DNA is read and how deeply, whether the result is clinical-grade, and whether a qualified human helps you understand it. The interpretation and guidance are often where the real value sits.
Increasingly, yes. Saliva-based kits do not need cold-chain transport, so they can be shipped to and returned from Tier II and Tier III towns, which historically had no access to genetic testing at all.