Is EKG & CBC necessary for upper Eyelid Surgery?

Depending on your health condition lab work and EKG might be indicated. Your primary doctor or the pre-admission testing department might be the best place to ask about how to get those tests done. Unless this testing can be bundled into a well visit I'm not sure that insurance will cover it. Good of luck with surgery! 

What and how much lab work is needed before surgery really varies depending on the patient's age and health status, what procedure, and what type of anesthesia. Many upper lid blepharoplasty cases are done with straight local and require no lab work. If sedation or general anesthesia is used some labwork will be needed. If your surgery was precertified and approved for insurance coverage then they would probably cover the cost of the lab work. If it is a straight cosmetic procedure then insurance may likely not cover the cost of lab work. In our office we have a contract with a local lab to do lab work for cosmetic patients at a very reduced rate. All this should be addressed with your surgeon.

In fairness, they say we do not always hear what we are being told by the doctor.  So perhaps this was covered but you were thinking about something else at the moment.  Insurance may or may not cover these tests.  We do not do routine blood work.  It is really driven by considerations of your health status.  So typically we allow the internist or family practitioner to decide on what lab tests are appropriate.  Depending on your age and heath history, the CBC and an EKG are often useful tests to have prior to surgery.