Standard laboratory flagging for high uric acid begins at 6.5 mg/dL (intermediate risk) and 7.5 mg/dL (high risk), primarily considering gout.

“what's interesting is most labs like my lab for example doesn't even flag it until it hits about 6.5 as a sort of intermediate risk and it's really not until about 7.5 that it says well this is high risk but of course that's only through the lens of gout”