Laboratory services: Innovators in the laboratory industry

Lab tests that are performed as part of your routine care will typically be done on-site at the location where you receive your medical care. Testing that is done as part of a hospitalization or emergency visit will be done through our hospital labs.

If you are asked to get a routine lab test performed outside of an appointment, you may visit any UW Health lab and the results will be added to your chart.

If a non-UW Health provider has requested you get lab work, you may go to the following:

In Illinois

• Belvidere Medical Center

• SwedishAmerican Hospital

In Wisconsin

• American Family Children's Hospital

• E Terrace Dr Medical Center

• East Madison Hospital

• University Hospital

• UW Carbone Cancer Center

• Junction Rd Medical Center

UW Health will follow insurance (payor) requirements when submitting claims for lab services. Due to variations in payor requirements, please contact your insurance provider to clarify lab benefits.

Lab testing will be performed at a UW Health lab when it is possible. This does not mean that your lab will be processed at the same location it was drawn. If lab testing cannot be performed at a UW Health lab, testing will be routed to a UW Health-approved reference lab.

• AP Consult Request Form (pdf)

• Cytopathology Request Form (pdf)

• Ethylene Glycol/Volatiles Request Form (VGAP) (pdf)

• Microbiology Request Form (pdf)

• Outreach Request Form (pdf)

• Outreach Request Form 2 (pdf)

• Outpatient Lab Request Form (pdf)

• Special Coagulation Outreach Request Form (pdf)

• Stem Cell Lab Request Form (pdf)

• Tissue Exam Request Form (pdf)

Case/slide reviews are available on all cytologic specimens. Final reports on all consults are issued within 48 hours of receipt.

8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday–Friday
Phone: (608) 263-3205
Fax: (608) 263-6453

UW Health is committed to advancing medical knowledge through research. We are involved in many projects, including clinical studies to test the effectiveness and safety of new therapies and medical devices and to expand scientific and medical knowledge.

The Clinical Laboratories provide laboratory testing for approved research and investigational purposes. For questions, call the laboratory research specialist at (608) 262-5803.

All shipped specimens must be packaged and shipped in compliance with the regulations of the United States Postal Service, Department of Transportation (DOT) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). All shipping requirements must be met prior to shipping.

Refer to the Lab Test Directory for specific requirements.  If you have questions, please call (608) 263-9095.

For general pricing information, please contact UW Health Priceline at (608) 263-1507 or complete the form below.

• Rebekha Neu, MD
  SwedishAmerican Hospital Laboratory Medical Director
  rgneu@swedishamerican.org

• Sara Fleming, MD
  Laboratory Medical Director and Chair of the Department of Pathology sfleming@swedishamerican.org

• Hiu Lui A Lau, MD
  Belvidere Laboratory Medical Director
  hlau@swedishamerican.org

• Nicole Radford, FACHE, MS, MT(ASCP)
  Administrative Laboratory Director
  nradford@swedishamerican.org

Case/slide reviews are available on all cytologic specimens. Final reports on all consults are issued within 48 hours of receipt.

Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Phone: (779) 696-4267
Fax: (779) 696-8863

All shipped specimens must be packaged and shipped in compliance with the regulations of the United States Postal Service, Department of Transportation (DOT) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA). All shipping requirements must be met prior to shipping.

Please refer to our billing and insurance information.

All specimens submitted to the lab must be properly labeled. Corresponding orders for the tests should be submitted through Health Link or on a paper form. Labels need to be accurate and legible (machine or device printed), and the information must match the patient information on the test order or test form.

All specimens and lab request forms must be labeled with a minimum of two patient identifiers that identically match.

• Include patient's full name — no nicknames or shortened versions of first name

• The medical record number is required for all Inpatient specimens

• The date of birth may be used for outpatient specimens

• Patient's full name — no nicknames or shortened versions of first name

• Medical record number, in barcode form if possible (required for all inpatients)

• Date of birth

• Ordering source such as nursing unit or clinic name/acronym and location (East, West, etc.)

• Name of authorized billing provider (Attending MD, NP or PA)

• Name of ordering provider, if different

• Specimen collection date and time

• Collector identification, if specimen is submitted with requisition form

• Specimen source or other pertinent information needed for testing

• Test(s) to be performed

• Reason for testing (ICD-9 code(s) or narrative diagnosis) is required

• Health Link order must include confirmation of verbal consent

• Paper request from UW Health location must be accompanied by Diagnostic HIV Test Form, indicating verbal consent was obtained, and signed by ordering provider

• Clients of UW Health Clinical Labs are responsible for maintaining records of consent as required by their organization policy. Proof of consent is not needed by UW Health Clinical Labs when processing specimen and request from a client laboratory.

In addition to the information listed above, the following is also needed:

• Address for result report

• Address for billing