Billing

Pre-authorization for Genetic Testing:

As a courtesy to patients, the UW GSTL offers help with obtaining insurance pre-authorization for laboratory tests.  Our protocol is that we will not pre-authorize unless we have a sample in the lab.  We have had to request this because we found after pre-auth was obtained some physicians used the approval elsewhere or never submitted a sample.  We will hold DNA at no cost until the pre-auth is approved or denied. Please note, Medicare does not preauthorize.

Please indicate whether you would like us to perform insurance pre-authorization on the billing page of the test requisition form.

PLEASE CONTACT OUR GENETICS PRE-AUTH AND BILLING TEAM AT gpab@uw.edu WITH ANY QUESTIONS