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Out-of-pocket costs & pricing

CHOOSE QUEST AS YOUR PREFERRED LAB

Powering Affordable Care for you and your patient

Now, more than ever, it’s important to refer your UnitedHealthcare patients to labs that are in-network.

Choosing an in-network lab like Quest Diagnostics can save you and your patients money. Our nationwide footprint and status as a UnitedHealthcare Preferred Laboratory Network lab means you and your patients benefit from routine and advanced testing at the right price.

In many states and for certain employer groups, only in-network lab providers will be reimbursed by UnitedHealthcare (UHC) for lab testing, and using out-of-network labs may lead to additional patient out-of-pocket expenses.

Referring your patients to in-network labs offers many benefits:

Lower out-of-pocket testing costs for all UnitedHealthcare patients

$0 out-of-pocket costs for some patientsa

Real-time pricing at time of service for patients so there are no surprise bills

Committed to infrastructure and operations that can help control cost—for example, our new state-of-the-art Clifton, NJ lab can process 140k samples per day

Addressing health disparities with Quest for Health Equity to help improve access to care that is affordable for all

No surprise bills for patients with real-time pricing at their time of service

Decrease  lab-related calls to your office and ensure you are spending time where you need it—treating patients

May receive incentives from UHC

Potentially higher incentives for you

You may receive higher UnitedHealthcare distributed incentive payments by sending more UHC patients to a Preferred Laboratory Network provider.

 

A UnitedHealthcare in-network provider (physician) must have a Provider-Based Contract (PBC) to be eligible for the Preferred Lab Network incentive.

Make us your preferred lab & potentially higher incentives for providers

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