Laboratory

Full-service, on-site lab for women, men and children.

You have a choice where to go for your laboratory services.

Choose Woman’s

Woman’s Lab performs more than 400,000 laboratory tests each year for adults, children and infants that support hospital and clinic services. All tests are performed by trained medical professionals and analyzed by the experts from the Pathology Group of Louisiana and the Cary Dougherty Cancer Detection Laboratory.

Offering convenience for laboratory testing:

  • Newborn screening
  • Prenatal lab work and glucose screening
  • Routine lab work for adults and children

Health Plans Preferred Provider

Woman’s Lab is a preferred provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Other accepted insurance providers include: Aetna, CIGNA, Humana, United Healthcare, Vantage, Wellcare.

If you have questions about the coverage of your lab work, call 225-924-8290.


Diagnostic Services

The Departments of Laboratory Services provides stat and routine clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology services for hospital inpatients and outpatients, clinic and other non-hospital patients and other providers. Diagnostic services include:

  • Anatomic Pathology
  • Cytogenetics
  • Microbiology
  • Blood Bank
  • Cytopathology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Hematology
  • Urinalysis
  • Coagulation
  • Immunology
  • Virology

The Department of Pathology is comprised of several other laboratory divisions:

  • Pathology Administration
  • Specimen Receiving and Processing
  • Special Chemistry
  • Phlebotomy Services
  • Referral Lab through contract agreements with CAP/CLIA certified reference laboratories.

Woman's Hospital Laboratory Services

Outpatient Lab

Woman’s Hospital Laboratory Services is Accredited by:

  • College of American Pathologists
  • Illinois Department of Public Health (Clinical Improvement Act CLIA)
  • The Joint Commission (TJC)
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • The Laboratory is inspected and accredited on a bi-annual basis by the College of American Pathologists (CAP)