As outlined below, certain circumstances may require prepayment:

  • Non-Iowa residents with Medicaid or no insurance coverage.
    • Prepayment always required
  • Services not covered by Medicare that the ABN affords testing pending prepayment.
  • Cases originating from outside the United States.
    • Prepayment always required unless UIDL has specifically approved referring institution (client) invoicing

NOTE: This required prepayment may or may not fully cover all charges deemed necessary to complete evaluation/testing.

Prepayment steps:

  1. The referring institution reviews UIDL billing policies and determined that prepayment is required.
  2. To successfully make a credit card prepayment via the UIDL online payment portal, one must have a UIDL statement of charges in hand for the impending lab order. The Prepayment Form provides UIDL with information needed to generate that statement and send it to the entity who will be making the payment. To initiate prepayment and expedite testing, the referring institution must complete and submit the online Prepayment form on behalf of the patient prior to specimen collection by clicking the “Fill Out the Prepayment Form” button, below. 

    Fill Out The Prepayment Form
  3. The UIDL Reference Billing team processes the request and submits a statement of charges to the individual responsible for making the required prepayment.
  4. The responsible party makes the required prepayment. To successfully complete an online prepayment there is certain required information that must be input into the payment portal. The source of the required information is the UIDL statement of charges. UIDL generates a statement of charges only after a Prepayment Form has been received from the ordering institution. See step 2 above.
  5. The UIDL Reference Billing team recognizes payment.
  6. The referring institution sends a completed test requisition along with the specimen to UIDL.
  7. UIDL performs testing and reports results.
  8. If prepayment exceeds actual charges, a refund will be issued back the credit card holder. If prepayment does not account for all charges, UIDL will issue another statement of charges to the cardholder who will be responsible for paying the residual liability.