Before Your Appointment, Test, or Procedure

Helping You Prepare for Your Visit to UPMC

On this page:

• Appointments with a UPMC Doctor — How to Prepare
• Diagnostic Tests or Surgery — How to Prepare
• Location Information

Preparing for Your Doctor's Appointment

Your doctor's office should provide any special instructions before your appointment.

To review the types of insurance the office accepts, enter your doctor’s name into the UPMC Find a Doctor database. His or her profile lists accepted health insurance plans.

If you have any questions about your visit with your UPMC doctor, call 1-800-533-UPMC (8762).

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Preparing for Your Diagnostic Test or Surgery

Use the following resources to prepare for your upcoming test or surgical procedure at UPMC:

• Tests and Procedures: UPMC Patient Education Materials — review basic information about your scheduled test, including what happens before, during, and after the test.
• Surgery: UPMC Patient Education Materials — find facts about your surgical procedure, including what happens before, during, and after surgery.

If you have questions about your diagnostic test or surgery at UPMC, call 1-800-533-UPMC (8762).

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Location Information

UPMC doctors' offices

To find directions to your doctor’s office:

1. Enter your doctor’s name into the UPMC Find a Doctor database.
2. Select the link under the address of your doctor's office.
3. Enter your starting address on the page to get driving directions.

Testing and surgery sites

UPMC offers:

• Diagnostic and surgical services at its hospitals and at freestanding community centers.
• Lab testing (blood work) at various places throughout southwestern Pennsylvania.
• Radiologic, nuclear medicine, and other imaging tests at more than 50 UPMC imaging centers across western Pennsylvania.

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