About Us

Services

St. Peter’s Laboratory System is a group of laboratories and service centers dedicated to supporting our customers, community, friends and families in improving their health and well-being by bringing technology, loyalty and quality together to provide very good service locally and within the region.

St. Peter’s Laboratory System current services an area covering a radius of 200 miles.  Our logistics network allows us to provide excellent services within this radius.  Our focus is to serve the Western Montana, keeping services close to our customer’s home.

St. Peter’s Laboratory System customer service, focus on cost conscious services, and partnership with customers to meet today’s healthcare needs sets us apart from our competitors.

Customer Service

  • 24/7 365 coverage
  • Dedicated call center staff
  • Technical consultation with department supervisors or pathologists
  • Marketing Liaison client site visits
  • Comprehensive test menu
  • Rapid turnaround times
  • Utilization reports
  • Infection control reports
  • Collaboration with ARUP Laboratories

Specimen Collection and Transport

  • Online test catalog (joint venture with ARUP Laboratories)
  • Necessary collection vials/kits provided
  • Temperature specific biohazard bags and transport containers provided
  • Needles and vacutainer holders not supplied for compliance reasons
  • Online supply ordering via St. Peter’s Laboratory System LabWork information system
  • Two patient identifiers required on each specimen
  • Extensive logistics network available for specimen transport

Ordering and Reporting

  • Online test results via St. Peter’s Laboratory System LabWork information system
  • Online test ordering via St. Peter’s Laboratory System LabWork information system
  • EMR interfacing
  • Result fax distributions

Competitive Pricing

  • Client billing
  • Patient billing
  • Third party payor billing

Anatomic Pathology

  • Board-certified pathologists
  • One pathologist's assistant
  • Surgical pathology
  • Clinical pathology with clinical consultation and medical directorship services
  • Advanced histology services with immunohistochemical, immunofluorescent staining and Fluorscence In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

Cytology Services

  • Full spectrum of cytology, cervical and vaginal
  • Board certified cytotechnologists
  • ThinPrep® Liquid Based Pap Test
  • 3-5 day TAT for Pap testing, 3-7 days if pathologists review required
  • High Risk HPV DNA Detection
  • GC/CT testing on the ThinPrep® Liquid Based Pap by COBAS AMPLICOR Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
  • Fine Needle Aspirations and body fluids

Blood Bank

  • Transfusion consultation
  • Blood services

Continuing Education

  • Quarterly “What’s New”

•Annual Fall Education Conference