Lab Services

UC San Diego Health labs offer a wide variety of services, including blood draws, sample collection and glucose tolerance testing.

In most cases, your health care provider will order your lab test in advance.

Appointments Required at Some Locations

Please note that some locations require appointments and cannot accommodate walk-in patients. See the list below for details.

• Glucose tolerance testing: This test always requires an appointment and is limited to certain locations. To schedule, call 800-926-8273.
• Specimen drop-offs: Specimens collected at home can be dropped off at any location below during normal business hours. An appointment is required at certain locations. For questions about specimen collection, please contact your provider's office.
• Port/PICC blood draws: These type of blood draws always require an appointment and are scheduled at the Infusion Center at Hillcrest Medical Center or at Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion in La Jolla. To schedule, call 800-926-8273.

Lab Locations and Hours

See lab hours and a map of lab locations below. Lab stations are closed on holidays.

Hillcrest

Medical Offices North (inside the main hospital)
200 West Arbor Drive, Room 1-333
San Diego, CA 92103
619-543-6665
Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 7 - 10:30 a.m.
Closed on Saturdays

Medical Offices South
4168 Front St., Room 1-129
San Diego, CA 92103
619-543-7775
Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed on Nov. 20-21

4th and Lewis Medical Offices
*Appointments always required at this location
330 Lewis St., Suite 402
San Diego, CA 92103
800-926-8273
Monday - Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed on Nov. 20-21

Rancho Bernardo

Via Tazon
16950 Via Tazon
San Diego, CA 92127
800-926-8273
Monday - Friday: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
*Walk-ins or appointments accepted
Walk-ins only on Nov. 20-21

Scripps Ranch

Mira Mesa Boulevard
*Appointments always required at this location
9909 Mira Mesa Blvd., Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92131
858-657-7750
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed on Nov. 20-21

Sorrento Valley

Directors Place
*Appointments always required at this location
4910 Directors Place, Suite 250
San Diego, CA 92121
800-926-8273
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(Closed for lunch: 12:30-1:30 p.m.)
Closed on Nov. 20-21

Encinitas

Garden View Road
*Appointments always required at this location. Appointments restricted to patients 18 years and older.
1200 Garden View Road, Second Floor
Encinitas, CA 92024
760-536-7700
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed on Nov. 20-21

La Jolla

Perlman Medical Offices
9350 Campus Point Drive
San Diego, CA 92037
858-657-8690
Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
*Last patient check-in at 5:30 p.m.

8910 Villa La Jolla Drive
San Diego, CA 92037 
858-657-7000
Monday-Friday: 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
*Last patient check-in at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

8899 University Center Lane 
*Appointments always required at this location
Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92122
800-926-8273
Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed on Nov. 20-21

Moores Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
San Diego, CA 92037
858-822-6296
Monday-Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed on holidays

4510 Executive Drive
4510 Executive Drive, Suite 327
San Diego, CA 92121
858-657-7498
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and 1 - 4:30 p.m.
(Closed for lunch: 12:30-1 p.m.)
Closed on Nov. 20-21

Genesee Avenue
*Appointments always required at this location
9333 Genesee Ave., Suite 200B
San Diego, CA 92121
858-657-8600
Monday-Friday: 8 - 11:30 a.m. and 1 - 4 p.m.
(Closed for lunch: 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
Closed on Nov. 20-21

Vista

Sycamore Avenue
*Appointments always required at this location. Appointments restricted to patients 18 years and older.
910 Sycamore Ave., Suite 102
Vista, CA 92081
760-536-7737
Monday-Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. 
Closed on Nov. 20-21