ARUP Laboratories

ARUP Laboratories

ARUP Laboratories is a nonprofit, CAP-, ISO 15189-, and CLIA-certified diagnostic laboratory established more than 40 years ago as an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology (per the firm). It does not disclose a founding year or name a single founder, describing itself as a leading national academic reference laboratory supporting hospital and health system clients. The laboratory offers over 3,000 tests and test combinations across infectious disease, genetics, and other specialties. It performs 99% of testing on-site at its Salt Lake City facility. The firm partners with clinicians via ARUP Consult, a free educational resource, and ARUP Healthcare Advisory Services, which provides laboratory consulting for workflow efficiencies and outreach growth. Confirmed geographies include the U.S. only, with no disclosed international locations. ARUP maintains a quality management system monitoring more than 900 performance indicators monthly. It employs over 150 pathologists, clinical scientists, variant scientists, and genetic counselors, most on-site. The firm awards 170,000 continuing education credits annually. Recent operational event: ARUP launched a National Infectious Disease Test Positivity Trends Dashboard providing weekly deidentified test result positivity trends to help detect emerging infectious disease activity (per the firm, 2025). ARUP's structural differentiator is its hybrid identity as an academic reference laboratory and a nonprofit enterprise closely integrated with a university pathology department. This governance model means it operates without outside investors and reinvests surplus into test development and quality systems, distinguishing it from commercial reference labs.