How to Export Your Quest & LabCorp Results (PDF/CSV) — and Actually Keep Them

To export your Quest results, sign in to MyQuest, open the test result you want, and use the download or print-to-PDF option; for LabCorp, sign in to the LabCorp Patient portal and download the report the same way. That gets you the file. The harder — and more valuable — job is what comes next: keeping those results somewhere they stay readable, comparable, and yours over years, instead of decaying in a downloads folder. This guide covers both.

Portal layouts change, so treat the clicks below as the reliable path rather than a pixel-perfect map. The shape is the same across both providers.

How do I export my Quest results as a PDF?

Quest's patient results live in MyQuest (the app and web portal at myquest.questdiagnostics.com). The general path:

1. Sign in to your MyQuest account (or create one and verify your identity — Quest ties results to a verified account).
2. Go to Test Results and select the specific result you want. Results usually post a few days after your draw.
3. Open the result and choose Download or Print. If there's no direct download button, use your browser or device's Print → Save as PDF to capture the full report, including the reference ranges and the header.
4. Save the file somewhere you'll actually find it later, named so you can tell it apart — e.g. 2026-07_quest_lipid-panel.pdf beats results(3).pdf.

A couple of things worth knowing: some results (especially older ones) may only be available for a limited window in the portal, and a few sensitive results are released on a delay. If you don't see something, that's usually why — not that it's gone.

How to download your LabCorp results

LabCorp's equivalent is the LabCorp Patient portal (patient.labcorp.com) and its app. The path mirrors Quest:

1. Sign in to LabCorp Patient (registration requires verifying your identity).
2. Open Results and select the report you want to keep.
3. Use Download to save the PDF, or Print → Save as PDF if you want the fully formatted report with ranges and flags.
4. Repeat for each visit. Portals show results per-visit, so a few years of history is usually several separate downloads.

If your blood was drawn through your doctor rather than a walk-in, the result may land in your provider's patient portal (like MyChart) instead of — or in addition to — the lab's own portal. It's worth checking both.

PDF or CSV — which should you keep?

Most patient portals hand you a PDF, and that's the right thing to keep as your source document: it's the complete, formatted report with units, reference ranges, and the flags the lab applied. If a portal offers a CSV or data export, grab that too — a CSV is easier for software (or an AI) to parse into a table, but it often drops context like the reference range or the collection conditions. Keep the PDF as the record of truth; treat a CSV as a convenience copy.

The part everyone skips: actually keeping them

Here's the quiet problem. You do the export, the PDF lands in Downloads, and that's where it dies. Six months later you've switched phones, the file is in a folder you never open, and the next draw goes to a different portal because you used a different lab. Multiply that over a few years and you get the thing almost everyone has: a scatter of PDFs across two portals, an email attachment, and a screenshot — none of it lined up.¹

The reason this matters isn't tidiness. It's that the signal in lab work is the trend, not the dot. The one thing you'd actually want to know — how has my LDL, ApoB, or HbA1c moved over five years? — is exactly what a pile of disconnected PDFs can't show you, because no single file spans your history and the units and marker names don't even match across labs.

Exporting is step one. Step two is putting the exports somewhere they become a timeline.

Turn those PDFs into a record you keep

This is where a personal health record earns its place. Instead of a folder that decays, you drop each exported PDF into one record that reads every value, reconciles the units, and stacks each marker on a single timeline — so a result from a 2019 Quest report sits on the same axis as a 2026 LabCorp one. With Libby specifically, you can:

• Import PDFs from Quest, LabCorp, Function, BostonHeart, and hospital systems on Epic or Cerner — no re-typing.
• See each marker's trend over years against its reference range, instead of re-reading one report at a time.
• Own and export your full history whenever you want — the point is a record you keep, not one you rent.²
• Hand it to an AI or a clinician when you want a second read on your own numbers.

If you've just exported a stack of Quest or LabCorp PDFs and don't want them to rot in Downloads, start your record and drop the first one in — it takes about a minute. Coming from a big testing membership instead? See what to do with Function Health results. Exporting because you're seeing a new doctor? Here's how to share your lab results with a new doctor.

FAQ

How do I export my Quest results as a PDF? Sign in to MyQuest, open the test result under Test Results, and choose Download or Print → Save as PDF to capture the full report with its reference ranges.

How do I download my LabCorp results? Sign in to the LabCorp Patient portal, open the report under Results, and use Download, or Print → Save as PDF. Each visit is usually a separate download.

Should I export as PDF or CSV? Keep the PDF as your source document — it has the units, ranges, and flags. If a CSV export is offered, keep it too as an easier-to-parse copy, but the PDF is the record of truth.

How do I keep results from Quest and LabCorp together? Import both into a single personal health record that reconciles units and marker names across labs, so every result lands on one timeline instead of in two separate portals.

Will I lose my results if I stop using a portal? You can, if the portal is your only copy — access windows and account changes happen. Downloading your PDFs and keeping them in a record you own means the history stays with you regardless of any single portal.

Educational content, not medical advice. This article is for general information and personal record-keeping. It isn't a diagnosis or a treatment plan, and reference ranges vary by lab and by person. Always talk to a qualified healthcare professional about your results and any decisions that follow from them.