Costs/Charges

Eligibility and Costs

Who Can Use Our Services?

The WWU Student Health Center is available to any Western student who has paid the quarterly Health Services Fee.  Undergraduate students enrolled in six or more in-person credits per quarter are automatically assessed this quarterly fee.  Graduate students or undergraduate students taking 1-5 in-person credits can choose to pay the Health Services Fee each quarter to access services.  To pay the Health Services Fee, call or email the Student Health Center.

We are unable to see former students, students on leave, dependents of students, WWU faculty, WWU staff, or Whatcom Community College students living on Western’s campus.

Prior to receiving services, students will be required to sign the “Agreement to Treatment” "Financial responsibility" and “Privacy Notice” forms in their MyWesternHealth patient portal.

What Does a Visit Cost?

As of February 2nd, 2026, the Student Health Center will be implementing a new fee schedule with insurance billing. 

For students with insurance, we encourage you to:

  1. Check our Insurance Plans and Resources Page to confirm if you have in-network coverage.
  2. Review your insurance benefits to understand the charges and benefits associated with your plan.
  3. Contact Shcbilling@wwu.edu if you have any questions that are not answered on our Payment Options pages.

For students without insurance,  we encourage you to:

  1. Review our Self-Pay rates, Bridge Program, and Financial Hardship pages to see what is best for you.
  2. Contact Shcbilling@wwu.edu if you have any questions that are not answered on our Payment Options pages.

How Are Charges Applied?

Charges incurred at the Student Health Center are billed to the student’s Western Account.  The Student Health Center does not accept payments directly. For payment options, please refer to the Student Business Office.

Self-pay charges are typically entered, and appear, on the student’s Western Account by the end of the business day following a visit.  After charges are entered, you can see those charges in your MyWesternHealth patient portal under "Account Summary".  

Insurance billing can take 30-60 days to process. Any remaining amounts that are deemed the patient's responsibility will be billed to the student's account. The date of service for an health center visit will be listed as the transaction date on your student account when the charge is posted. 

Many lab tests are contracted out to Quest Labs and bills would route from Quest Labs and mailed to you directly. 

Manually Paying the Health Services Fee 

To pay the Health Services Fee manually, call the Student Health Center at 360-650-3400 and ask to have the Authorization to Manually Bill the Health Services Fee Form sent to you through the MyWesternHealth patient portal.

Please note that it may take up to two weeks to process the form.