TheLadyRohn
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2019
I wanted to add my test experience to the pile. We tested in the Portland, Oregon area at GoHealth Urgent Care. This is on Hawaii's site of recommended testing locations and since our travel agent used them to go to Maui I knew it should work out. I don't think I have seen many people mention this option. It's not in a lot of cities but it's in a few big spots (including SFO airport and NY Metropolitan area
You can only make your appointments 2 days in advance but we had no problem getting our appointments for a Sunday night. We had back up tests scheduled at Carbon Health through Alaska at the discounted rate of only $130!!! (Sarcasm intended) GoHealth billed our insurance and we didn't have to pay anything last night but I expect a bill for the copay later on. Still substantially cheaper than $130/person.
When we got there they checked the 4 of us (Myself, DH, DD13, DS9) in and put us in a room then the nurse tested all 4 of us in a row. Everyone did well. My 13 year old was expecting it to be awful but she even told her friends it was easy and not like she had heard. The biggest plus is that we waited in the room for our results that came 15 minutes later. They gave forms with the Hawaii State Seal on it and a second one that was their test result form for us to go home and scan in.
Seriously, I spent more time with my damn scanner than we took driving to the clinic, getting the tests and waiting for results! However it all loaded into Safe Travels easily and was automatically verified almost immediately. So, if anyone has this option available near them it's worth looking into.
You can only make your appointments 2 days in advance but we had no problem getting our appointments for a Sunday night. We had back up tests scheduled at Carbon Health through Alaska at the discounted rate of only $130!!! (Sarcasm intended) GoHealth billed our insurance and we didn't have to pay anything last night but I expect a bill for the copay later on. Still substantially cheaper than $130/person.
When we got there they checked the 4 of us (Myself, DH, DD13, DS9) in and put us in a room then the nurse tested all 4 of us in a row. Everyone did well. My 13 year old was expecting it to be awful but she even told her friends it was easy and not like she had heard. The biggest plus is that we waited in the room for our results that came 15 minutes later. They gave forms with the Hawaii State Seal on it and a second one that was their test result form for us to go home and scan in.
Seriously, I spent more time with my damn scanner than we took driving to the clinic, getting the tests and waiting for results! However it all loaded into Safe Travels easily and was automatically verified almost immediately. So, if anyone has this option available near them it's worth looking into.