Before Cruise Testing at Any Lab Test Now

[breezer]

I will be sailing on Mariner soon.  Has anyone used Any Lab Test Now, and if so, are the results acceptable for Royal?  There is one on Merritt Island that charges $100 for rapid antigen test.  The one close to me in South Carolina charges $69.  They don't accept insurance.  

Thanks for any help.

[OCSC Mike]

3 minutes ago, breezer said:

I will be sailing on Mariner soon.  Has anyone used Any Lab Test Now, and if so, are the results acceptable for Royal?  There is one on Merritt Island that charges $100 for rapid antigen test.  The one close to me in South Carolina charges $69.  They don't accept insurance.  

Thanks for any help.

 

That's awfully expensive. Are there no Walgreens near you offering Rapid NAAT tests? They are free via the drive-thru and Walgreens doesn't even ask for insurance. Results e-mailed in under 2 hours.

[breezer]

Yes, Walgreens is my first choice.  Just looking for a Plan B if for some reason Walgreens doesn't work out.  Thanks for responding.

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, breezer said:

Just looking for a Plan B if for some reason Walgreens doesn't work out. 

Plan B or C might be a proctored telehealth session with a home test kit - $10-20.

[OCSC Mike]

13 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Plan B or C might be a proctored telehealth session with a home test kit - $10-20.

 

Agreed. Can also make backup appointments if you have a CVS nearby offering rapid antigen tests in minute clinic.

[not-enough-cruising]

27 minutes ago, breezer said:

I will be sailing on Mariner soon.  Has anyone used Any Lab Test Now, and if so, are the results acceptable for Royal?  There is one on Merritt Island that charges $100 for rapid antigen test.  The one close to me in South Carolina charges $69.  They don't accept insurance.  

Thanks for any help.

Man, I would never pay that, you can do it at home, tele proctored, for a fraction of the price. 

[royalcedars]

Yes, Royal accepted our Any Lab Test Now result with no problem for our sailing a couple of weeks ago.

[breezer]

Royalcedars, Thanks for responding.  That's exactly what I was looking for.

[BirdTravels]

On 6/14/2022 at 11:17 AM, not-enough-cruising said:

Man, I would never pay that, you can do it at home, tele proctored, for a fraction of the price. 

We have done eMed home test for all of our cruises. Fast. Easy. Efficient. We take a test while sipping coffee at the kitchen table and have test results within a minute of showing the proctor our negative results. Best yet, when we file a claim, our insurance company covers 100% of the cost of the home test = Free. 

[sunnyac]

I used both Walgreens and CVS in Cocoa Beach for my March/April cruises.  I did have this clinic on Merritt Island as a Plan C (but did not need) which charges $30 for a rapid: Kanokrat Clinic

[stacynray]

12 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

We have done eMed home test for all of our cruises. Fast. Easy. Efficient. We take a test while sipping coffee at the kitchen table and have test results within a minute of showing the proctor our negative results. Best yet, when we file a claim, our insurance company covers 100% of the cost of the home test = Free. 

I just bought 6 of them to take with us for the wonder of the seas next week. I fly out early to Barcelona, too early to be able to go to a Walgreens. Do you know if the emed test can be done at 6am? Not sure if the medical professionals are working 24 hours or between certain times.

Edited June 16, 2022 by stacynray

[Biker19]

40 minutes ago, stacynray said:

Do you know if the emed test can be done at 6am?

24/7 coverage.