How much have you spend for same day COVID testing bc of your private school's COVID rules?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids get tested weekly at school, free.
Kids have had symptoms that kept them home from school, which appeared after the testing that week. Needed to take them to sameday for testing a few times but I didn't choose the expedited one, so it's fully covered by insurance. Test results are available within 24 hours even if you don't pay for rush service.
The need for testing was because kids had symptoms and they need to be 24-hours free of fever or vomiting anyway to return to school. So you have test results by the time the kid is ready to return to school. Don't send your sick kid to school!

Yes but PPs are paying for one hour so they can do the test first thing in AM and then deliver kid to school same day rather than waiting 24 hrs

No, I'm keeping kid home one day, testing later in the afternoon, and then hoping to send the following day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4 kids in 2 schools. I have easily spent $2000 at Sameday testing. If one is exposed, all have to be tested if I don’t want them sitting at home for 5 days (no remote option anymore).

I've heard similar from two friends (both with kids at a Big-3).

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Administered by Curative? I have no doubt that there are some that take that long, but if you look and are willing to drive a bit, you can get free and fast. There's a Curative at the JCC in DC too in addition to the Arlington, VA locations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kids get tested weekly at school, free.
Kids have had symptoms that kept them home from school, which appeared after the testing that week. Needed to take them to sameday for testing a few times but I didn't choose the expedited one, so it's fully covered by insurance. Test results are available within 24 hours even if you don't pay for rush service.
The need for testing was because kids had symptoms and they need to be 24-hours free of fever or vomiting anyway to return to school. So you have test results by the time the kid is ready to return to school. Don't send your sick kid to school!

Yes but PPs are paying for one hour so they can do the test first thing in AM and then deliver kid to school same day rather than waiting 24 hrs

Right. If someone wants to take their kids with runny nose to school within the same day, $175 seems to be a fair cost. Otherwise they can just do the $75 test with 16 hr turnaround while waiting for their kids' symptoms to disappear. The school is already being nice to not require tests for strep or flu.


Maybe next year the school can simply raise the tuition by 1500 and offer free off-campus tests -- then nobody will complain.

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Takes 15-30 mins for rapid antigen nasopharyngeal test. And $25. Tons of schools and countries accept those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero. DD still wears her mask in all public situations so she hasn't had any sort of symptoms or non-Covid illnesses that would warrant testing. Even though masks aren't required anymore, she reported that all of her friends are still wearing them. Maybe that would help others reduce any sorts of ailments that trigger testing?

We’ve heard all about your DDs classroom where all the girls are shamed and bullied into wearing masks inside all day in class. Plus heckles the teachers to give her more space in the classroom. Well done. Curious what your family catalyst is or will be for taking masks off at school ever?

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Are you talking about the take home PCRs from the library/community centers? I always get my results back the next day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Are you talking about the take home PCRs from the library/community centers? I always get my results back the next day.

We use the Chevy Chase Library drop off and it takes 3 days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Takes 15-30 mins for rapid antigen nasopharyngeal test. And $25. Tons of schools and countries accept those.

If our Big-3 school accepted antigen tests, that would be wonderful. But it doesn't. That's the whole point. You need to get a PCR test to return.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Are you talking about the take home PCRs from the library/community centers? I always get my results back the next day.

We use the Chevy Chase Library drop off and it takes 3 days.

I've been using the Capper Community Center location in SE and get my results back the next day if I drop off in the morning.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have insurance? Even at $150+ same day PCR test sites, I’ve haven’t paid a dime.

Which sites?

I'm PP - we've used PCR testing at Same Day, Personic and our pediatrician. $0 out of pocket.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you have insurance? Even at $150+ same day PCR test sites, I’ve haven’t paid a dime.

Which sites?

I'm PP - we've used PCR testing at Same Day, Personic and our pediatrician. $0 out of pocket.

Same Day Bethesda has a $75 rush fee. Insurance covers the test, but not the rush fee.

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Takes 15-30 mins for rapid antigen nasopharyngeal test. And $25. Tons of schools and countries accept those.

If our Big-3 school accepted antigen tests, that would be wonderful. But it doesn't. That's the whole point. You need to get a PCR test to return.

Sounds like overkill to require PCR given current phase of pandemic. Yes, at other phase, of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Kids get tested weekly at school, free.
Kids have had symptoms that kept them home from school, which appeared after the testing that week. Needed to take them to sameday for testing a few times but I didn't choose the expedited one, so it's fully covered by insurance. Test results are available within 24 hours even if you don't pay for rush service.
The need for testing was because kids had symptoms and they need to be 24-hours free of fever or vomiting anyway to return to school. So you have test results by the time the kid is ready to return to school. Don't send your sick kid to school!

Yes but PPs are paying for one hour so they can do the test first thing in AM and then deliver kid to school same day rather than waiting 24 hrs

Right. If someone wants to take their kids with runny nose to school within the same day, $175 seems to be a fair cost. Otherwise they can just do the $75 test with 16 hr turnaround while waiting for their kids' symptoms to disappear. The school is already being nice to not require tests for strep or flu.


Maybe next year the school can simply raise the tuition by 1500 and offer free off-campus tests -- then nobody will complain.

This, a kid with a runny nose should be home regardless of covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have 3 kids in private (preschool and Big 3) abs never paid for testing. We did Curative or Sameday when needed to test. Tests were always back the same day (except during Christmas time). Kids never missed a day of school because test was late.

Curative and Same Day both charge for testing. Do you mean that your insurance covered these tests?

In MoCo, I've never paid once for Curative and I've used it many times. I did provide my insurance.

This is the County site, run by Curative:
https://book.curative.com/sites/27786#9/39.1744/-77.3046

OK, first of all this is in Boyds, MD, which is a haul from the Big-3 schools. No one is driving out there and back. And second, this is not the 1-2 hour rapid testing. This is 1-2 day results. Sure, you may get your results sooner, but you could wait for up to 48 hours to see if your kid can return to school.

But there are curative locations in VA that are just over the bridges. They say 1-2 days, but except when things were crazy in Dec and Jan, you reliably get the results overnight. It's free. If you are spending money out of pocket, you are doing it for your own convenience of a closer site or 1 hour turn around. It is absolutely possible to get a free PCR after school and have the results by morning.

We are in DC and it takes 3-4 days for the free PCR test.

Takes 15-30 mins for rapid antigen nasopharyngeal test. And $25. Tons of schools and countries accept those.

If our Big-3 school accepted antigen tests, that would be wonderful. But it doesn't. That's the whole point. You need to get a PCR test to return.

Sounds like overkill to require PCR given current phase of pandemic. Yes, at other phase, of course.

The home tests are not always accurate.