CANANDAIGUA – Effective Tuesday, March 9, all three of UR Medicine Thompson Health’s urgent care locations are offering COVID-19 rapid antigen testing to those with no symptoms and no known exposures to COVID-positive individuals.
President/CEO Michael F. Stapleton, Jr. said until this point in the pandemic, hospitals like Thompson have needed to stay focused on caring for the sick, as well as testing those with symptoms and those who are scheduled for procedures or surgeries. Given the decline in cases across the region, he added, Thompson is excited to now be able to open testing up to all.
Thompson’s urgent care locations – affiliated with F.F. Thompson Hospital – are at 699 S. Main St. in Canandaigua, 1160 Corporate Drive in Farmington and 800 W. Miller St. in Newark. For their hours and for additional information, visit www.ThompsonHealth.com/UrgentCare.
Please note that while COVID tests for patients with symptoms or exposures to COVID-positive people can be billed through most insurances, tests for asymptomatic, no-exposure patients involve a total self-pay charge of $75. Results for the new rapid antigen test will be given – typically within 15 minutes – before the patient leaves the center.