This review is for the "Minute Clinic" that I visited earlier this week. I had a sore throat and wanted to get tested for strep because it felt like the symptoms I've had in the past when I had strep. I checked in at the computer and it said it would be a 30 minute wait and I was the 3rd person in line waiting. I came here because I don't have insurance right now and I read online that a sore throat/strep check would be $79-$99 if you don't have insurance.
I ended up waiting for an hour and when I came into the room I told the nurse practitioner that I didn't have insurance and what the prices online were. She said it would be $140. I contemplated and asked her what would happen if I waited and didn't treat it. She told me all this horrible things about what surgeries I would need in my 60's and that it would lead to my heart and cause complications. So I thought, $140 is a lot but it's better than all of these possible complications.
Long story short, she did the test and it came back negative. Then she proceeds to tell me that the test is only 70% accurate and they will send it somewhere over night where the test is 100%. She then told me the cost was $160 because it I was a first time patient. I was so upset because I already thought $140 was too much. I asked her if there was anything she could do to take off that extra fee but she said "no it's all or nothing." This entire situation pissed me off because they advertise online $79-$99 then charge you $160! Do not come to the minute clinic. Terrible experience.