Why Have Laboratory Testing Done at Urgent Care?

More and more, people are choosing to have blood work and laboratory testing done at urgent care centers. Probably for the same reasons they choose urgent care for anything else:

Convenience

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Who wants to schedule a test two weeks out with their doctor?

No one, that's who.

With urgent care, you can get the lab test you need, today. At Lynn Urgent Care we take great pride in offering our patients the convenience of in-house lab services. That means our patients immediately get the testing they need—and they get the results right away. Our labs are state-of-the-art facilities equipped to handle a wide range of medical tests. Each lab is staffed by experienced professionals who are committed to delivering a superior level of patient care and attention.

Pro tip: the majority of common tests run at your doctor can be done at urgent care. A quality urgent care center can do everything from blood tests to EKG diagnostics, minus the hassle.

Efficiency

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Nobody likes waiting in a waiting room – no matter how many magazines might be laying around. At an urgent care center, the time spent waiting for a provider is minimal, with online check-in! Less time spent waiting is one of the greatest perks to the rise of urgent care as a viable healthcare option, and going in for lab services and prompt blood test results is no different. Our dedicated employees work hard to test samples rapidly and accurately so you and your doctor quickly get the information needed to form a diagnosis and treatment plan.

Affordability

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Part of what makes urgent care great is the price. Usually, urgent care centers will be significantly less expensive than the ER. There’s a very high chance your insurance will be accepted – of course, this isn’t 100%. But even without insurance, you’re much better off paying out-of-pocket at an urgent care than at a hospital.

Do yourself a favor and bypass the long wait and inflated cost of the ER and just walk in to Lynn Urgent Care and we can get right to the task of making sure you’re on the fast track to recovery.

List of Urgent Care Lab Services

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See below for a list of common lab tests and services offered by Lynn Urgent Care Note: this is just an example of lab services – some urgent care centers do not offer every service below.

Point of Care Testing: These tests are performed in the clinic and results are immediately available.

• Strep throat
• Mononucleosis
• Influenza (the flu)
• Pregnancy testing or Verify that Home Pregnancy Test.
• Urinalysis
• Drug testing
• Glucose
• Hemoccult (Non-Visible Blood in Stool)
• Rapid BV (Vaginal infections)

Phlebotomy aka Blood Tests.

• Any number of tests to determine the health of organs and identify potential diseases and sometime those test are send out to Quest Diagnostic and processed in a separate laboratory and may take a few hours, or even days, to process.