BioFire: viral results in 45 minutes!
We are now offering BioFire Respiratory Array testing!
With one nasopharyngeal swab, the BioFire respiratory array tests for 19 respiratory pathogens, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes covid-19. It also tests for 14 other respiratory viruses and four respiratory bacteria.
We are offering this test in order to help identify the pathogen causing your child’s symptoms, and thus guide treatment and management. With the BioFire array, we get results in 45 minutes, which means you’ll have results the same day.
COVID-19 testing alone would be without cost sharing, but because this is a single array with a single billing code, your lab coverage will dictate what your cost responsibility will be. The CPT code is 87633.
If you would like to pay out of pocket, and not bill insurance for the test, the cost at time of service will be $250.
We are now offering the BioFire Respiratory Array to the community members who are not established patients of the practice. We will bill your insurance; if your insurance does not cover the test, you will be responsible for the full billed cost. If If you would like to pay out of pocket, and not bill insurance for the test, the cost at time of service will be $250. Free covid-19 testing is available through the City of Seattle.
By receiving this test, I agree to the following:
1. I am consenting on my own behalf, or on behalf of a minor as the minor’s parent or legal guardian.
2. I understand that the practice is acting to provide community testing for COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses.
3. I authorize practice employees to perform a nasopharyngeal or anterior nares swab for COVID-19 to collect a specimen for sampling.
4. I understand that the practice‘s role is limited to specimen collection, and that practice will process the sample, maintain all data regarding the sample, and provide me with a test result.
5. I authorize test results to be disclosed to the county, state, or to any other governmental entity as may be required by law.
6. I further understand that the information submitted and test results will be kept confidential as required by State and Federal Law.
7. I acknowledge that a positive test result for COVID-19 is an indication that a person must self-isolate and seek additional medical guidance as appropriate.
8. I understand that I am not creating a patient relationship with the practice by participating in testing. I understand that practice is not acting as my medical provider. Testing does not replace treatment by my medical provider. I assume complete and full responsibility to take appropriate action with regards to test results. I agree I will seek medical advice, care and treatment from a medical provider if I have questions or concerns, or if my condition worsens.