Looks like a good movie. Unfortunately, it says all the tickets were given away. Thanks anyway OP!

@sonofzeus So, looks like we lucked out. I hadn’t canceled one of the early reservations that I thought I had canceled… That is a week at just over $300 for a mid-size SUV. I have a backup reservation at just over $600 for the week for a Jeep. As much as I’d like the Jeep, Hawaii is expensive and I think I’d rather spend less for a car, especially since one of our travelmates backed out. Since the prices have skyrocketed, there’s no way I’ll get that $300 rate again, so thinking that’s the best option. Unfortunately, the time it’s due back is 1pm (it was for our old flight) and now we’re leaving at 11pm (same day). So, I’ll see what their hourly rate is for going over the time and returning 8-9 hours later.

It’s through Hertz and I am President’s Circle status with them although in reading some of the forum posts, they assign a car and don’t have a “take what you want” option at this location.

@sonofzeus love to try one out. But can the Tesla keep me dry on the ride over to Hawaii? LOL. I seriously do want to try to drive one, though.

@sonofzeus yeeesh! Glad I got what I could.

@my4mainecoons gotcha… ok, not sure that’ll work as Hawaii requires specific travel partners for their tests to be performed, surprisingly hospitals are not considered part of the group, only very specific places and CVS/Walgreens. Might call the office and ask anyway… thx!

@my4mainecoons thanks!! That helps out a lot. Do people just ask generically like “I’d like to get a covid test at Walgreens” for example, to avoid the “for travel” purposes portion
Thanks again!!

Thanks Rick… This is a bit different in that it’s not about the vaccine, but a test from a “trusted partner” that Hawaii authorizes the tests from. There are a lot of free tests at home, but sadly, they are not trusted partners despite them being the same tests that Hawaii requires.

It seems like insurance will be billed from the “trusted partner” test, but it’s up to the insurance company as to whether they’ll accept the claim or bill me.

Thanks for the help and stay well!

Hi,

So Walgreens is a provider of the approved tests Hawaii requires to enter the state. They advertise “$0 cost”, but in reality, they are billing your insurance company for the visit and it’s up to your insurance company to decide whether the test was medically necessary.

I live in CT, where we are spiking again. I realize the test, from a trusted provider, for travel will likely be deemed “non-essential”.

In reading further, it says that they bill the insurance company $129 for the test. I attempted to get a straight answer from Anthem as to what to expect, but the agent wasn’t helpful in getting a definitive answer based on the explanation of benefits and ultimately said I “might” be billed unless a doctor ordered the test.

So, do people really call their doctor, pay a co-pay for the doc to order a test, just to avoid this fee? Seems like a huge unnecessary waste of resources and I’m sure my regular doc has better things to do than make an appointment with me for this (they do in-person, Anthem, I was told doesn’t cover telehealth any longer).

If it’s $129, I’m fine with that – just don’t know what to expect. I’ve read some reports online that bills were outrageous vs. others that said they never received a bill.

Didn’t know if anyone had any recent experience?

TIA!

Just wanted to update - they said they didn’t have any recommendations. Doubt Autoslash will find anything cheaper at this point but was worth a shot.

Appreciate the suggestion anyway!

Never can get the payment to work in the app. The reviews in the app store are ridiculous about the same problem - you’d think they’d pay attention to this error.

Nevertheless, thanks for the share!