About Coronavirus Testing Rapid City, SD at Monument Health Urgent Care West
To qualify for the drive-thru swab, a patient must be preregistered and have proper identification. The order and preregistration can be obtained by telephone with the COVID-19 Nurse Triage Line or the patient’s Monument Health Clinic. People can call 800-279-1466. The patient will then be able to go to the Monument Health Urgent Care on Jackson Boulevard in Rapid City to be swabbed for the COVID-19 virus. The patient can then return home to await results. Among the criteria for testing: experiencing flu-like symptoms, having travel history or having been exposed to someone with confirmed COVID-19. If a patient is seriously ill and requires additional medical care to manage symptoms, they will be cared for in a Monument Health hospital. At this time, all samples are being sent to the South Dakota Department of Health state lab in Pierre for testing