COVID-19

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are available to anyone 6 and older. We strongly encourage all eligible people to get an update vaccine. It provides new protection that may have decreased since your previous COVID-19 vaccine.

Search vaccines.gov to find a COVID-19 vaccine location near you. Many locations offer walk-in vaccine opportunities.

We encourage people who suspect they may have COVID-19 to do one of the following:

• get tested at one of the free community testing sites across the state
• call their primary care provider (walk-in testing is not available at our primary care offices)

We want to ensure our local emergency departments have the resources to care for the sickest patients. Please do not visit an ER to get tested.

COVID-19 symptoms include but are not limited to:

• Congestion or runny nose
• Cough
• Diarrhea
• Fatigue
• Fever or chills
• Headache
• Loss of taste or smell
• Muscle or body aches
• Shortness of breath
• Sore throat
• Vomiting

Symptoms may vary based on vaccination status or with new COVID-19 variants.

Stay home except for medical appointments. People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness. This means that you should restrict activities outside your home, except for medical care. Do not go to work, school or public areas, and you should avoid public transportation, ride-sharing or taxis while sick.

If you have a medical appointment, call your healthcare provider ahead of time and tell them that you have or that you may have COVID-19. This will help your healthcare provider’s office to take steps to take precautions to keep other people from being exposed or getting sick.

If you are experiencing any of the COVID-19 symptoms and have possibly been exposed to the virus, you should contact your healthcare provider. Before your appointment, call ahead to let your provider know if you’ve recently traveled to an area with ongoing spread and which symptoms you have developed.

Stay home except for medical appointments. People who are mildly ill with COVID-19 are able to isolate at home during their illness. This means that you should restrict activities outside your home, except for medical care. Do not go to work, school or public areas, and you should avoid public transportation, ride sharing or taxis while sick.

Stay away from others as much as possible, including in your home. Try to stay in a specific room and away from other people in your home.

Avoid sharing personal household items, and wash items thoroughly after use with soap and water.

In general, if you are going to have a surgery (or another procedure with general anesthesia or certain other types of sedation), you will be tested for COVID-19, regardless of vaccination status.

IU Health has numerous testing locations available including testing in our hospitals.

We prefer to test you within four days before your procedure, regardless of vaccination status. When performing a test before the procedure, it is very important that you limit traveling, exposures to new people, and high-risk activities (parties, restaurants, bars, sporting events, etc.) between your test and your visit to the operating room to prevent acquiring the virus.

Unless your surgery is an emergency, it is better to wait for your COVID-19 to resolve before you have surgery. If your test is positive, we will inform you and advise you to contact your physician.

That will depend on the conversation between you and your surgeon. Some procedures will be cancelled and rescheduled until the test can be performed.

If you have questions regarding financial assistance or need a short term payment plan more flexible than a temporary deferral of payment, please call our Patient Financial Services Customer Service Center at 317.612.2754 or 877.668.5621, so we can help identify other options available to you.

The cash price for the COVID-19 diagnostic test (U0004) in a physician office, inpatient, or emergency department setting is $100 and the cash price for the antibody test (86769) is $42.13.

The cash price for the COVID-19 test and collection (U0004 and C9803) in a hospital outpatient lab is $122.99 and the cash price for the antibody test (86769 and C9803) is $65.12.