LABS TO GO
2023-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
Labs To Go is located in the Arrowhead section of Virginia Beach on Parliament Dr. It took me a bit to find the area since it's in spot not well marked. It is part of the Parliament Drive Professional Building. My visit here was on July 13, 2023. It was time for my quarterly lab draw, which I have been doing at the Quest Diagnostics location at Walmart. However, after waiting there for about 45 minutes, no staff ever showed up. Later that day, a message would come out that they would be closed and to reschedule the appointment (this was about 4 hours later). Since I was already fasting and looking to get it done, I started looking at other places that take Quest Diagnostics as the lab order is covered 100%. In the end, I made my way here to have the blood draw taken care of. I almost missed where the building was. It looks like it was converted to businesses, as it looks like an old motel was here before. They are located on the second floor, so you can only access it via stairs from what I was able to see, so you probably won't be able to get up there if you can't use the stairs. Once I came inside, there was a nice associate at the counter. She asked what brought me here and I told her it was for fasting labs and that I had the lab order available on my phone. After getting that squared away, there was a cost to have this done. Mind you, this was not expected as it was supposed to be covered 100%. Essentially there is a $30 convenience fee (at least that is what it seemed like to me). It's a fee for all out there, as it ended up costing $31.19 because they charge a credit/debit card fee too. After that was done, I was taken back to a room with the chair for the blood draw to take place. After everything was verified, the blood draw took place and then had me verify the info on the test tubes. After that, the process was complete. The blood draw portion took less than five minutes. Overall, everything went well with the process. This is actually well outside the area that I would normally go to have the blood draw taken care of. The associate was caring and understanding, so there was nothing wrong with that at all. There wasn't an overall wow factor and the convenience fee was a bit of a turn off for me. However, if you are looking to have labs drawn through insurance and close by, this is a viable location to have it done.