HEALTH: Weekend vaccination clinics at three West Seattle schools, open to all

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Next Saturday, the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association starts a series of eight flu and COVID vaccination clinics at three West Seattle schools, all on weekends, and they’re open to all community members. SVNA says:

These clinics are open to the public, but appointments are required.

Patients will be able to get a flu shot, COVID-19 vaccine, or both in the same appointment. We can vaccinate kids 4 and up for flu and 5 and up for COVID-19. All patients can receive COVID-19 vaccines this season due to a Washington State Department of Health order.

We will be using the updated Moderna products for 2025. Each patient needs their own registration, in their name, with their information. If anyone has questions, they can email us at info@seattlevna.com.

REGISTRATION LINK: schedule.seattlevna.com/home/9d20cac8-d510-ec11-b6e6-000d3a57ec4c

If you have trouble reading the grid above, the clinics also are listed by location, date, and time on this Seattle Public Schools webpage, which also notes, “SVNA clinics require insurance (most insurance accepted) or payment.”

Tracey September 28, 2025 (7:58 pm)

I just tried registering for a Covid shot. The site said they couldn’t verify that my insurance would pay for the service and they I would have to pay $200 out of pocket. Hoping this is a glitch that will get fixed.

Rob September 29, 2025 (11:42 am)

There free at wall greens on 35th an Safeway

Me too September 28, 2025 (9:15 pm)

I also had a problem registering – could not verify my insurance and was offered the option to sign up to pay an exorbitant fee

WSB September 28, 2025 (10:58 pm)

I’ll point this out to the VNA person who asked us to publish it.

User September 29, 2025 (5:20 am)

I had the same issue. My insurance is Regence/Uniform/Blue Cross. If this is also yours, it was a three letter abbreviation. Stupid.

Al King September 29, 2025 (5:22 am)

Got my covid shot at QFC. Luckily, I’m over 65 so it was free. Plenty of appointment openings. They have Moderna Spikevax. Safeway has Pfizer.

WSB September 29, 2025 (12:26 pm)

A reader followed up on this and emailed me to say, “I just spoke with a pharmacist at the West Seattle QFC on Alaska and she said, ‘They are free with insurance’.”

WSB September 29, 2025 (9:49 am)

Here’s how Jake at VNA responds:

We are able to accept almost all local insurance plans, with the exception of Cigna and First Choice Health Network, as they will not contract with us. We are in-network with the major plans (Aetna, Regence, Kaiser, Premera, United) and medicare/medicaid. This covers about 95 percent of insurance plans in Washington.

If a patient has an out-of-network insurance, they should contact their carrier for a list of in-network locations. We do not recommend that they pay out of pocket at our clinics. Certain carriers, like Cigna, have a limited network of specific national pharmacies that they prefer their members visit where the costs will be covered.

He then added: “Please feel free to let anyone who is having registration issues know that they can email us at info@seattlevna.com for assistance. We’re happy to help troubleshoot and manually verify eligibility/benefits.”

Tracey September 29, 2025 (10:49 am)

OK. My insurance was in the list they say they will accept. I will try later.

Athiest October 6, 2025 (11:51 am)

I just called Safeway and Walgreens. They do not have free flu vaccinations. The Admiral Safeway quoted me $90.00. The Burien Safeway quoted $45.00. Walgreens said a flu shot is $70.00 without insurance.

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