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E. End doc’s $500 test

ADOCTOR in the Hamptons is asking as much as $500 for a single COVID test — and well-heeled hypochondriacs are shelling out the exorbitant sum, sources told On The Money.

Dr. Seth Gordon, a pediatrician by training, is happy to test adults and kids alike under a rate schedule that charges $500 for a PCR test and north of $400 for a rapid COVID test, according to patients who’ve seen him.

Gordon — who lists his offices in Manhattan but who sources say has lately been borrowing other doctors’ offices as he shuttles between tony enclaves such as Wainscott and East Hampton to meet demand — didn’t respond to a request for comment.

‘Shmucks’ pay

Nevertheless, Gordon has been lining up rich and famous clients including Scarlett Johansson, who took her kids in to get one of the coveted tests, according to sources.

Reps for Johansson (inset) also didn’t respond to requests for comment.

“It’s the Hamptons. What do you expect?” one local said. “People are shmucky enough to pay anything.”

Hours in line

That said, locals gripe that obtaining a test anywhere in the East End without paying through the nose is almost impossible. At White’s Apothecary in East Hampton, 300 home tests sold out in less than an hour. Even making an appointment at a testing center doesn’t guarantee you’ll get a test, another person told On The Money.

“There were still over 250 cars in front of me,” one local lamented. “People were waiting up to eight, 10, 12 hours.”

His own machine

Apparently, Gordon didn’t build his niche in the Hamptons overnight. In August 2020, The New York Times reported that he was the go-to COVID tester for the staff at the popular Surf Lodge in Montauk.

“He has his own Sofia 2 machine by Quidel, so he can do the test” — an antigen test — “and get the results very quickly, in 15 minutes,” said Jayma Cardoso, one of the hotel’s owners.