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the Cost of Urgent Care Clinics

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Location 
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Description
$ 78
Nov 2007
Jackson, MI
flu
Urgent Care Center visit for doctor's note  more... close row
$ 15
Sep 2007
Oakland, CA
vomiting
Urgent care appointment  more... close row
$ 302
Oct 2007
Valparaiso, IN
Fever, Cough, Sore Throat
Urgent care clinic actually caused pain and suffering  more... close row

Description of service

This charge was basically just to see the doctor. He did the basic checkup things, wrote a prescription, and said to check back with our family doctor if my husband wasn't feeling better in a few days.


Review of Service

I was not impressed with this service at all. First, we sat in the waiting room for an hour and a half. My husband finally got into an examination room to see a doctor, and had to wait another half an hour for the doctor to come in. This would not be a pleasant experience for anyone, but when you are feeling very poorly, it's even less so. The nurse took his temperature and blood pressure. Blood pressure was normal, temperature was about 103. When the doctor finally came in, he asked my husband a few questions, listened to his heart and lungs, looked as his throat, then wrote him a prescription for cough medicine and told him to take ibuprofen.

Thirty six hours later we had my husband back in urgent care with a fever of over 105 degrees. Again, we had to wait for over an hour, and he spent another hour and a half seeing the doctor and having various tests, including blood work and a chest x-ray. This ended up costing $1200, and they found he had pneumonia. Too bad the doctor the first night didn't bother to check. Could have saved a lot of pain and suffering and over $300!!


Tips

If possible, see your family doctor rather than go to the urgent care clinic. Some of the doctors are good, some not so good, and you can't choose or know who will be working ahead of time. Also, the base charge itself is much less expensive for a regular office call than it is for the same services at urgent care.


$ 75
May 2008
Marietta, Ohio
Sprained Ankle
Urgent care clinic for sprained ankle  more... close row
$ 124
Feb 2008
Birmingham, AL
Hurt ankle
Son fell off a bicycle and hurt his ankle  more... close row
$ 157
Mar 2008
Houston, TX
sore throat, fever
Always a long wait during flu season  more... close row
$ 50
Dec 2007
Mount Pleasant, MI
broken finger
Copay for urgent care clinic  more... close row
$ 55
Feb 2008
Mississippi
sinus infection
Diagnosis in emergency clinic  more... close row
$ 90
Mar 2008
Garland, Texas
stomach pain and nausea
No help at urgent care clinic  more... close row
$ 75
Feb 2007
San Diego, CA
Sprained ankle
Long wait to be seen for sprained ankle  more... close row
$ 40
Jan 2008
Forks, Washington
Flu
Long wait at emergency walk-in clinic  more... close row
$ 103
Apr 2008
Lincolnton, NC
trouble breathing due to allergies?
Walk in clinic for allergies  more... close row
$ 125
Dec 2007
Pine Bluff, AR
severe throat pain accompanied by high fever
Severe sore throat  more... close row
$ 255
Feb 2008
Lansing, MI
Flu
For about two weeks I had been extremely congested and  more... close row
$ 0
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$ 95
Apr 2008
Louisville, KY
Urgent Care Clinic
Urgent care clinic has a sliding scale  more... close row
$ 4500
Apr 2007
everett, washington
Misdiagnosed my condition
No diagnosis in urgent care clinic  more... close row