Billing is not always similar. Many urgent care facilities are outright predatory in pricing, to the extent they begin to look like the payday lenders of medical care. It would be a poverty to consider these kinds of operations part of the solution. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/you-thought-it-wa...
In any case, I was talking about places that advertise themselves as urgent care and do care in the style of a basic office visit, not about facilities licensed as freestanding emergency rooms.
Actual urgent care facilities are a fine option if you don't have a PCP or can't get an appointment.
In any case, I was talking about places that advertise themselves as urgent care and do care in the style of a basic office visit, not about facilities licensed as freestanding emergency rooms.
Actual urgent care facilities are a fine option if you don't have a PCP or can't get an appointment.