Emergency Room or Urgent Care?
Not sure where to go when someone in your family needs immediate medical care? The emergency room isn’t your only option. Knowing your options can save you time and money.
Some studies report that more than half of all patients who visit the ER don’t have emergency conditions. These patients could have been treated at an urgent care or Today’s Care, which usually have extended and weekend hours. Plus, most urgent care offices can perform X-rays and labs on site.
Average Wait Times
- ER 4.5 hours*
- Urgent and Today’s Care 30 minutes or less**
Average Costs
- ER visit $2259*
- Urgent care visit $176*
Our Today’s Care locations at Porters Neck, Monkey Junction, Jacksonville, and Leland will commonly be the same as a primary care doctor’s visit, but our Today’s Care + location at 1202 Medical Center Drive (which is very similar to an emergency room setting) may be billed by your insurance as a specialty co-pay, due to the higher level of services offered at that location. Nonetheless, the care at these locations is much more affordable than an emergency room visit.
To break it down, the ER is for life-threatening emergencies, which is why wait times are longer and costs are higher. Urgent care is for non-life-threating issues that still need to be treated quickly. And Today’s Care takes care of minor conditions that your family doctor could treat.
Know where to go when it comes to immediate care. You could save time, money, and even a life.
| You should visit an urgent care center if you experience any of the following: | You should visit the nearest ER if you have conditions which include: |
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