When should you go to Urgent Care vs ER?

Urgent cares are available as your one-stop medical care facility for any of your urgent care medical needs, these needs may include Physicals, STD Testing, Treatment for any Illnesses or Injuries, Lab Tests and so much more!

Florida MedCare Clinic and Urgent Care offers affordable walk-in and appointment-based care for your urgent care needs. We also take most major health insurances, call us today to see if your insurance is accepted. We are able to treat most non-emergency medical issues that may arise in your day-to-day life, these may include:

Illnesses
• Vaccinations
• Infection
• Cold and Flu
• Sore Throat

Injuries
• Neck or Back Pain
• Lacerations
• Puncture Wounds
• Workers Compensation Injuries

Prevention
• Walk-in COVID-19 Vaccines
• Lab Testing
• Drug Testing
• School and Sport Physicals
• Safe and Confidential STD Testing

As well as many more urgent care services! Our urgent care also offers a faster service clinic than that of emergency rooms, due to emergency rooms normally taking high priority patients first before moving onto lower priority patients for medical care.

Urgent cares offer medical care services similar to that of emergency rooms; however, urgent cares offer extended hours for your urgent medical care issues. Urgent cares can also deal with many of the following medical problems including:

• Minor fractures
• Back pain
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Minor headaches
• Lab testing
• Bumps, cuts, scrapes
• Fever
• Ear or sinus infections
• Fever
• Vaccinations
• Cough or sore throat
• Animal or insect bites
• Stitches
• Sprains and strains
• Mild asthma issues
• Foreign objects that you may find in the body
• Allergies
• Rashes
• Minor burns
• Burning sensation when peeing
• Eye irritation
• Minor allergic reactions
• Cold or flu like symptoms

While urgent cares may be open for extended hours, emergency rooms are available 24/7 for all medical emergencies as well as all of the services that were listed above for urgent care medical needs. Urgent cares provide shorter wait times in comparison, and offer a much more affordable health care cost and take more major insurances than that of emergency rooms. Walk-ins are welcome at both emergency rooms and our urgent care, so there is no need to schedule an appointment ahead of time if you want to come in for any medical attention. Urgent cares are also very conveniently located throughout most major cities, whereas emergency rooms are normally located in the busiest areas of the city, which can be farther away for many.

Our urgent care offers a much more affordable medical care facility than that of an emergency room. The average cost of an emergency room visit can range anywhere from $1,300 to $1,400 or more, and this cost can depend on a multitude of factors including the reason for your visit, and if you may possibly have to stay in the hospital for a longer period of time than anticipated.

Our urgent care also offers the ability to accept most major insurance providers at our locations, so you do not have to pay out-of-pocket for any medical expenses when visiting our urgent care if we accept your health insurance.

There are many benefits of going to an urgent care for medical care over an emergency room; however, these must not be confused with the reason why emergency rooms are available for use to the public in the first place. Emergency rooms are available to those who need immediate medical attention or any life or limb-threatening emergencies, as well as minor medical issues, and they offer 24/7, 365 days a year medical care.

A few benefits of going to an urgent care over an emergency room for urgent medical treatment:

1. Urgent cares offer convenient extended hours that easily accessible to most of the public
2. Urgent cares are more affordable, which helps you save money if you ever need medical attention
3. Urgent cares can offer quicker medical care to individuals who may need urgent medical attention than an emergency room can, as emergency rooms tend to take on patients with severe or life/limb threatening issues medical first
4. Urgent cares offer walk-in availability as well as appointment-based availability
5. Urgent cares can treat urgent minor to more severe medical issues

Contact Florida MedCare Clinic and Urgent Care today for more information! We serve patients from Celebration FL, Campbell FL, Four Corners FL, Bay Lake FL, Williamsburg FL, Hunters Creek FL, and Loughman FL.