5 Reasons to use Urgent Care over the Emergency Room

We’ve all been there: an unforeseen fall or a persistent chest cold leaves us bewildered at where we should go for the best medical attention. Everyone knows that going to the Emergency Room (ER) at a hospital is basically signing up for a 10-hour wait before a very busy staff addresses the situation. But, not everyone considers utilizing the local Urgent Care Center for bumps and bruises that can be assessed in a timely fashion.

Here are 5 reasons why you should use Urgent Care over the ER:

1. Cost Effectiveness: Everyone cringes when they finally take a peak at that hospital medical bill. Our Urgent Care Center is much more likely to accept your form of insurance coverage than a hospital, leaving you happier and healthier at the end of your visit.
2. Rising Costs: Since ERs are legally required to treat every patient, that means the visitors who do have the means to cover medical expenses get stuck footing the bill for those who do not. At Urgent Care, patients are only required to cover the cost of their trip alone.
3. Testing: It’s amazing how many individuals check themselves into an ER when they start to come down with strep throat and other bacterial infections that need medicine for eradication. Our Urgent Care Center will have you taken care of with medicine at the ready.
4. Doctors v. Nurses: Many injuries and sicknesses don’t require the actual presence of a doctor. Nurses and physician’s assistants (PAs) can cover just about any kind of household illness or general injury on the fly. Our Urgent Care Center employs doctors, nurses, and PAs with time to treat you once you check-in.

So the next time you wake up with a swollen throat or trip on your way into work, consider utilizing 209 Urgent Care instead of wasting time, and money, sitting in the lobby of an ER