Some medical problems require the immediate medical attention of a hospital emergency room. However, in many cases, an urgent care facility is a quicker and often more cost efficient alternative. The lists below offer some guidance to what sort of treatment each type facilitates.
The following problems need the attention of an emergency room doctor:
– Altered mental status
– Moderate to severe chest pain
– Choking
– Electrical shock
– Extreme shortness of breath
– Major trauma
– Poisoning
– Pregnancy related problems
– Seizure
– Unconsciousness
Walk-ins are always welcome at The Urgent Care at Vermont. Calling us before your visit is helpful as our staff can prepare your paperwork and set up a room for you, but it is not required.
Wait times are generally very short. Unlike an ER, where the wait can be four hours or more, The Urgent Care at Vermont will typically see a patient within 20 minutes of their check-in. Many times the wait time is even shorter than 10 minutes!
Urgent care centers are generally much less expensive to visit than an emergency room. Sometimes an urgent care visit can be a quarter to a third as expensive as your hospital’s emergency room visit.
The Urgent Care at Vermont is set up as an urgent care clinic and a primary care clinic for ongoing care. If you already have a primary care physician that you like, The Urgent Care at Vermont is an excellent option for your medical needs during those times when you cannot get into your primary care physician in a timely manner, or when the primary care physician’s office is not open, such as after hours, weekends and holidays.
All first time patients need to bring an up-to-date medical insurance card and a government issued photo ID. If you take medicines, please also be prepared to discuss the exact names and dosages of the medicines that you are taking. If you are being treated for an ongoing medical condition then it is helpful for you to bring copies of any pertinent prior lab work or imaging studies if you have them.
We work with almost all major PPO and HMO insurance plans and we also accept all major credit cards, cash, and personal checks. You may be responsible for a small insurance co-pay, which you can pay with cash, credit card, or personal check.
We accept most PPO insurances, as well as HMO insurances and Medicare.
The Urgent Care at Vermont has great prices and accepts cash, personal checks, and all major credit cards, even EBT.
The Urgent Care at Vermont doctors treat patients as young as 6 months old.