Making the right decision can save you time, money and maybe even your life.
Emergency Rooms treat consumers with life threating symptoms or injuries like chest pain, broken bones, head trauma, etc…
Urgent Care Centers treat consumers with illnesses that are not life threating like sore throats, ear aches, etc….
CONSUMERS BEWARE:
Make sure either is in your insurance network
Make sure doctors treating you are in your insurance network
Ask for the price and what will be your out of pocket cost
The following are general symptom guide lines you can use when deciding which location to use.
REMEMBER…IF IN DOUBT, CALL 911 OR GO THE EMERGENCY ROOM!!!
LOCATION
SYMPTOMS EMERGENCY ROOM URGENT CARE
| Fever | YES | ||
| Ear Pain | YES | ||
| Painful Urination | YES | ||
| Diarrhea | YES | ||
| Sore Throat | YES | ||
| Vomiting | YES | ||
| Spain or Shallow Cut | YES | ||
| Chest Pain | YES | ||
| Difficulty Breathing | YES | ||
| Severe Pain | YES | ||
| Loss of Balance, Fainting | YES | ||
| Difficulty Speaking | YES | ||
| Weakness | YES | ||
| Broken Bones | YES | ||
| Severe Headache | YES | ||
| Vision Change | YES | ||
| Deep Cuts | YES | ||
| Head or Eye Injury | YES | ||
| Burns | YES |