An urgent care center owned by Baptist Health South Florida, for instance, charged a patient $508 for providing antibiotic gel and a Band-Aid in a 15-minute visit. Other walk-in clinics may charge $50 or $100 for the same service, according to the report.
Baptist, based in Coral Gables, Fla., owns 13 urgent care clinics that are licensed as extensions of Baptist hospitals’ emergency rooms.
Read the Sun Sentinel report on urgent care center charges.
Read more coverage on urgent care centers:
– 10 Statistics on Urgent Care Centers
– New York’s Saratoga Hospital and Albany Medical Center Submit Joint CON for Urgent Care Center
– Struggling West Penn Allegheny Focuses on Urgent Care, Outpatient Centers
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