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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of California (709)
  • Blue Shield of California (689)
  • Cigna (636)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (621)
  • UnitedHealthCare (614)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (611)
  • Health Net (604)
  • Aetna (585)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (370)
  • Molina Healthcare (349)
  • First Health (345)
  • Oscar Health (330)
  • Curative (309)
  • Kaiser Permanente (251)
  • Humana (231)
  • Anthem (144)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (127)
  • ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc. (125)
  • MultiPlan (96)
  • Clover Health (70)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (65)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (49)
  • SCAN Health Plan (37)
  • L.A. Care Health Plan (36)
  • Coventry Health Care (30)
  • Health Net of California (20)
  • WellCare (18)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (16)
  • Medicare (14)
  • WellPoint (14)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (BCN) (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Florida Blue (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Missouri (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (1)
  • Blue Cross of Idaho (1)
  • Blue Medicare Advantage (1)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
  • Canopy Health (1)
  • Capital Blue Cross (1)
  • CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (1)
  • CBA Blue (1)
  • ChoiceCare Network (1)
  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
  • Delta Dental of New York (1)
  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (1)
  • Florida Blue (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia (1)
  • Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (1)
  • Medicaid (1)
  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
  • Medicaid of California (1)
  • Medicaid of Florida (1)
  • Medicaid of Idaho (1)
  • Medicaid of Illinois (1)
  • Medicaid of Indiana (1)
  • Medicaid of Kentucky (1)
  • Medicaid of Maryland (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
  • Medicaid of Tennessee (1)
  • Medicaid of Utah (1)
  • Premera Blue Cross (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Regence BlueShield (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • United Concordia Dental (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (703)
  • Male (825)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (18)
  • 5 miles (404)
  • 10 miles (1528)
  • 25 miles (5930)
  • 50 miles (8118)
  • 100 miles (11433)
  • National (189520)

Specialty

Specialty
  • General Medical Practice (143)
  • Geriatric Medicine (75)
  • Adult Medicine (21)
  • Sports Medicine (21)
  • Internal Medicine (20)
  • Addiction Medicine (11)
  • Hospice & Palliative Medicine (11)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (11)
  • Pediatrics (9)
  • Pediatric Medicine (8)
  • Women's Health Medicine (8)
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (8)
  • Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (7)
  • Dentistry (7)
  • Emergency Medicine (6)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (5)
  • Physician Assistant (PA) (5)
  • Cosmetic Dentistry (4)
  • Men's Health Medicine (3)
  • Prenatal Care (3)
  • Adolescent Medicine (3)
  • Genetics (3)
  • Clinical Informatics (3)
  • Critical Care Medicine (3)
  • Family Planning (3)
  • Orthopedic Surgery (3)
  • Preventive Medicine (3)
  • Psychiatry (3)
  • Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (3)
  • Addiction Psychiatry (2)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (268)
  • 41-50 (312)
  • 51-60 (292)
  • 61-70 (195)
  • Over 70 (270)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (74)
  • Tomorrow (72)
  • Schedules online (22)
  • Accepts new patients (659)
  • Telehealth (811)

Language

Language
  • Akan (1)
  • American Sign Language (1)
  • Arabic (66)
  • Arabic, Egyptian (3)
  • Armenian (10)
  • Bengali (5)
  • Bosnian (1)
  • Burmese (3)
  • Cambodian (19)
  • Cantonese (2)
  • Chinese (30)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (9)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (17)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (4)
  • Creole (1)
  • Croatian (2)
  • Danish (2)
  • Dutch (1)
  • Faroese (1)
  • Farsi (12)
  • Filipino (1)
  • French (20)
  • German (1)
  • Greek (1)
  • Gujarati (3)
  • Haitian Creole (1)
  • Hebrew (3)
  • Hindi (16)
  • Hungarian (2)
  • Ilocano (1)
  • Italian (2)
  • Japanese (2)
  • Kannada (1)
  • Khmer (4)
  • Korean (25)
  • Lithuanian (1)
  • Malayalam (1)
  • Mandarin (8)
  • Marathi (1)
  • Persian (1)
  • Portuguese (1)
  • Punjabi (2)
  • Romanian (2)
  • Russian (5)
  • Sinhalese (1)
  • Spanish (277)
  • Swahili (1)
  • Tagalog (14)
  • Taiwanese (3)
  • Tamil (1)
  • Thai (1)
  • Urdu (3)
  • Vietnamese (11)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (278)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (489)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (715)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (813)
  • 1 Star And Higher (891)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (146)
  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center (96)
  • Lac/Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (91)
  • PIH Health Whittier Hospital (85)
  • Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center (73)
  • PIH Health Downey Hospital (67)
  • Los Alamitos Medical Center (60)
  • Torrance Memorial Medical Center (44)
  • Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center (40)
  • Saint Francis Medical Center (36)
  • Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center (33)
  • MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (33)
  • St. Mary Medical Center (30)
  • MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (30)
  • Adventist Health White Memorial (29)
  • USC Medical Center (28)
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital West La (28)
  • MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach (26)
  • Lakewood Regional Medical Center (23)
  • Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (22)
  • Providence St. Jude Medical Center (19)
  • California Hospital Medical Center (19)
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro (19)
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance (18)
  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (18)
  • La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (18)
  • Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello (17)
  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (17)
  • University of California Irvine Medical Center (16)
  • Martin Luther King, JR. Community Hospital (16)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (12)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (12)
  • Los Angeles Community Hospital (11)
  • Casa Colina Hospital (10)
  • Coast Plaza Hospital (10)
  • PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital (9)
  • East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital (9)
  • Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital (9)
  • Foothill Regional Medical Center (9)
  • Community Hospital of Huntington Park (9)
  • Whittier Hospital Medical Center (9)
  • West Anaheim Medical Center (8)
  • UCI Health-Placentia Linda (8)
  • AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center (8)
  • Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital (8)
  • Eisenhower Medical Center (7)
  • Adventist Health Glendale (7)
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (7)
  • Keck Hospital of USC (7)
  • City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (7)
  • Monterey Park Hospital (6)
  • Chapman Global Medical Center (6)
  • Olive View-UCLA Medical Center (6)
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (6)
  • Centinela Hospital Medical Center (6)
  • Marian Regional Medical Center (6)
  • Huntington Beach Hospital (6)
  • Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center (5)
  • Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (5)
  • College Medical Center (5)
  • Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center (5)
  • UCI Health-Fountain Valley (5)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (5)
  • Southern California Hospital at Hollywood (5)
  • USC Arcadia Hospital (5)
  • Huntington Hospital (5)
  • San Antonio Regional Hospital (4)
  • L A Downtown Medical Center (4)
  • Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center (4)
  • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (4)
  • South Coast Global Medical Center (4)
  • Antelope Valley Hospital (4)
  • Memorial Hospital of Gardena (4)
  • Orange County Global Medical Center (4)
  • Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center (4)
  • Anaheim Global Medical Center (4)
  • Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital (4)
  • Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center (3)
  • St. John's Regional Medical Center (3)
  • Riverside Community Hospital (3)
  • Greater El Monte Community Hospital (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center (3)
  • Garfield Medical Center (3)
  • Providence Holy Cross Medical Center (3)
  • Duke University Hospital (3)
  • UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (3)
  • USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (3)
  • San Gabriel Valley Medical Center (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (3)
  • Community Memorial Hospital San Buenaventura (3)
  • Emanate Health Queen of the Valley Hospital (3)
  • Optum-Airport Plaza (3)
  • Crozer-Chester Medical Center (2)
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (2)
  • Community Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (2)
  • Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (2)
  • Barstow Community Hospital (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center (2)
  • French Hospital Medical Center (2)
  • USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (2)
  • UC San Diego Health Hillcrest Hillcrest Medical Center (2)
  • Redlands Community Hospital (2)
  • Doctors Medical Center Modesto (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (2)
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (2)
  • The Queens Medical Center (2)
  • West Covina Medical Center (2)
  • Adventist Health Twin Cities (2)
  • St. Bernardine Medical Center (2)
  • Riverside University Health System-Medical Center (2)
  • Lompoc Valley Medical Center (2)
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta (2)
  • San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center (2)
  • San Mateo Medical Center (2)
  • Adventist Health Bakersfield (2)
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Optum-Torrance (2)
  • Providence Saint John's Health Center (1)
  • Duke Health Raleigh Hospital (1)
  • UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (1)
  • Encino Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • George L Mee Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley (1)
  • Ben Taub Hospital (1)
  • Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley (1)
  • Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis (1)
  • Adventist Health Reedley (1)
  • Presence Saint Marys Hospital (1)
  • Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital (1)
  • Mission Community Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Regional Hospital (1)
  • Bear Valley Community Hospital (1)
  • Barton Memorial Hospital (1)
  • St. Anthony Hospital (1)
  • Rush Copley Medical Center (1)
  • Clara Maass Medical Center (1)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (1)
  • John H Stroger JR. Hospital (1)
  • Skagit Valley Hospital (1)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (1)
  • Temple Health-Chestnut Hill Hospital (1)
  • Mountains Community Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center (1)
  • Bronson Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Carle Health Proctor Hospital (1)
  • Saint George Regional Hospital (1)
  • University Medical Center (1)
  • Carle Bromenn Medical Center (1)
  • West Hills Hospital and Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Children's Hospital of Orange County (1)
  • Hartford Hospital (1)
  • Titusville Area Hospital (1)
  • Marshall Medical Center (1)
  • University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (1)
  • Adventist Health Sierra Vista (1)
  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington (1)
  • Carson Tahoe Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Whidbeyhealth Medical Center (1)
  • Columbia Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Cottage Hospital (1)
  • Weiss Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Lancaster General Hospital (1)
  • Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (1)
  • San Joaquin General Hospital (1)
  • Meadville Medical Center (1)
  • Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (1)
  • PeaceHealth United General Medical Center (1)
  • Intermountain Health St. Mary's Regional Hospital (1)
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital (1)
  • San Dimas Community Hospital (1)
  • UW Medical Center-Montlake (1)
  • Northridge Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • Emerson Hospital (1)
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido (1)
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center (1)
  • Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (1)
  • Glendora Oaks Behavioral Health Hospital (1)
  • West Suburban Medical Center (1)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital (1)
  • Pampa Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (1)
  • Natividad Medical Center (1)
  • OHSU Hospital-Marquam Hill Campus (1)
  • Saint Mary Medical Center (1)
  • Adventist Health Delano (1)
  • Great Falls Clinic Hospital (1)
  • Oro Valley Hospital (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Alma (1)
  • Dominican Hospital (1)
  • Kaweah Health Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center (1)
  • Palmdale Regional Medical Center (1)
  • CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center-Marshall (1)
  • Riverside Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital (1)
  • SGMC Health-Main (1)
  • UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Hinsdale (1)
  • Adventist Health Tillamook (1)
  • Indiana University Health Ball Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Stanford Hospital (1)
  • Milford Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Agnes Medical Center (1)
  • CHI Health Good Samaritan (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens (1)
  • VHS Harlingen Hospital Company (1)
  • Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County Hospital (1)
  • Saint Rose Dominican Hospitals Siena (1)
  • Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center (1)
  • Riverside Medical Center (1)
  • MountainView Hospital (1)
  • Ventura County Medical Center (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian Queens (1)
  • Adventist Health Hanford (1)
  • Saratoga Hospital (1)
  • Stanislaus Surgical Hospital (1)
  • Carilion Rockbridge Community Hospital (1)
  • Presbyterian Hospital (1)
  • Victor Valley Global Medical Center (1)
  • Bronson Battle Creek Hospital (1)
  • Clovis Community Medical Center (1)
  • UPMC Harrisburg (1)
  • St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton (1)
  • Tucson Medical Center (1)
  • Community Hospital (1)
  • Beverly Hospital (1)
  • Rush University Medical Center (1)
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles (1)
  • Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Valley Presbyterian Hospital (1)
  • Holy Cross Hospital (1)
  • Carle Health Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Navarro Regional Hospital (1)
  • Glens Falls Hospital (1)
  • Temecula Valley Hospital (1)
  • Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (1)
  • Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Optum-Temple City (1)
  • Optum-Vista (1)
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Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (2)
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Family Medicine Specialists near you often stay updated with the latest developments through continuous medical education, attending conferences, and participating in research. This commitment to staying informed benefits their patients by providing access to cutting-edge treatments and techniques. Feel free to ask your family medicine specialists about recent advancements during your appointments.

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There are several options for low-cost or free clinics for uninsured individuals. You can begin your search by visiting the website of your state's Department of Health or accessing resources like the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC). Additionally, community health centers, nonprofit organizations, and local hospitals may offer sliding-scale fee clinics or programs designed to provide healthcare services to uninsured or underinsured individuals.

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