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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (609)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (557)
  • Aetna (515)
  • UnitedHealthCare (495)
  • Cigna (491)
  • First Health (489)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (433)
  • Curative (412)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (312)
  • MVP Health Care (263)
  • Anthem (187)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (183)
  • Humana (175)
  • MultiPlan (93)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (86)
  • Amerihealth (48)
  • Optima Health (46)
  • Coventry Health Care (36)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (28)
  • Capital Blue Cross (27)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (26)
  • Health Net (26)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (22)
  • Amerigroup (Wellpoint) (18)
  • Government Employees Health Association (GEHA) (17)
  • Midwest Health Plan (17)
  • Assurant Health (16)
  • Ambetter (15)
  • Connecticare (15)
  • Tufts Health Plan (14)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (1)
  • 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 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 California (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (1)
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  • 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)
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  • Blue Shield of California (1)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas (1)
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  • Canopy Health (1)
  • CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (1)
  • CBA Blue (1)
  • ChoiceCare Network (1)
  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
  • Delta Dental of Minnesota (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 Veterans (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 (1)
  • Medicaid (1)
  • Medicaid of Alabama (1)
  • Medicaid of Alaska (1)
  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
  • Medicaid of California (1)
  • Medicaid of Colorado (1)
  • Medicaid of Connecticut (1)
  • Medicaid of Delaware (1)
  • Medicaid of Florida (1)
  • Medicaid of Georgia (1)
  • Medicaid of Hawaii (1)
  • Medicaid of Idaho (1)
  • Medicaid of Illinois (1)
  • Medicaid of Indiana (1)
  • Medicaid of Iowa (1)
  • Medicaid of Kansas (1)
  • Medicaid of Kentucky (1)
  • Medicaid of Louisiana (1)
  • Medicaid of Maryland (1)
  • Medicaid of Massachusetts (1)
  • Medicaid of Michigan (1)
  • Medicaid of Minnesota (1)
  • Medicaid of Mississippi (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Montana (1)
  • Medicaid of Nebraska (1)
  • Medicaid of Nevada (1)
  • Medicaid of New Hampshire (1)
  • Medicaid of New Jersey (1)
  • Medicaid of New York (1)
  • Medicaid of North Carolina (1)
  • Medicaid of North Dakota (1)
  • Medicaid of Ohio (1)
  • Medicaid of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
  • Medicaid of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Medicaid of Rhode Island (1)
  • Medicaid of South Carolina (1)
  • Medicaid of South Dakota (1)
  • Medicaid of Tennessee (1)
  • Medicaid of Texas (1)
  • Medicaid of Utah (1)
  • Medicaid of Vermont (1)
  • Medicaid of Virginia (1)
  • Medicaid of Washington State (1)
  • Medicaid of West Virginia (1)
  • Medicaid of Wisconsin (1)
  • Medicaid of Wyoming (1)
  • Medicare of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicare of Texas (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)
  • Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (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 (814)
  • Male (653)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (36)
  • 5 miles (662)
  • 10 miles (1468)
  • 25 miles (3375)
  • 50 miles (4621)
  • 100 miles (8021)
  • National (180334)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Internal Medicine (47)
  • General Medical Practice (31)
  • Adult Medicine (21)
  • Women's Health Medicine (15)
  • Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (14)
  • Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (13)
  • Occupational Medicine (10)
  • Pediatrics (8)
  • Sports Medicine (8)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (8)
  • Concierge Medicine (7)
  • Emergency Medicine (6)
  • General Surgery (6)
  • Geriatric Medicine (6)
  • Preventive Medicine (6)
  • Psychiatry (6)
  • Physician Assistant (PA) (5)
  • Bariatric Medicine (4)
  • Integrative Medicine (4)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (4)
  • Acupuncture (3)
  • Addiction Medicine (3)
  • Pediatric Medicine (3)
  • Holistic Medicine (3)
  • Obesity Medicine (3)
  • Osteopathic Manipulative Therapy (3)
  • Physical Therapy (3)
  • Anxiety Disorders (2)
  • Cosmetic Dentistry (2)
  • Men's Health Medicine (2)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (214)
  • 41-50 (228)
  • 51-60 (318)
  • 61-70 (182)
  • Over 70 (165)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (99)
  • Tomorrow (98)
  • Schedules online (43)
  • Accepts new patients (475)
  • Telehealth (538)

Language

Language
  • Afrikaans (1)
  • Amharic (4)
  • Arabic (12)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Bengali (4)
  • Burmese (1)
  • Cantonese (1)
  • Chinese (7)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (1)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (1)
  • Creole (1)
  • Edo (1)
  • Farsi (3)
  • French (26)
  • French Creole (2)
  • Ga (1)
  • German (1)
  • Hebrew (3)
  • Hindi (30)
  • Hungarian (1)
  • Igbo (1)
  • Italian (6)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Korean (5)
  • Malayalam (3)
  • Marathi (1)
  • Panjabi (3)
  • Persian (1)
  • Polish (1)
  • Portuguese (4)
  • Punjabi (4)
  • Romanian (1)
  • Russian (6)
  • Sinhalese (1)
  • Spanish (66)
  • Tagalog (3)
  • Tamil (3)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Thai (1)
  • Twi (2)
  • Urdu (6)
  • Vietnamese (2)
  • Yoruba (1)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (212)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (395)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (559)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (627)
  • 1 Star And Higher (670)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • George Washington University Hospital (78)
  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center (76)
  • Howard University Hospital (44)
  • Virginia Hospital Center (42)
  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (36)
  • Sibley Memorial Hospital (24)
  • United Medical Center (22)
  • Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center (20)
  • University of Maryland Medical Center (19)
  • Holy Cross Hospital (14)
  • Suburban Hospital (14)
  • Children's National Hospital (11)
  • Inova Alexandria Hospital (10)
  • University of MD Charles Regional Medical Center (8)
  • Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (8)
  • Providence Hospital (8)
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital (7)
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital (7)
  • Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center (7)
  • Frederick Health Hospital (7)
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (6)
  • Inova Loudoun Hospital (6)
  • Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr (5)
  • MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (5)
  • Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (5)
  • University of Maryland Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute (4)
  • University of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton (4)
  • Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital (4)
  • University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Chestertown (3)
  • University of MD Medical Center Midtown Campus (3)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (3)
  • MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (3)
  • Meritus Medical Center (3)
  • MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (3)
  • University of MD Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (2)
  • Medstar St. Mary's Hospital (2)
  • UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center (2)
  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington (2)
  • Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility (2)
  • Boston Medical Center (2)
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel (2)
  • MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (2)
  • Evergreenhealth Medical Center-Kirkland (2)
  • Mercy Medical Center (2)
  • Unity Hospital (2)
  • Swedish Edmonds Campus (2)
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (2)
  • Riverside Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (2)
  • Duke University Hospital (2)
  • WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital (2)
  • WellSpan York Hospital (2)
  • Holy Cross Germantown Hospital (2)
  • Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center (2)
  • Centra Lynchburg General Hospital (2)
  • Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital (2)
  • Cha Cambridge Hospital (2)
  • Christiana Hospital (2)
  • Methodist Hospital Stone Oak (1)
  • Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden (1)
  • Skokie Hospital (1)
  • Kettering Health Hamilton (1)
  • Red Lake Hospital (1)
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center (1)
  • Stony Brook Southampton Hospital (1)
  • Chicot Memorial Medical Center (1)
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (1)
  • Atrium Health Union (1)
  • Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital (1)
  • Lawrence & Memorial Hospital (1)
  • IU Health Methodist Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida West Hospital (1)
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest (1)
  • Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Carteret Health Care (1)
  • Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (1)
  • Wellstar Cobb Medical Center (1)
  • Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus (1)
  • UVA Health Prince William Medical Center (1)
  • HonorHealth John C. Lincoln Medical Center (1)
  • Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport-St Mary Medical Cent (1)
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (1)
  • The Miriam Hospital (1)
  • St. Francis-Emory Healthcare (1)
  • WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital (1)
  • UPMC St. Margaret (1)
  • Pennsylvania Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital (1)
  • VCU Medical Center Main Hospital (1)
  • St. David's Medical Center (1)
  • John H Stroger JR. Hospital (1)
  • Grace Medical Center (1)
  • St. Mary's Hospital (1)
  • Reading Hospital (1)
  • Reston Hospital Center (1)
  • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (1)
  • Highland Park Hospital (1)
  • Twin County Regional Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Satilla Health (1)
  • Lexington Medical Center (1)
  • Morton Plant Hospital (1)
  • Bronson Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Carle Foundation Hospital (1)
  • Mary Washington Hospital (1)
  • University Hospital-University of Michigan (1)
  • Duke Regional Hospital (1)
  • Northern Navajo Medical Center (1)
  • Columbia Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Tampa General Hospital (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Warren Campus (1)
  • Saint Francis Hospital (1)
  • United Memorial Medical Center (1)
  • Sentara Careplex Hospital (1)
  • Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System In Eau Claire (1)
  • Baptist Health Floyd (1)
  • St. Joseph's Hospital (1)
  • Providence Holy Family Hospital (1)
  • Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center (1)
  • Lancaster General Hospital (1)
  • Sidney Health Center (1)
  • Newyork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (1)
  • Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport (1)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (1)
  • Mount Sinai Morningside (1)
  • Alice Hyde Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital (1)
  • Naples Community Hospital (1)
  • St. Joseph's Hospital And Medical Center (1)
  • Northwestern Medical Center (1)
  • Allegheny General Hospital (1)
  • Billings Clinic (1)
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital (1)
  • Calverthealth Medical Center (1)
  • University Hospital at Downstate (1)
  • Benefis East Campus (1)
  • UPMC Western Maryland (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center (1)
  • Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Columbus Regional Healthcare System (1)
  • UPMC Hanover (1)
  • Cheyenne Regional Medical Center-West Campus (1)
  • Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (1)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • San Juan Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center (1)
  • Northern Light Mercy Hospital (1)
  • Harborview Medical Center (1)
  • Swedish First Hill Campus (1)
  • University of Kansas Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Medical Center (1)
  • Augusta Health (1)
  • Temple University Hospital (1)
  • Ochsner Medical Center (1)
  • OHSU Hospital-Marquam Hill Campus (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (1)
  • University of Tennessee Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Mary Medical Center (1)
  • Samaritan Medical Center (1)
  • J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Berkeley Medical Center (1)
  • HCA Florida Pasadena Hospital (1)
  • Fauquier Hospital (1)
  • Klickitat Valley Hospital (1)
  • Southeastern Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Midland (1)
  • The Queens Medical Center (1)
  • Rochester General Hospital (1)
  • Lenox Hill Hospital (1)
  • MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Skyline Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Center (1)
  • Ochsner LSU Health-Monroe Medical Center (1)
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Silver Cross Hospital (1)
  • Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston Hospital (1)
  • Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Saint Vincent Medical Center (1)
  • Ocean Beach Hospital (1)
  • Swedish Cherry Hill Campus (1)
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (1)
  • Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca (1)
  • Yakima Valley Memorial (1)
  • Prisma Health Richland Hospital (1)
  • Sutter Roseville Medical Center (1)
  • Maine Medical Center (1)
  • Stonesprings Hospital Center (1)
  • Wellstar Paulding Medical Center (1)
  • Valley Medical Center (1)
  • University of MD Laurel Regional Hospital (1)
  • Morristown Medical Center (1)
  • The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (1)
  • Kent County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Northwest Hospital Center (1)
  • Seattle Children's Hospital (1)
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Maria Parham Medical Center (1)
  • Ochsner Rush Hospital (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn (1)
  • Glenbrook Hospital (1)
  • Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital (1)
  • The Brooklyn Hospital Center (1)
  • St. Charles Bend (1)
  • Advocate South Suburban Hospital (1)
  • Corewell Health Lakeland St Joseph Hospital (1)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (1)
  • Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital (1)
  • Union Hospital of Cecil County (1)
  • Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center (1)
  • Westchester Medical Center (1)
  • Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital (1)
  • Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center (1)
  • Ascension Providence Hospital (1)
  • HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center (1)
  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen (1)
  • Saint Joseph Health System-Plymouth Medical Center (1)
  • Brightside Medical-California (1)
  • Brightside Medical-Colorado (1)
  • Brightside Medical-Connecticut (1)
  • Brightside Medical-Georgia (1)
  • Brightside Medical-Illinois (1)
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Affirming Care

Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (6)

HG Choice Specialties

HG Choice Specialties
  • PS127 (1)

Patient Favorite Specialties

Patient Favorite Specialties
  • PS305 (18)
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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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