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Insurance
  • Cigna (501)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (479)
  • Aetna (441)
  • First Health (347)
  • UnitedHealthCare (344)
  • Curative (311)
  • Humana (296)
  • First Choice Health (289)
  • Premera Blue Cross (279)
  • Regence BlueShield (230)
  • Anthem (196)
  • MultiPlan (191)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (172)
  • Group Health Cooperative (GHC) (133)
  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (98)
  • Health Net (80)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (77)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (71)
  • PacificSource (61)
  • Amerigroup (Wellpoint) (58)
  • Midwest Health Plan (58)
  • Molina Healthcare (58)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (53)
  • Washington State Department of Labor & Industries (51)
  • Providence Health Plans (50)
  • US Family Health Plan (49)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (47)
  • Coventry Health Care (45)
  • Private HealthCare Systems (40)
  • Uniform Medical Plan (40)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (1)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (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 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 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)
  • 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 California (1)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas (1)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
  • Canopy Health (1)
  • Capital Blue Cross (1)
  • CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (1)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (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)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (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)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (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 (564)
  • Male (603)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (248)
  • 5 miles (772)
  • 10 miles (1167)
  • 25 miles (2726)
  • 50 miles (4541)
  • 100 miles (5505)
  • National (180842)

Specialty

Specialty
  • General Medical Practice (58)
  • Internal Medicine (22)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (15)
  • Addiction Medicine (13)
  • Adult Medicine (11)
  • Pediatrics (11)
  • Emergency Medicine (10)
  • Obstetrics (10)
  • Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (9)
  • Women's Health Medicine (9)
  • Naturopathy (8)
  • Occupational Medicine (8)
  • Clinical Informatics (7)
  • Diagnostic Radiology (7)
  • Geriatric Medicine (7)
  • Men's Health Medicine (6)
  • Preventive Medicine (6)
  • Holistic Medicine (5)
  • Orthopedic Surgery (5)
  • Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (5)
  • Family Medicine (Nurse Practitioner) (4)
  • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (4)
  • Physician Assistant (PA) (4)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (4)
  • Pediatric Medicine (3)
  • Aerospace Medicine (3)
  • Cosmetic Medicine (3)
  • General Practice (Nurse Practitioner) (3)
  • Gynecology (3)
  • Homeopathy (3)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (342)
  • 41-50 (197)
  • 51-60 (183)
  • 61-70 (121)
  • Over 70 (111)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (134)
  • Tomorrow (135)
  • Schedules online (104)
  • Accepts new patients (379)
  • Telehealth (380)

Language

Language
  • American Sign Language (1)
  • Arabic (3)
  • Bengali (1)
  • Cambodian (1)
  • Chinese (12)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (1)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (2)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (1)
  • Creole (1)
  • Dutch (2)
  • Farsi (1)
  • Filipino (11)
  • French (6)
  • German (3)
  • Gujarati (2)
  • Hebrew (2)
  • Hindi (9)
  • Ilocano (1)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Korean (5)
  • Mandarin (3)
  • Portuguese (3)
  • Punjabi (3)
  • Russian (5)
  • Spanish (32)
  • Swahili (2)
  • Tagalog (16)
  • Taiwanese (2)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Ukrainian (2)
  • Urdu (5)
  • Vietnamese (10)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (179)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (360)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (494)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (540)
  • 1 Star And Higher (569)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital (242)
  • St. Joseph Medical Center (110)
  • MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital (97)
  • St. Francis Hospital (64)
  • St. Clare Hospital (55)
  • MultiCare Auburn Medical Center (43)
  • Valley Medical Center (32)
  • St. Anthony Hospital (29)
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital (28)
  • MultiCare Covington Medical Center (18)
  • St. Anne Hospital (16)
  • Kaiser Permanente Central Hospital (15)
  • Swedish First Hill Campus (12)
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center (12)
  • Swedish Cherry Hill Campus (11)
  • UW Medical Center-Montlake (10)
  • Harborview Medical Center (10)
  • MultiCare Allenmore Hospital (9)
  • MultiCare Capital Medical Center (7)
  • Yakima Valley Memorial (7)
  • Providence Centralia Hospital (5)
  • Swedish Edmonds Campus (5)
  • Swedish Issaquah Campus (5)
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (4)
  • Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (4)
  • Seattle Children's Hospital (4)
  • Lourdes Medical Center (3)
  • MultiCare Deaconess Hospital (3)
  • Olympic Medical Center (3)
  • Kadlec Regional Medical Center (3)
  • Evergreenhealth Medical Center-Kirkland (3)
  • St. Luke's Boise Medical Center (3)
  • Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital (3)
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital (3)
  • Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Confluence Health Hospital (2)
  • Hilo Medical Center (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center (2)
  • Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center (2)
  • St. Francis-Emory Healthcare (2)
  • Mason General Hospital (2)
  • Overlake Medical Center & Clinics (2)
  • Whidbeyhealth Medical Center (2)
  • Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (2)
  • San Juan Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Baptist Medical Center (2)
  • Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (2)
  • St. Luke's McCall Medical Center (2)
  • St. Mark's Hospital (2)
  • Klickitat Valley Hospital (2)
  • Adventist Health Tillamook (2)
  • The Queens Medical Center (2)
  • Ka'U Hospital (2)
  • Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Regional Hospital (2)
  • St. Luke's Elmore Medical Center (2)
  • Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital (2)
  • Methodist Hospital (2)
  • Prosser Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Trinity Health Muskegon Hospital (2)
  • Willapa Harbor Hospital (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center (2)
  • Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (2)
  • Forks Community Hospital (2)
  • Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Astria Sunnyside Hospital (2)
  • Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa (2)
  • Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (1)
  • UC Davis Medical Center (1)
  • Coulee Medical Center (1)
  • Corwell Health Big Rapids Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital (1)
  • Boone County Health Center (1)
  • Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley (1)
  • UCHealth Greeley Hospital (1)
  • Peterson Regional Medical Center (1)
  • INTEGRIS Health Baptist Medical Center (1)
  • Lake Chelan Community Hospital (1)
  • Piedmont Columbus Regional Midtown (1)
  • Medical Center Hospital (1)
  • Mid-Valley Hospital (1)
  • Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Monument Health Rapid City Hospital (1)
  • St. Luke's Nampa Medical Center (1)
  • Inova Alexandria Hospital (1)
  • Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (1)
  • North Valley Hospital (1)
  • Washakie Medical Center (1)
  • West Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Herington Hospital (1)
  • Skagit Valley Hospital (1)
  • Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (1)
  • Cox Medical Center Branson (1)
  • PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • Nantucket Cottage Hospital (1)
  • Intermountain Health St James Hospital (1)
  • Alaska Regional Hospital (1)
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center (1)
  • United Hospital (1)
  • Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (1)
  • UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central (1)
  • Eisenhower Medical Center (1)
  • Marshfield Medical Center-Park Falls (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital (1)
  • Summit Pacific Medical Center (1)
  • University Medical Center (1)
  • HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital (1)
  • Emory Hillandale Hospital (1)
  • Corewell Health Gerber Hospital (1)
  • McLaren Greater Lansing (1)
  • Trinity Health Shelby Hospital (1)
  • Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital (1)
  • Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital-Laveen (1)
  • INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center (1)
  • Pullman Regional Hospital (1)
  • St. Charles Madras (1)
  • Emory Decatur Hospital (1)
  • Marshfield Medical Center-Minocqua (1)
  • Seton Medical Center Harker Heights (1)
  • Aurelia Osborn Fox Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Mora Hospital (1)
  • Othello Community Hospital (1)
  • Lakeview Hospital (1)
  • Providence Kodiak Island Medical Center (1)
  • Jefferson Healthcare (1)
  • MultiCare Valley Hospital (1)
  • J Arthur Dosher Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital (1)
  • Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital (1)
  • Willamette Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Jefferson Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center Mount Shasta (1)
  • Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center (1)
  • Lutheran Hospital of Indiana (1)
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (1)
  • Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (1)
  • West Suburban Medical Center (1)
  • Crittenden Community Hospital (1)
  • Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Columbia Gorge (1)
  • Dayton General Hospital (1)
  • Cookeville Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center (1)
  • Wesley Medical Center (1)
  • CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Tyler (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center (1)
  • Northwest Texas Healthcare System (1)
  • OHSU Hospital-Marquam Hill Campus (1)
  • Samaritan Medical Center (1)
  • Northwest Medical Center-Springdale (1)
  • St. Charles Prineville (1)
  • Sacred Heart Medical Center-Riverbend (1)
  • St. David's North Austin Medical Center (1)
  • Corewell Health Ludington Hospital (1)
  • South Arkansas Regional Hospital (1)
  • Community Hospital (1)
  • Estes Park Medical Center (1)
  • Stanford Hospital (1)
  • PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (1)
  • Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (1)
  • Coal County General Hospital, Inc. (1)
  • UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (1)
  • Mainegeneral Medical Center (1)
  • Ohio State University Hospital (1)
  • Poudre Valley Hospital (1)
  • Kittitas Valley Healthcare (1)
  • Humboldt Park Health (1)
  • Livingston Healthcare (1)
  • Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (1)
  • Riverside University Health System-Medical Center (1)
  • Community Medical Center (1)
  • Astria Toppenish Hospital (1)
  • St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center (1)
  • Piedmont Columbus Regional Northside (1)
  • New England Baptist Hospital (1)
  • Glen Cove Hospital (1)
  • Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center (1)
  • MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center (1)
  • Providence St. Joseph's Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Health Paducah (1)
  • Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Jackson Purchase Medical Center (1)
  • Community Hospital East (1)
  • Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Temple (1)
  • Beartooth Billings Clinic (1)
  • Marshfield Medical Center (1)
  • Marshfield Medical Center-Rice Lake (1)
  • Sutter Roseville Medical Center (1)
  • Adventist Health Castle (1)
  • Sarasota Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Gallup Indian Medical Center (1)
  • Confluence Health Hospital (1)
  • Trinity Health Grand Rapids Hospital (1)
  • Resolute Health Hospital (1)
  • Kent County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Providence Mount Carmel Hospital (1)
  • Gritman Medical Center (1)
  • P H S Indian Hospital at Browning Blackfeet (1)
  • Overlook Medical Center (1)
  • Central Carolina Hospital (1)
  • Clovis Community Medical Center (1)
  • Wabash General Hospital (1)
  • Community Hospital North (1)
  • St. Charles Bend (1)
  • Providence Alaska Medical Center (1)
  • AdventHealth Central Texas (1)
  • Kootenai Health (1)
  • Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (1)
  • Canyon Vista Medical Center (1)
  • Sweetwater Hospital Association (1)
  • Island Hospital (1)
  • UAB Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Health-St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital (1)
  • Westchester Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren Hospital (1)
  • Geisinger Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center (1)
  • Holland Hospital (1)
  • MidHudson Regional Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center Redding (1)
  • Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Vassar Brothers Medical Center (1)
  • Pali Momi Medical Center (1)
  • St. Michael Medical Center-Silverdale (1)
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HG Choice Specialties

HG Choice Specialties
  • PS127 (1)
  • PS962 (1)

Patient Favorite Specialties

Patient Favorite Specialties
  • PS305 (22)
  • PS412 (1)
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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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