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Insurance
  • MVP Health Care (527)
  • Cigna (512)
  • First Health (509)
  • UnitedHealthCare (455)
  • Curative (454)
  • Aetna (448)
  • Humana (427)
  • Tufts Health Plan (412)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (386)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (340)
  • Connecticare (327)
  • Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (278)
  • Mass General Brigham Health Plan (249)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (207)
  • Anthem (131)
  • EmblemHealth (97)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (83)
  • MultiPlan (78)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (69)
  • Oxford Health Plans (65)
  • Fallon Community Health Plan (27)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (24)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (21)
  • Coventry Health Care (21)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (20)
  • Private HealthCare Systems (20)
  • UniCare (20)
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (19)
  • Health Net (17)
  • Network Health (17)
  • 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)
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  • 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 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)
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (1)
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
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  • Blue Cross of Idaho (1)
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  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
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  • ChoiceCare Network (1)
  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
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  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (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)
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  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
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  • 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 Arkansas (1)
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  • 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 (350)
  • Male (529)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (15)
  • 5 miles (776)
  • 10 miles (879)
  • 25 miles (1329)
  • 50 miles (4786)
  • 100 miles (24131)
  • National (250104)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Pediatrics (51)
  • Nephrology (32)
  • Cardiology (31)
  • Geriatric Medicine (22)
  • Infectious Disease Medicine (21)
  • Critical Care Medicine (16)
  • Gastroenterology (15)
  • Pulmonary Disease (14)
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (12)
  • Emergency Medicine (12)
  • Medical Oncology (11)
  • Addiction Medicine (9)
  • Hospice & Palliative Medicine (8)
  • Hematology (7)
  • Rheumatology (5)
  • Allergy & Immunology (4)
  • Pediatric Hospital Medicine (4)
  • Family Medicine (4)
  • Hospital Medicine (4)
  • Interventional Cardiology (4)
  • General Medical Practice (3)
  • Sleep Medicine (3)
  • Neurology (2)
  • Occupational Medicine (2)
  • Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology (1)
  • Cosmetic Dentistry (1)
  • Functional Medicine (1)
  • Cardiovascular & Pulmonary Diseases (1)
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology (1)
  • Clinical Informatics (1)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (197)
  • 41-50 (182)
  • 51-60 (154)
  • 61-70 (122)
  • Over 70 (130)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (20)
  • Tomorrow (21)
  • Accepts new patients (204)
  • Telehealth (318)

Language

Language
  • Afar (1)
  • Albanian (1)
  • Arabic (13)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Bangla (2)
  • Bengali (2)
  • Bisaya (1)
  • Chinese (12)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (1)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (1)
  • Creole (1)
  • Dutch (2)
  • Farsi (1)
  • Filipino (1)
  • Finnish (1)
  • French (20)
  • French Creole (1)
  • German (5)
  • Greek (2)
  • Gujarati (1)
  • Hebrew (3)
  • Hindi (23)
  • Italian (5)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Kannada (2)
  • Korean (2)
  • Polish (6)
  • Portuguese (7)
  • Punjabi (2)
  • Romanian (1)
  • Russian (5)
  • Spanish (54)
  • Tagalog (1)
  • Tamil (3)
  • Telugu (3)
  • Ukrainian (1)
  • Urdu (5)
  • Yoruba (1)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (116)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (251)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (352)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (383)
  • 1 Star And Higher (432)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Baystate Medical Center (428)
  • Mercy Medical Center (155)
  • Baystate Noble Hospital (87)
  • Holyoke Medical Center (68)
  • Baystate Wing Hospital (61)
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital (60)
  • Baystate Franklin Medical Center (34)
  • Berkshire Medical Center (13)
  • Saint Francis Hospital (12)
  • UMass Memorial Healh Harrington Hospital (12)
  • Johnson Memorial Hospital (11)
  • Hartford Hospital (10)
  • Saint Vincent Hospital (9)
  • Manchester Memorial Hospital (8)
  • Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington (7)
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center-Memorial Campus (7)
  • Good Samaritan Medical Center (6)
  • Boston Medical Center (6)
  • St. Elizabeth's Medical Center (6)
  • Morton Hospital (5)
  • Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Milford Regional Medical Center (4)
  • Charlton Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Day Kimball Hospital (4)
  • Fairview Hospital (4)
  • Holy Family Hospital-Methuen (4)
  • Nashoba Valley Medical Center (3)
  • Elliot Hospital (3)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (3)
  • Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (3)
  • Saint Mary's Hospital (3)
  • Lawrence General Hospital (3)
  • The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General Campus (3)
  • Brigham And Women's Hospital (3)
  • UConn John Dempsey Hospital (3)
  • Maine Medical Center (3)
  • Presbyterian Hospital (3)
  • Marlborough Hospital (3)
  • Anna Jaques Hospital (3)
  • Athol Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Cheshire Medical Center (2)
  • Inova Alexandria Hospital (2)
  • Cape Cod Hospital (2)
  • UMass Memorial Healthalliance-Clinton Hospital, Leominster Campus (2)
  • The Miriam Hospital (2)
  • Prov Sacred HRT Medical Center and Childs Hosp. (2)
  • Winchester Hospital (2)
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center (2)
  • Providence Holy Family Hospital (2)
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital (2)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (2)
  • Emerson Hospital (2)
  • Metrowest Medical Center (2)
  • Carney Hospital (2)
  • Piedmont Rockdale Hospital (2)
  • Caromont Regional Medical Center (2)
  • University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics (2)
  • Huntsville Hospital (2)
  • Griffin Hospital (2)
  • Melrosewakefield Hospital (2)
  • Windham Hospital (2)
  • Springfield Memorial Hospital (2)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi (2)
  • Concord Hospital-Laconia (2)
  • South Shore Hospital (2)
  • Bristol Hospital (2)
  • Beverly Hospital (2)
  • Southern Maine Health Care (2)
  • St. Joseph's Health Hospital (1)
  • Portsmouth Regional Hospital (1)
  • Boone County Health Center (1)
  • Bridgeport Hospital (1)
  • Holy Name Medical Center (1)
  • Howard University Hospital (1)
  • Indiana University Health Paoli Hospital (1)
  • CHI Health St. Francis (1)
  • Saint Anne's Hospital (1)
  • Preston Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Greater Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Texas Health Fort Worth (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Springfield (1)
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  • Middlesex Hospital (1)
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  • IU Health Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center (1)
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Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (1)

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HG Choice Specialties
  • PS324 (3)

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Patient Favorite Specialties
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Internal 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 internal 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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