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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (837)
  • Cigna (732)
  • UnitedHealthCare (732)
  • First Health (695)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (686)
  • Aetna (649)
  • Curative (612)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (589)
  • Optima Health (469)
  • Humana (461)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (427)
  • MVP Health Care (384)
  • Anthem (251)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (237)
  • Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States (119)
  • MultiPlan (58)
  • Amerihealth (55)
  • Capital Blue Cross (40)
  • Oxford Health Plans (35)
  • MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico (29)
  • Coventry Health Care (26)
  • Health Net (25)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (21)
  • Oscar Health (21)
  • Connecticare (20)
  • Independence Blue Cross (19)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of California (18)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (18)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (17)
  • Ambetter (16)
  • 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 Blue Shield of Arizona (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (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)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
  • Canopy Health (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)
  • 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 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 (1027)
  • Male (384)

Distance

Distance
  • 5 miles (168)
  • 10 miles (1413)
  • 25 miles (3461)
  • 50 miles (5325)
  • 100 miles (7495)
  • National (112804)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Neonatal Medicine (87)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine (62)
  • Internal Medicine (49)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (44)
  • Pediatric Hematology & Oncology (43)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (39)
  • Pediatric Hospital Medicine (34)
  • Pediatric Medicine (31)
  • Infectious Disease Medicine (25)
  • Allergy & Immunology (24)
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (19)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (16)
  • Genetics (14)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (14)
  • Pediatric Neurology (13)
  • Family Medicine (10)
  • Hospice & Palliative Medicine (8)
  • Pediatric Pulmonology (8)
  • Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (6)
  • Child Abuse Pediatrics (5)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (5)
  • Sleep Medicine (5)
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (4)
  • Adult Medicine (4)
  • Anesthesiology (4)
  • Adult Congenital Heart Disease Cardiology (4)
  • Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (4)
  • Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (4)
  • Rheumatology (4)
  • Addiction Medicine (3)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (442)
  • 41-50 (358)
  • 51-60 (204)
  • 61-70 (124)
  • Over 70 (166)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (22)
  • Tomorrow (22)
  • Accepts new patients (300)
  • Telehealth (397)

Language

Language
  • Afrikaans (2)
  • American Sign Language (1)
  • Amharic (5)
  • Arabic (12)
  • Arabic, Egyptian (2)
  • Armenian (2)
  • Bengali (2)
  • Chinese (12)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (2)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (1)
  • Croatian (1)
  • Czech (2)
  • Dutch (2)
  • Egyptian (2)
  • Farsi (6)
  • French (33)
  • German (3)
  • Greek (3)
  • Gujarati (5)
  • Hebrew (3)
  • Hindi (12)
  • Igbo (1)
  • Italian (2)
  • Korean (2)
  • Malay (1)
  • Malayalam (1)
  • Marathi (1)
  • Pashto (1)
  • Polish (1)
  • Portuguese (1)
  • Russian (2)
  • Serbian (1)
  • Spanish (71)
  • Sundanese (1)
  • Tagalog (2)
  • Tamil (2)
  • Urdu (4)
  • Yoruba (3)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (184)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (249)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (318)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (343)
  • 1 Star And Higher (383)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Children's National Hospital (539)
  • MedStar Georgetown University Hospital (74)
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital (43)
  • Virginia Hospital Center (41)
  • University of MD Capital Region Medical Center (36)
  • Holy Cross Hospital (30)
  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center (28)
  • Howard University Hospital (26)
  • Mary Washington Hospital (25)
  • Inova Alexandria Hospital (24)
  • George Washington University Hospital (23)
  • Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia (14)
  • University of Maryland Medical Center (14)
  • Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Ctr (13)
  • Sibley Memorial Hospital (13)
  • Reston Hospital Center (12)
  • The Johns Hopkins Hospital (11)
  • MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center (11)
  • University of MD Medical Center Midtown Campus (10)
  • TidalHealth Peninsula Regional (10)
  • Stonesprings Hospital Center (10)
  • Medstar St. Mary's Hospital (9)
  • Adventist Healthcare Shady Grove Medical Center (9)
  • Stafford Hospital (9)
  • Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (9)
  • MedStar Montgomery Medical Center (9)
  • United Medical Center (8)
  • Inova Loudoun Hospital (7)
  • Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center (6)
  • Frederick Health Hospital (6)
  • Chippenham Hospital (6)
  • University of MD Shore Medical Center at Easton (5)
  • Adventist Healthcare White Oak Medical Center (5)
  • Inova Mount Vernon Hospital (5)
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital Of Chicago (5)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital (4)
  • St. Mary's Hospital (4)
  • OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (4)
  • Henrico Doctors' Hospital (4)
  • University of MD Charles Regional Medical Center (4)
  • Meritus Medical Center (4)
  • Holy Cross Germantown Hospital (4)
  • Boston Children's Hospital (4)
  • Inova Fair Oaks Hospital (4)
  • University of MD Upper Chesapeake Medical Center (3)
  • Greater Baltimore Medical Center (3)
  • Montefiore Medical Center (3)
  • UVA Health Prince William Medical Center (3)
  • NYU Langone Hospitals (3)
  • The University of Chicago Medical Center (3)
  • Cincinnati Children's Burney Campus (3)
  • Texas Children's Hospital (3)
  • MedStar Harbor Hospital (3)
  • Calverthealth Medical Center (3)
  • Mercy Medical Center (3)
  • Suburban Hospital (3)
  • University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center (3)
  • Berkeley Medical Center (3)
  • Duke University Hospital (3)
  • UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights (3)
  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore (3)
  • Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware (3)
  • Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center (3)
  • Jackson Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest (2)
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital (2)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (2)
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (2)
  • Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital (2)
  • Emory University Hospital Midtown (2)
  • UPMC Chautauqua (2)
  • UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center (2)
  • University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics (2)
  • Cleveland Clinic (2)
  • Boston Medical Center (2)
  • Wellstar Kennestone Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Lawrence General Hospital (2)
  • Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital (2)
  • Swedish First Hill Campus (2)
  • Children's Hospital Colorado (2)
  • MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital (2)
  • UH Cleveland Medical Center (2)
  • Dell Children's Medical Center (2)
  • Huntsville Hospital (2)
  • Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children (2)
  • Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (2)
  • South Shore Hospital (2)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center (2)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (2)
  • Rush University Medical Center (2)
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles (2)
  • UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center (2)
  • UF Health Shands Hospital (2)
  • Methodist Hospital Stone Oak (1)
  • Skokie Hospital (1)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (1)
  • Crozer-Chester Medical Center (1)
  • Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital (1)
  • UNM Hospital (1)
  • Pascagoula Hospital (1)
  • Atrium Health Union (1)
  • St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • IU Health Methodist Hospital (1)
  • St. Christopher's Hospital For Children (1)
  • Homestead Hospital (1)
  • Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida (1)
  • Perry County Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (1)
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (1)
  • MultiCare Capital Medical Center (1)
  • Camden Clark Medical Center (1)
  • WVU Medicine Barnesville Hospital (1)
  • VCU Medical Center Main Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center (1)
  • UVA Health Sciences Center (1)
  • Reading Hospital (1)
  • Nyack Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center (1)
  • Highland Park Hospital (1)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center (1)
  • Primary Children's Hospital (1)
  • University of Cincinnati Medical Center (1)
  • Blythedale Children's Hospital (1)
  • WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital (1)
  • United Hospital (1)
  • Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital (1)
  • Mather Hospital (1)
  • Valley Hospital (1)
  • Winchester Hospital (1)
  • Ascension Seton Hays (1)
  • Emory University Hospital (1)
  • Mon Health Medical Center (1)
  • Conway Medical Center (1)
  • Grady Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Piedmont Eastside Medical Center (1)
  • United Memorial Medical Center (1)
  • Gulf Coast Medical Center (1)
  • Sentara Careplex Hospital (1)
  • Overlake Medical Center & Clinics (1)
  • St Charles Hospital (1)
  • Emory Decatur Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical Center (1)
  • Lancaster General Hospital (1)
  • Terre Haute Regional Hospital (1)
  • Singing River Gulfport (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital West La (1)
  • Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility (1)
  • Bertrand Chaffee Hospital (1)
  • Providence St. Jude Medical Center (1)
  • Shenandoah Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Driscoll Childrens Hospital (1)
  • South Central Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center (1)
  • Ridgeview Medical Center (1)
  • Mount Sinai Beth Israel (1)
  • North Shore University Hospital (1)
  • Newton-Wellesley Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Aventura Hospital (1)
  • Northside Hospital Gwinnett (1)
  • Dayton Childrens Hospital (1)
  • Wilkes-Barre General Hospital (1)
  • MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center (1)
  • Miami Valley Hospital (1)
  • Richmond University Medical Center (1)
  • Adventist Health Columbia Gorge (1)
  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (1)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • Geneva General Hospital (1)
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center (1)
  • Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner (1)
  • Carolinas Healthcare System-Blue Ridge (1)
  • Swedish Edmonds Campus (1)
  • Reynolds Memorial Hospital (1)
  • St. Luke's Hospital-Bethlehem Campus (1)
  • Valley Children's Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Medical Center (1)
  • Beebe Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Iowa City (1)
  • Temple University Hospital (1)
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (1)
  • Ochsner Medical Center (1)
  • M Health Fairview University of MN (1)
  • Samaritan Medical Center (1)
  • Forrest General Hospital (1)
  • Staten Island University Hospital (1)
  • Elkhart General Hospital (1)
  • Lowell General Hospital (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst (1)
  • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (1)
  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center (1)
  • Bon Secours Community Hospital (1)
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (1)
  • Broward Health Imperial Point (1)
  • Riverside Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (1)
  • Wheeling Hospital (1)
  • UPMC Altoona (1)
  • Augusta University Medical Center (1)
  • Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital (1)
  • Northwest Regional (1)
  • Virginia Mason Medical Center (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull (1)
  • White Plains Hospital (1)
  • Children's Hospital Of The King's Daughters (1)
  • Cedar Park Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Akron Children's Hospital (1)
  • Kenmore Mercy Hospital (1)
  • Milford Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Capital Health Medical Center Hopewell (1)
  • St. Charles Parish Hospital (1)
  • UpMc Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh (1)
  • Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Ohio State University Hospital (1)
  • MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Mayo Clinic In Florida (1)
  • WellSpan York Hospital (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue (1)
  • Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (1)
  • Stony Brook University Hospital (1)
  • MUSC Medical Center (1)
  • Tufts Medical Center (1)
  • Milton S Hershey Medical Center (1)
  • Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • Unity Medical Center (1)
  • Methodist Hospital (1)
  • Texas Vista Medical Center (1)
  • Adventist Healthcare Fort Washington Medical Center (1)
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  • HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital (1)
  • Fort Defiance Indian Hospital (1)
  • Brigham And Women's Hospital (1)
  • Northshore University Healthsystem Evanston Hospital (1)
  • Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC Health System (1)
  • Children's Mercy Kansas City Adele Hall Campus (1)
  • Children's Minnesota-Minneapolis (1)
  • JPS Health Network (1)
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center (1)
  • Lewisgale Hospital Montgomery (1)
  • Christ Hospital (1)
  • Whitesburg ARH Hospital (1)
  • Maine Medical Center (1)
  • Valley Medical Center (1)
  • UVA Health Haymarket Medical Center (1)
  • NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi (1)
  • Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center (1)
  • Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (1)
  • Swedish Issaquah Campus (1)
  • Olean General Hospital (1)
  • South Miami Hospital (1)
  • Seattle Children's Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (1)
  • Central Carolina Hospital (1)
  • Baptist Health Hardin (1)
  • NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn (1)
  • Glenbrook Hospital (1)
  • Chester County Hospital (1)
  • The Brooklyn Hospital Center (1)
  • Hillcrest Hospital (1)
  • Carroll Hospital Center (1)
  • Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital (1)
  • Buffalo General Medical Center (1)
  • Union Hospital of Cecil County (1)
  • Beverly Hospital (1)
  • Westchester Medical Center (1)
  • McLaren Northern Michigan (1)
  • Holy Cross Hospital (1)
  • MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital (1)
  • Spartanburg Medical Center (1)
  • Ucsf Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (1)
  • El Camino Hospital (1)
  • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Wetzel County Hospital (1)
  • Pali Momi Medical Center (1)
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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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