Care options

ER, urgent care or community health center?

Picking the right type of care saves hours of waiting and often hundreds of dollars.

Emergency room

Serious or life-threatening problems

Chest pain, stroke signs, severe trouble breathing
Broken bones that look bent
Sudden, severe belly pain

Open 24/7. A typical full visit in the area takes 2 to 5½ hours. ERs must treat everyone, regardless of ability to pay.

Urgent care

Problems that can't wait for an appointment

Sprains, minor cuts and burns
Flu, sore throat, ear infections, UTIs
Walk-in flu shots and vaccines

Walk in; most are open evenings and weekends. Self-pay visit at most urgent cares: about $105–$300.

Community health center

Checkups and ongoing care

Physicals, refills and screenings
Diabetes and blood pressure care
Mental health and women's health

By appointment. Accept Medicaid and Medicare, with sliding fees as low as $0–$35 a visit.

Our data

Where the information comes from

Listings are updated regularly from each provider's own website. ER wait estimates combine national and hospital-level federal data.

100+

Places of care

Urgent cares, CVS MinuteClinics, community health centers and ERs from Covington to Chalmette.

ERs with wait estimates

Medicare's reported ER times for each hospital, plus links to live waits where hospitals post them.

20+

Insurance options

Commercial, Marketplace, Healthy Louisiana (Medicaid), Medicare, Medicare Advantage and TRICARE.

2022

Latest CDC ER visit survey

2022 is the most recent year of national ER visit data the CDC has released. It shows how waits change with how urgent a visit is and the time of day.

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Problems that can't wait for an appointment

Checkups and ongoing care

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