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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (392)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (366)
  • Aetna (349)
  • Cigna (342)
  • First Health (331)
  • Anthem (291)
  • UnitedHealthCare (258)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (255)
  • Curative (232)
  • Humana (166)
  • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (151)
  • United Concordia Dental (99)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (94)
  • MultiPlan (93)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (83)
  • HAP Insurance (44)
  • Coventry Health Care (29)
  • HealthLink (28)
  • Medicare (18)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (13)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (12)
  • Golden Rule (12)
  • Tricare (12)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (11)
  • Medicaid (10)
  • MVP Health Care (10)
  • WellCare (10)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of California (8)
  • First Choice Health (8)
  • Molina Healthcare (8)
  • 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 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 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 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)
  • 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)
  • Health Net (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (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 of Alabama (1)
  • Medicaid of Alaska (1)
  • Medicaid of Arizona (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 Maine (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)
  • Truli for Health (1)
  • United Concordia (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 (337)
  • Male (311)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (22)
  • 5 miles (276)
  • 10 miles (649)
  • 25 miles (1130)
  • 50 miles (1452)
  • 100 miles (2488)
  • National (195391)

Specialty

Specialty
  • General Medical Practice (43)
  • Internal Medicine (14)
  • Adult Medicine (9)
  • Clinical Informatics (6)
  • Geriatric Medicine (6)
  • Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) (4)
  • Emergency Medicine (4)
  • Men's Health Medicine (3)
  • Dentistry (3)
  • Hospital Medicine (3)
  • Sports Medicine (3)
  • Urgent Care Medicine (3)
  • Urology (3)
  • Addiction Medicine (2)
  • Integrative Medicine (2)
  • Cosmetic Dentistry (2)
  • Male Adult Urology (2)
  • Women's Health Medicine (2)
  • Emergency Dentistry (2)
  • Family Medicine (Nurse Practitioner) (2)
  • Family Sports Medicine (2)
  • Phlebology (2)
  • Psychology (2)
  • Aerospace Medicine (1)
  • Bariatric Medicine (1)
  • Bariatric Surgery (1)
  • Endourology (1)
  • Head & Neck Surgical Oncology (1)
  • Functional Medicine (1)
  • Prostate Oncology (1)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (120)
  • 41-50 (145)
  • 51-60 (121)
  • 61-70 (90)
  • Over 70 (70)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (35)
  • Tomorrow (40)
  • Within 2 weeks (43)
  • Schedules online (6)
  • Accepts new patients (252)
  • Telehealth (237)

Language

Language
  • Albanian (1)
  • Amharic (1)
  • Arabic (4)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Bengali (1)
  • Bosnian (5)
  • Chinese (1)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (1)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (2)
  • Croatian (2)
  • Farsi (1)
  • Finnish (1)
  • French (2)
  • German (4)
  • Gujarati (2)
  • Hebrew (1)
  • Hindi (10)
  • Hungarian (1)
  • Italian (1)
  • Mandarin (1)
  • Polish (2)
  • Portuguese (2)
  • Spanish (18)
  • Tagalog (1)
  • Tamil (1)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Thai (2)
  • Urdu (7)
  • Vietnamese (2)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (104)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (233)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (365)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (398)
  • 1 Star And Higher (426)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Mercy Hospital St. Louis (127)
  • Missouri Baptist Medical Center (95)
  • Mercy Hospital South (67)
  • St. Luke's Hospital (67)
  • Barnes Jewish Hospital (62)
  • SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-St. Louis (43)
  • SSM Health DePaul Hospital-St. Louis (36)
  • SSM Health St. Clare Hospital-Fenton (36)
  • Christian Hospital (31)
  • SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital-St. Charles (30)
  • Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital (30)
  • SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (19)
  • SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital-Lake Saint Louis (18)
  • Memorial Hospital Belleville (18)
  • Mercy Hospital Jefferson (18)
  • Alton Memorial Hospital (15)
  • Mercy Hospital Washington (14)
  • Progress West Hospital (13)
  • Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital (13)
  • Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital (13)
  • Parkland Health Center (10)
  • Anderson Hospital (9)
  • Boone Hospital Center (8)
  • HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital (7)
  • St. Luke's Des Peres Hospital (6)
  • University of Missouri Health Care (6)
  • Mercy Hospital Springfield (5)
  • Phelps Health (5)
  • Mercy Hospital Lincoln (4)
  • Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital (4)
  • Gateway Regional Medical Center (4)
  • Golden Valley Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Pike County Memorial Hospital (4)
  • OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center (4)
  • Bothwell Regional Health Center (4)
  • Community Hospital of Staunton (4)
  • Ste Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (3)
  • HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Highland (3)
  • Parkland Health Center-Bonne Terre (3)
  • South City Hospital (3)
  • Touchette Regional Hospital (3)
  • Freeman Hospital West (3)
  • Sparta Community Hospital (3)
  • SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital Jefferson City (3)
  • Centerpoint Medical Center (2)
  • SSM Health St Anthony Hospital-Oklahoma City (2)
  • Cox Medical Center South (2)
  • Saint Luke's East Hospital (2)
  • Hannibal Regional Hospital (2)
  • Edgerton Hospital and Health Services (2)
  • Licking Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Jersey Community Hospital (2)
  • Missouri Delta Medical Center (2)
  • Nevada Regional Medical Center (2)
  • HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Red Bud Regional Hospital (2)
  • University of Kansas Hospital (2)
  • HSHS St. John's Hospital (2)
  • Grand Strand Medical Center (2)
  • Citizens Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Lee's Summit Medical Center (2)
  • Memorial Hospital of Carbondale (2)
  • Decatur Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Washington County Memorial Hospital (2)
  • SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital-Centralia (2)
  • Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital (2)
  • Coral Gables Hospital (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (1)
  • Mercy Saint Francis Hospital (1)
  • Sanford Broadway Medical Center (1)
  • Montefiore Medical Center (1)
  • Atrium Health Pineville (1)
  • Liberty Hospital (1)
  • Cass Lake Indian Health Services Hospital (1)
  • Community Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Livingston Hospital (1)
  • North Mississippi Medical Center Gilmore-Amory (1)
  • AdventHealth Tampa (1)
  • Decatur Morgan Hospital (1)
  • Inova Alexandria Hospital (1)
  • Cape Cod Hospital (1)
  • Barton Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (1)
  • Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital (1)
  • University Health Lakewood Medical Center (1)
  • Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center (1)
  • Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Joplin (1)
  • OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center (1)
  • Trinity Hospitals (1)
  • Hillsboro Area Hospital (1)
  • Deaconess Hospital (1)
  • M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital (1)
  • Citizens Medical Center (1)
  • Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center (1)
  • St. Mary's Hospital (1)
  • Harrison County Community Hospital (1)
  • St Francis Hospital (1)
  • Reading Hospital (1)
  • Los Robles Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Beaumont Hospital, Troy (1)
  • Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • Albany Medical Center Hospital (1)
  • OSF Saint Francis Medical Center (1)
  • T.J. Samson Community Hospital (1)
  • St. Luke's Health - The Woodlands Hospital (1)
  • Morton Plant Hospital (1)
  • Foothills Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center (1)
  • Iron County Medical Center (1)
  • Lake Regional Health System (1)
  • Essentia Health-Sandstone (1)
  • AdventHealth North Pinellas (1)
  • Henrico Doctors' Hospital (1)
  • Parkview Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center (1)
  • Carlinville Area Hospital (1)
  • Hendry Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Falmouth Hospital (1)
  • Hermann Area District Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hospital of Lafayette County (1)
  • Good Samaritan Medical Center (1)
  • Mercyone Newton Medical Center (1)
  • Saint Joseph Mount Sterling (1)
  • Jennie Stuart Medical Center (1)
  • Columbia St Marys-Columbia Campus (1)
  • Mease Dunedin Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Cassville (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Hospital West La (1)
  • AdventHealth Heart of Florida (1)
  • Fitzgibbon Hospital (1)
  • HSHS St. Mary's Hospital (1)
  • Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center (1)
  • CHRISTUS St. Vincent Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Tennova Healthcare-Clarksville (1)
  • Saint Luke's North Hospital-Barry Road (1)
  • Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Pflugerville (1)
  • Baylor Scott and White Medical Center-Austin (1)
  • Legent Orthopedic Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital (1)
  • Blessing Hospital (1)
  • Billings Clinic (1)
  • Marshall Browning Hospital (1)
  • North Shore University Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (1)
  • Lutheran Hospital of Indiana (1)
  • Evergreenhealth Medical Center-Kirkland (1)
  • O U Health University of Oklahoma Medical Center (1)
  • Columbus Regional Healthcare System (1)
  • Providence Portland Medical Center (1)
  • Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center (1)
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • Wright Memorial Hospital (1)
  • M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center (1)
  • Western Missouri Medical Center (1)
  • Goshen Hospital (1)
  • HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital (1)
  • Ascension Saint John Hospital (1)
  • Abbott Northwestern Hospital (1)
  • Ochsner Medical Center (1)
  • Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Round Rock (1)
  • Oroville Hospital (1)
  • M Health Fairview University of MN (1)
  • Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (1)
  • Heartland Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Hedrick Medical Center (1)
  • Baxter Health (1)
  • Elkhart General Hospital (1)
  • Lowell General Hospital (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Alma (1)
  • Elmhurst Hospital-Main Campus (1)
  • Lawrence Memorial Hospital of Medford (1)
  • Capital Region Medical Center (1)
  • Klickitat Valley Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Lebanon (1)
  • University of Louisville Hospital (1)
  • Piedmont Mountainside (1)
  • MyMichigan Medical Center Clare (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare La Crosse (1)
  • Sonoma Valley Hospital (1)
  • AdventHealth Castle Rock (1)
  • Memorial Health University Medical Center (1)
  • Skyline Hospital (1)
  • HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese (1)
  • St Peter's Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Southeast (1)
  • WakeMed Raleigh Campus (1)
  • Tufts Medical Center (1)
  • Cameron Memorial Community Hospital (1)
  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Russellville Hospital (1)
  • OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center (1)
  • McKenzie County Healthcare Systems (1)
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1)
  • Melrosewakefield Hospital (1)
  • Mease Countryside Hospital (1)
  • Providence St. Vincent Medical Center (1)
  • Baptist Health Paducah (1)
  • St. Mary's Medical Center (1)
  • Springfield Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Cooley Dickinson Hospital (1)
  • Saint Francis Medical Center (1)
  • Upland Hills Health (1)
  • Intermountain Medical Center (1)
  • Thomas H Boyd Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (1)
  • AdventHealth Palm Coast (1)
  • East Alabama Medical Center (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital (1)
  • Clovis Community Medical Center (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Berryville (1)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • Passavant Area Hospital (1)
  • Manatee Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Ascension St. John Broken Arrow (1)
  • Good Samaritan Hospital (1)
  • University Health Truman Medical Center (1)
  • HCA Florida Trinity Hospital (1)
  • Corewell Health Lakeland St Joseph Hospital (1)
  • AnMed Medical Center (1)
  • McDonough District Hospital (1)
  • Keokuk County Health Center (1)
  • Riverton Hospital (1)
  • Plainview Hospital (1)
  • Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital (1)
  • Jackson Hospital (1)
  • Atrium Health University City (1)
  • HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland (1)
  • Glens Falls Hospital (1)
  • Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center (1)
  • Lafayette Regional Health Center (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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