When you need care right away for urgent, non-life-threatening conditions, Mizzou Urgent Care can help.

Mizzou Urgent Care building

Reasons to visit urgent care

Our urgent care doctors, physician assistants and nurse practitioners treat conditions that aren’t life-threatening but still need care right away for people of all ages, such as:

  • Allergies
  • Animal bites
  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis and pneumonia
  • COVID-19 testing
  • Cuts and burns
  • Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting
  • Dislocations
  • Ear infections
  • Eye concerns
  • Fever
  • Flu and cough
  • Joint and muscle injuries
  • Minor head injuries
  • Non-severe bleeding
  • Rashes and skin infections
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Sinus infection
  • Sprains
  • MSHSAA sports physical — $30 at time of service. (Fill out form prior to appointment.)
  • Urinary tract infections
  • Work-related injuries

We also provide X-rays and lab services, such as blood tests, as well as breathing treatments and services for asthma and respiratory infections.

If you have a serious or life-threatening condition, call 911 for emergency care.

COVID-19 testing

We can provide testing if you experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and want to be seen by a provider for evaluation and treatment of symptoms. Testing with a provider visit requires a clinic visit charge.

If you do not have any symptoms or have mild symptoms and need testing for travel or other reasons, learn how to get tested at our COVID-19 Collection Site. Testing at this site does not require a clinic visit charge.

If you have symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest pain and vomiting, you should go to the University Hospital Emergency Room.

On Demand Telehealth

Some urgent care visits can be completed from home by using an On Demand Telehealth, or virtual care, from our urgent care specialists. These visits cost $64, and your provider can prescribe medication or make a referral for conditions like:

  • Cold and flu 
  • Sore throat 
  • Fever 
  • Abdominal pain 
  • Sinus or ear infection 
  • Pink eye 
  • Migraines 

Convenient, high-quality care

Our Mizzou Urgent Care-South Providence clinic in south Columbia offers expert care, and features a designated space just for kids. When you choose Mizzou Urgent Care, you can be confident about the level of care you’ll receive. Because we’re an academic health system our doctors and clinicians are on the leading edge of health care. You’ll benefit from all the resources and expertise of MU Health Care — while having the added convenience of extended evening, weekend and holiday hours. Our goal is to offer you the highest-quality health care with the greatest convenience.

More locations to choose from

You can expect the same care and convenience at our Mizzou Urgent Care-Mexico clinic in Audrain County as well as our our Mizzou Urgent Care-Jackson Road clinic in Boonville. MU Health Care emergency medicine experts will provide the same high-quality care available at our other urgent care clinics to people of any age who walk in with urgent, but not life-threatening, medical needs.