When your family needs care right away for urgent, non-life-threatening conditions or injuries, MU Health Care can help.
Our convenient Urgent Care clinics, located on Keene Street and South Providence in Columbia, as well as in Boonville, Jefferson City and Mexico, care for kids and adults of all ages.
Walk-in urgent care is open seven days a week, with extended evening hours — no appointment is needed.
We also offer telehealth urgent care visits for some conditions, so you can meet with us from the comfort of your home.
Our Approach to Urgent Care
Unlike some walk-in clinics, our urgent care clinics are staffed by doctors, nurses and physician assistants specializing in emergency medicine. With their advanced training, they can provide a higher level of care than many other walk-in clinics in the area.
Our urgent care clinics also offer testing services like X-rays and ultrasounds that you won’t find at many basic clinics.
When to Choose Urgent Care vs. Emergency Care
If you or a loved one has a serious or life-threatening condition, call 911 for emergency care.
However, if you or any family member needs immediate care for a non-life-threatening health issue, urgent care is an option. You can walk into any of our Urgent Care locations in mid-Missouri without an appointment. Urgent care is billed at a higher level of care than primary care visits but less than emergency room visits.
Telehealth Urgent Care Visits
We also offer virtual urgent care for some immediate, non-life-threatening health issues for adults and kids two months and older.
Conditions treated via telehealth include:
- Colds
- Ear infections
- Flu
- Migraines
- Pink eye
- Rashes
- Seasonal allergies
- Sinus infections
If you or your child needs an X-ray or blood test, you will need to come into one of our urgent care locations.
Telehealth appointments cost less than urgent care visits and are usually covered by insurance. Self-pay is also available.
Conditions We Treat
- Allergies
- Animal bites
- Asthma
- Bleeding (not severe)
- Broken bones (not severe fractures)
- Bronchitis and pneumonia
- Colds and cough
- Diarrhea, nausea and vomiting
- Eye concerns
- Fever
- Flu
- Joint and muscle injuries
- Migraines
- Minor head injuries
- Rashes and skin infections
- Severe headaches
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Sinus infection
- Sore throat
- Severe vomiting or diarrhea
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Work-related injuries
If you aren’t sure whether your condition is right for urgent care, check out our symptom checker.
Urgent Care Services
Our Urgent Cares are designed to treat immediate, non-life-threatening health issues in people of all ages. We provide a broader range of tests and treatments than you can find at many urgent care centers, including:
- X-rays
- Ultrasounds
- Computed tomography (CT) scans (Boonville and Keene Street only)
- Lab work, including blood tests and other tests that provide rapid results
- Breathing treatments and services for asthma and respiratory infections
- Suture removal if your initial visit was at an MU Health Care urgent care clinic or emergency room
- Rabies vaccines if your initial visit was at one of our urgent care clinics or ERs
What You Can Expect at Our Urgent Care Clinics
When you arrive at one of our Urgent Care locations, our staff will get you registered. Then we’ll take you to triage, where our staff will gather your information and put you in an exam room. There, a doctor, nurse or physician assistant trained in emergency medicine will examine you and order tests if needed.
After testing, your provider will perform any treatment needed and recommend a follow-up care plan. We can also help set up other tests or services that you may need, including referrals to specialists.
Why Choose MU Health Care for Urgent Care
- Shorter wait times and lower costs: You’ll usually receive care more quickly and affordably when you choose our Urgent Care over emergency care for non-life-threatening issues. And unlike some urgent care clinics in mid-Missouri, ours are staffed by emergency medicine experts.
- Convenient walk-in and telehealth options: No appointments are needed, and we offer evening and weekend hours. To save you travel time, we also provide telehealth options.
- The highest-quality urgent care: When you choose us for urgent care, you can be confident about the quality of care you’ll receive. Because we’re an academic health system, you’ll benefit from all the resources and expertise of MU Health Care.
- Connected to your medical record: All our Urgent Care clinics use the same electronic health record as our hospitals. Our team can conveniently access your medical history, medications and allergies and keep your providers informed.
- Transfer to leading-edge emergency care when needed: If we determine you need emergency care, we’ll transfer you to one of our emergency departments. We have the region’s only Level I trauma center and pediatric ER in Columbia. We also provide emergency care services at Capital Region Medical Center Emergency Room in Jefferson City.
