Urgent Care in District of Columbia

Washington, DC — the federal capital — has 50 verified walk-in urgent care clinics across the District and immediate suburbs. The network is anchored by MedStar Health (operator of MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital, and MedStar PromptCare urgent care centers), Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States, Johns Hopkins Medicine (via Sibley Memorial), GW University Hospital (UHS/GW Medical Faculty Associates), and Howard University Hospital. Additional urgent care providers: MinuteClinic at CVS, AFC Urgent Care, GoHealth, One Medical (walk-in + primary care membership model), Concentra, Unity Health Care FQHC, and Mary's Center FQHC. Clinics serve all four DC quadrants plus Northern Virginia (Arlington, Alexandria, Tysons, McLean) and Maryland suburbs (Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville, Chevy Chase MD, Takoma Park). Most DC urgent care centers accept CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Kaiser Permanente, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, Medicare, and DC Healthy Families (DC Medicaid).