Urgent Care in Rhode Island

Rhode Island's urgent care directory covers Providence and the entire Ocean State — the smallest state in the US but one of the most densely populated. With 50 verified walk-in clinics, the network is anchored by Brown University Health (renamed from Lifespan in 2024 — parent of Rhode Island Hospital, the state's only Level I Trauma Center, plus Miriam Hospital, Newport Hospital, and Hasbro Children's Hospital), Care New England (Kent Hospital in Warwick, Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, Butler Hospital psychiatric), CharterCARE Health Partners (Our Lady of Fatima, Roger Williams Medical Center, Memorial Hospital), Coastal Medical (RI's largest independent primary care network, acquired by Lifespan/Brown University Health in 2022), South County Health (independent Wakefield-based system), and Landmark Medical Center (Prime Healthcare, Woonsocket). Walk-in urgent care providers: MinuteClinic at CVS (CVS Health is headquartered in Woonsocket RI, so MinuteClinic density is among the highest in the US), AFC Urgent Care, Concentra (serving T.F. Green Airport, Electric Boat, and CVS distribution workforce), MedExpress (Optum/UnitedHealthcare-owned), CareWell, ConvenientMD, and FQHC networks (Providence Community Health Centers, Thundermist Health Center, Blackstone Valley Community Health Care, East Bay Community Action Program). Clinics serve Providence neighborhoods (Downtown, Federal Hill, College Hill/Brown University, East Side, Elmhurst, Olneyville, South Providence), Providence County suburbs (Cranston, Pawtucket, Woonsocket, Central Falls, North Providence, Johnston, East Providence, Smithfield, Cumberland, Lincoln), Kent County (Warwick, West Warwick, Coventry, East Greenwich), Washington County/South County (South Kingstown, Narragansett, Westerly, North Kingstown), Newport County/Aquidneck Island (Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth), and Bristol County (Bristol, Warren, Barrington). Most Rhode Island urgent care centers accept Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI), UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Tufts Health Plan, Harvard Pilgrim, Neighborhood Health Plan of RI (the state's primary Medicaid MCO), Medicare, and Tricare (for Naval Station Newport).