MedStar Health: Urgent Care at Alexandria

MedStar Health Urgent Care in Alexandria, Virginia, offers treatment for non-life threatening illness and injuries, including x-rays. The clinic is accredited by the National Urgent Care Center.

Medicaid, Medicare, and other insurance plans are accepted. Assistance for noninsured clients by the clinic includes assistance enrolling in public funded programs, referrals to resources, or checking eligibility for assistance by charitable organizations.

Referral for Substance Use Treatment

Although the clinic doesn’t offer substance use treatment, they can provide crisis stabilization and a referral to a local treatment facility. When people are experiencing a crisis scenario, they need to get to the closest location possible. That’s why the clinic is open seven days per week from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm. You can be a walk in patient or can use online check in for faster processing.

Conditions Treated by the Clinic

Injuries treated include minor injuries from motor vehicle accidents. This could include stitches, lacerations, broken bones, sprains, and concussion evaluations. You may speak with a specialist via telehealth during your exam.

The clinic can treat common illnesses such as ear infections, sinus infections, and urinary tract infections. More complex conditions treated include minor burns, bronchitis, COVID 19, the flu, and other infections.

The clinic is able to process lab work. Immediate results are available for strep, the flu, COVID 19, and RSV. Females can be rapidly tested for STDs. Rapid testing can be done for HIV. Testing that takes more time includes urine, mono, STD for males, and UTI.

Preventative care includes immunizations and pregnancy testing. Occupational health can provide treatment for workplace injuries. If you work in the medical field, you may need to come to the clinic because of a needlestick injury, exposure to TB, or exposure to blood/body fluids.