Some are open until 8-9:00...

Many do. All the ones I checked on google for "urgent care with x-rays near me" have x-ray equipment.

Dispatch Health
 

There’s a new urgent care company coming soon which will service The Villages. It’s called Dispatch Health and the care provider comes to your home. Dispatch is established in 38 cities across the US, several in Florida, and has great ratings. Having in home urgent care treatment options should provide a niche for many Villagers facing mobility or transportation issues. The Ocala practice is aligned with Advent Health.

Beware. Such a service is very limited in scope. 40 years ago I did some moonlighting for a similar service in NYC. We would carefully screen all requests to make sure it could be reasonably handled on a house call. This basically limited us to colds, sore throats, minor burns and injuries, and that was in 1985. With today's technology (and lawyers), I have some questions about just what type of problems this group would be willing to treat at home, where there is no lab, no x-ray, no CT, no EKG, etc. If they are ethical, they will tell you, on the phone , to go to the ER or urgent care, or to call an ambulance if the condition warranted. If they are in it for the money, they might show up, do a cursory history and exam, THEN tell you to go to a facility. That will be $300 please---cash or credit??????

Im sure insurance will pay for a injured finger if you walked out. Especially when they see you saved them money by doing that since tying up a spot in the ER was not called for

Then what would they be paying for?

Can't figure out whom you are responding to. It's helpful to reply with quote.

New ER
 

There is a new stand alone ER on 44/Meggison Rd. I’ve only heard good things about it. HOWEVER, you should have gone to an Urgent Care facility and not an ER. It wasn’t life threatening. Personally, I would have given you ice and Advil…until you could get an appointment with your doctor, or an Urgent Care after the holiday.

at our age, everyone should know that you stay the heck away from the ER (or any medical facility) on a holiday...unless it's a true emergency...which a jammed finger is not

too bad the OP didn't just 'cowboy up'...have a couple more beers and spend the holiday with his grandkids

Realistically, your xray would have been electronically sent to a radiologist in TX or CA for reading. Likely, on that day, there may have been only one or two to read thousands of films sent to them from all over the country. It takes time.

It's not mcdonalds

READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
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The OP posted the same complaint in "Next Door", but there they stated they went to the ER...

NOBODY reads the above posts on previous pages. Just jump in the middle of a conversation.
READ the OP's post. He WENT to an URGENT CARE on 44. NOT an ER.
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Did you miss this part of the OP's post? I mean, since you're so concerned about reading posts, and all... :icon_wink:

You are unbelievable…

Thank you... I feel the same way...

Wait, What?

Judging by the number of people who thought he went to an ER, I'm thinking he edited his post to add the urgent care part. Just my guess, but I think you nailed it.

If your finger was sprained you would be treated with a splint or by buddy taping the injured finger to its neighbor. If you had a simple fracture your finger would be treated with a splint or by buddy taping the injured finger to its neighbor. Only a very few complex fractures require anything more. So the Urgent Care doctor could have splinted or taped you and sent you on your way with a phone call follow-up to report the Xray later that day or even the next day. Frankly, I would think the Urgent Care doctor could read a finger Xray for anything major and depend on the radiologist for finding more subtle abnormalities.

NO, OP stated he went to UF Urgent Care on 44. UF = University of FL. There is a UF ER facility on 44. An ER facility is not the same as an Urgent Care facility. Santos Urgent Care is on 44, but I don't think he went there, as I doubt they have X-Ray equipment.