CareNow Urgent Care

Medications offered

As listed on the provider’s own site. Whether a product is FDA-approved or compounded is the single most important distinction here — we explain why.

• GLP-1 weight loss medicationType not stated

What they publish

CareNow Urgent Care publishes 9 of 12 standard terms. Fields marked “not publicly disclosed” were not stated on the pages we captured, and we have not filled those gaps with assumptions. Compare disclosure across providers

Membership / programme fee

Optional SaveNow membership published at $20 per month per family for up to six members, reducing an urgent care visit from a self-pay rate starting at $180 to $20, with outside lab tests at $35 each. Not required for the weight loss programme (as published)

Medication cost

Not supplied by CareNow. The published prices are for visits: a GLP-1 programme initial visit insurance-billed or $199 self-pay, follow-up visits insurance-billed or $99 self-pay, and an in-clinic physical exam billed separately at a $65 self-pay rate where the telehealth visit is insurance-billed, or included in the $199 initial fee for self-pay patients (as published)

Introductory offer

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Insurance

States it accepts all major forms of insurance including Medicare and Medicaid in most markets, files claims on your behalf, and publishes accepted plans by region. Notes plan participation should be verified individually.

HSA / FSA

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Consultation process

The GLP-1 programme is delivered by telehealth with a required in-clinic physical examination. Publishes an initial visit and follow-up visit structure, with expanded hours in Colorado, Nevada and Utah.

Eligibility

States the GLP-1 medical weight loss programme is currently offered only through telehealth, alongside its in-person urgent care network. Specific clinical criteria were not published on the pages we captured.

Lab work

Publishes lab pricing: in-house tests at $105, and send-out tests at $35, $65 or $100 depending on the test, with $35 per outside lab test for members.

Pharmacy fulfilment

Medication is not dispensed by CareNow; prescriptions are filled at a pharmacy. No compounding channel is described.

Shipping

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Support services

States a structured initial-visit and follow-up-visit programme, within an accredited urgent care network with clinics across multiple states.

Cancellation

Publishes membership terms including that a $20 visit fee is refunded and the visit re-billed at the standard self-pay rate if membership eligibility fails.

Refunds

Publishes refund handling for its membership programme where a visit is re-billed at the self-pay rate.

What stands out

• Part of HCA Healthcare and accredited by the Commission on Ambulatory and Urgent Care Quality — a materially different institutional footing from the telehealth startups that make up most of this directory.
• Requires an in-clinic physical examination as part of the GLP-1 programme. Almost nothing else here requires the patient to be physically examined at all.
• Publishes both the insurance route and a complete self-pay menu, including lab prices, so the cost is knowable either way.
• The visit fees buy clinical care only; the medication is filled at a pharmacy and its cost is not published, so it depends on your coverage.
• The optional $20 monthly SaveNow membership applies to urgent care visits generally rather than to the weight programme, and is published with its exclusions.
• Does not state whether the prescribed GLP-1 is branded or compounded, though the insurance-billing model implies branded.
• No specific BMI or clinical criteria for the weight programme are published.

Questions to ask before you pay

These are things we could not settle from published pages, or that we think are easy to misread. Get answers in writing.

• The $199 and $99 fees cover visits, not medication. What will the GLP-1 itself cost at the pharmacy under your plan?
• If your telehealth visit is billed to insurance, the in-clinic exam is a separate $65 self-pay charge. Which combination applies to you?
• Which medication is prescribed, and will your insurer cover it for weight management?
• What clinical criteria does the programme apply?
• Is the programme available in your state — the network's footprint varies by market.

Frequently asked