Your Trusted Experts for Orthopedic Urgent Care
For fast treatment of sprains, strains, joint pain, and sports injuries, visit Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care. With locations across the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, we provide expert diagnosis and treatment to get you back to your routine quickly. Avoid the high costs and long waits of the ER—our walk-in clinics offer immediate, specialized orthopedic care without the hassle.
Access to Experts
Our team includes orthopedic specialists who help you regain strength and function quickly. You may receive care from certified physician associates, physicians, sub-specialty surgeons or orthopedic surgeons.
Cost-effective
Summit bills Orthopedic Urgent Care as a regular clinic visit. We accept most insurance plans and work to keep care affordable. Please note that some insurers may treat urgent care differently, which may affect your costs. We’re here to help with any questions.
Clean Waiting Rooms
Because we only treat orthopedic issues, you avoid exposure to illnesses and germs present in most primary care, emergency and urgent care center waiting rooms.
Short Wait Times
We prioritize fast service, so you’re seen the same day with little to no wait. If additional testing is needed, we’ll handle the scheduling to keep your care moving without delays.
Walk-in Access
No appointments needed—just walk in when it’s convenient for you. Our orthopedic specialists are ready to provide immediate care, so you get the treatment you need without the wait.
Can You Treat My Injury?
About 99% of musculoskeletal injuries, from joint pain to fractures, can be treated at Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care. However, some cases are better suited for the ER or general urgent care, and we want to help you make the right choice for your care.
Walk-in to Urgent Care
- Recent muscle, bone, or joint injury
- Ankle sprains and strains
- Back pain that developed recently
- Broken bones without open wounds over the fracture location
- Hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder injuries
- Joint swelling or pain
- Knee sprains and strains
- New injury to a muscle, bone or joint
- Sports injuries
Go to the ER
- Broken bone where bone has broken through the skin or there is a wound over the fracture
- Deformity (change in shape or severe angle) of ankle, knee, elbow, or shoulder
- Animal bites
- Burns
- Concussion or head injury
- Deep cuts
- Severe pain requiring IV administration or sedation
What to Expect When You Arrive
When you come to Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care, our experts evaluate you to determine the extent of injury. If necessary, they order imaging tests, such as MRI or CT scans. Your care team then creates a treatment plan to help you overcome your orthopedic issue.
Depending on your diagnosis, you may benefit from one or more of the following:
- Crutches
- Ice, compression, and rest
- Pain medication
- Splinting
Severe injuries may require surgery. Our urgent care providers can connect you with a Summit Orthopedics orthopedic surgeon who specializes in your injury. Our surgeons offer surgical care for every part of the musculoskeletal system, from your neck and spine to your foot and ankle and everything in between.
Visit Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care the next time you need immediate care for an orthopedic injury. Appointments are never required. Call (651) 968-5201 for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to make an appointment to be seen at Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care?
No appointments are necessary – just walk in during Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care hours: 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.
How is Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care different from a nonspecialized urgent care clinic?
Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care is an extension of our regular orthopedic clinic. Most insurance companies will charge a larger copay for urgent care and emergency room visits. Since Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care is an extension of our regular clinic, patients typically pay a regular office visit copay.
Who will see me at Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care?
Our Orthopedic Urgent Care is staffed by experts who are highly trained in orthopedics, including: sub-specialty surgeons, non-surgical physicians and PA-Cs (certified physician assistants). Additionally, an orthopedic surgeon is always on call for serious injuries.
Why is Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care staffed with PA-Cs and not physicians?
PA-Cs are specially trained health care providers that function with physician oversight but not direct supervision. Our PAs working at Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care locations have extensive backgrounds in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries. All the PAs spend significant time with doctors, gaining valuable experience in caring for all types of musculoskeletal injuries.
Most acute (sudden onset) injuries, including a sports injury or one from a car accident, are evaluated and treated in a similar way. PAs can immediately determine what injuries require further diagnostic care and treatment, such as an MRI, CT, splinting, crutches, ice, compression, and pain medications. These are all easily directed by the PA. With this treatment and direction, Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care PAs provide excellent care, further diagnosis, enables the patient to follow up with the right provider and facilitates patients returning to activities of daily living just as quickly as if seeing a physician during that visit.
Will I be seen by an orthopedic surgeon at Orthopedic Urgent Care?
Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care is staffed by PA-Cs who have completed special training in orthopedics and are supervised by orthopedic surgeons and non-surgical physicians. An orthopedic surgeon is always on-call for more serious injuries.
Do I need to see my primary care physician or go to a nonspecialized urgent care first, before coming to Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care?
Most insurance companies do not require a referral for orthopedic urgent care, which means you can come directly to the specialist with your orthopedic concern. You get a diagnosis and treatment plan right away rather than having to pay for extra appointments. We have great relationships with local urgent care and primary care offices who often send their patients to Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care, but in most cases patients aren’t required to go there first.
Can I get an MRI at Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care?
Summit Orthopedics has four MRI locations and some evening hours available. An MRI requires a separate appointment which can be ordered and scheduled at your Summit
Orthopedic Urgent Care visit if the provider thinks this study is necessary. Sometimes the MRI can be done the same day, but it depends upon availability and your insurance.
Will my insurance company cover my visit at Summit’s Orthopedic Urgent Care?
As with any medical care, it is always recommended that you check with your insurance company to determine the coverage available with your insurance plan. You can refer to your plan’s benefit manual or your insurer’s website, or call the number on the back of your insurance card for details about your specific benefits.
Ready to discuss your orthopedic health with one of our experts? Make an appointment with Summit Orthopedics today.
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