If you’re searching for kids urgent care near me at 7am on a school day, here’s the short version. Total Health Urgent Care, out on Hwy 57 in Vancleave, sees walk-in patients any day between 7am and 7pm, and we run X-ray plus rapid flu, strep, RSV, and mono testing right here, so most childhood illnesses and minor injuries wrap up in a single visit.
Skip the appointment. Just show up. And if your child is having a true medical emergency, call 911 or head for the nearest emergency room instead.
What can a kids urgent care visit actually handle?
Quite a lot, honestly. The American Academy of Family Physicians runs familydoctor.org, and its guide sends patients to a quick-care clinic for things like “sprains, strains, and simple fractures,” “minor cuts and scrapes,” “vomiting and diarrhea,” and cold and flu symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, and earaches. That covers most of what sends Jackson County parents scrambling on a weeknight. Here’s what our Vancleave clinic treats on site:
- Ear infections and sinus infections
- Sore throats, checked with a rapid strep test
- Flu, RSV, and mono testing with results before you leave
- Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, including IV fluids for dehydration
- Rashes and minor burns
- Urinary tract infections, with urinalysis in house
- Cuts needing sutures or surgical glue
- Simple fractures, contusions, splinting, and crutch training
- Eye and ear evaluation and irrigation
- Tetanus shots and other injections
Our X-ray machine and our lab both live in this building, and that’s the part that saves you the most time. A wrist that got hurt at a Saturday game can be imaged and splinted during the same stop instead of getting sent across the county. Our full menu of urgent care services covers the rest.
When should I take my child to urgent care instead of waiting for the pediatrician?
Bring your child in when they need to be seen today and the pediatrician’s office is closed, booked solid, or days out. Think evenings, weekends, holidays, and that 7am window before school when a fever shows up from nowhere. Urgent care exists for the sudden stuff. Your pediatrician still owns the long game: well visits, growth tracking, vaccines, chronic conditions.
The two aren’t competing. Referrals are part of what a visit here includes, so when something needs follow-up with your regular provider or a specialist, you leave with a plan instead of a question mark.
What fever means the ER instead of kids urgent care?
This is the question parents ask most, and the American Academy of Pediatrics puts real numbers on it. A rectal reading above 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit counts as a fever. After that, your child’s age and how long it has lasted decide where you go.
The AAP’s emergency list also names a serious allergic reaction, choking, a severe burn, poisoning, and any loss of consciousness. Any of those, call 911. Their parent guide to urgent care, the ER, or the pediatrician is worth bookmarking before the night you need it.
Dehydration is the other one to keep an eye on. The AAP points to fewer than six wet diapers a day in an infant, a parched dry mouth, fewer tears during crying, and a sunken soft spot. Sunken eyes, cool or discolored hands and feet, and wrinkled skin sit under the AAP’s severe dehydration heading, and the AAP says to notify your pediatrician immediately for any of these signs.
What are the most common reasons kids end up at urgent care in the fall?
School season drives the volume, and sore throats lead the pack. Per the CDC, strep throat lands hardest on children 5 through 15 years old and is rare before age 3. Our rapid strep test settles it before you leave.
RSV is the other fall heavyweight. CDC estimates put RSV hospitalizations at 58,000 to 80,000 children younger than 5 across the country each year. Because we test for RSV, flu, and strep here, a coughing five-year-old doesn’t need a second trip somewhere else just to learn which one it is.
Sports injuries stack on top of all that once the Jackson County school teams get going. Sprains, contusions, and simple fractures are all on our service list, with splinting, crutch training, and a referral as needed based on what the X-ray shows.
How much does a kids urgent care visit cost in Vancleave?
We post our self-pay prices, which turns out to be unusual around here. Our office visit is priced at $130. That figure includes the exam, any referrals, and prescribing medication. X-rays add $75 on top. Physicals for student athletes cost nothing at all. Most major health insurance plans are accepted here too, billed directly by our office.
The details live on our pricing and insurance page. No mystery bill showing up three weeks later.
Where’s the closest kids urgent care to Gautier, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula?
The clinic sits on Hwy 57 north of the interstate, which puts it inside a half hour of most of the Jackson County corridor. Families from the Vancleave schools are minutes out, and the run up from the coastal towns is short enough that plenty of parents drive it rather than sit and wait somewhere closer to home.
Those are ballpark numbers and traffic moves them, so give yourself a cushion.
What makes the best kids urgent care near Vancleave?
Three things decide it when your kid is sick and you’re picking where to go. Can you get in the door, can they figure out what’s wrong in one visit, and will the bill blindside you.
Our doors open at 7am and stay open until 7pm, and Sunday looks exactly like Tuesday around here. Plenty of clinics start later or trim their Saturday and Sunday coverage. Second, imaging and lab work happen under this roof, with the rapid flu, strep, RSV, and mono tests running while you sit there, so you go home knowing. Third, the prices are published and the athlete physicals are genuinely free.
The clinic’s founder, Jennifer Duncan, APRN, MSN, FNP-C, has spent 25-plus years working emergency rooms and walk-in clinics, and our team looks after the whole family. There’s more on our Vancleave walk-in clinic page.
Do we need an appointment, and what should I bring?
You bet we take walk-ins. Nothing to schedule. Our patient forms page asks you to bring your primary insurance card, plus a secondary card if you have one, and you can look the paperwork over before you head in.
Want to check something first? Call (228) 283-5045 and ask. That’s usually faster than guessing.
Our team looks after the whole family, and athlete physicals are free for students. If you’d rather confirm we can see a child of a particular age before making the drive, phone the front desk on (228) 283-5045 and you’ll get a straight answer.
Urgent care covers what can’t wait for the pediatrician’s next opening, like an earache on a Sunday or a cut that needs stitches after practice. Your pediatrician still handles well visits, vaccines, growth, and ongoing conditions. Referrals from us keep that follow-up care connected.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says to call 911 or go to the emergency room for breathing trouble, a seizure, loss of consciousness, bleeding you can’t stop, a severe burn, poisoning, choking, or a severe allergic reaction. The AAP also says a baby younger than 3 months reading 100.4 F or above needs a call to the doctor right away.
Absolutely. CLIA waived on-site testing here covers flu, strep, RSV, mono, urinalysis and more, so results come back during the appointment instead of days afterward. X-ray is on site too, in case an injury or a stubborn cough needs imaging.
Without insurance, you’d pay $130 for the visit itself, exam and referrals and prescribing included. Add $75 if an X-ray is needed. A student athlete’s physical costs nothing. Most major health insurance plans are accepted as well, billed directly by our office.
Yes. The clinic runs 7am to 7pm every day, with weekend hours identical to weekday hours. Walk-ins are welcome, so nothing needs to be booked ahead.
Come see us
We’re at 12000 Hwy 57, Vancleave, MS 39565, open 7am to 7pm daily. The phone number is (228) 283-5045. Stop in on any day for kids urgent care near you, whether you’re coming from Vancleave, Gautier, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula, or Moss Point. For a medical emergency, call 911.
Prepared by the Total Health Urgent Care team; founded by Jennifer Duncan, APRN, MSN, FNP-C. General health information only, not a diagnosis. Follow the guidance of your child’s own healthcare provider.