Same-Day Pediatric Care

Injuries and illnesses aren’t predictable. But when your child hurts themselves or isn’t feeling well, you want to help them feel better sooner. The same-day, if possible. That’s why we offer pediatric same-day appointments.

Same-day appointments aren’t urgent or emergency visits, they’re normal pediatrician visits that can be scheduled quickly to improve care.

How Same-Day Care Works

Unlike urgent care and emergency rooms, where walk-ins are accepted, same-day care requires an appointment. Appointment times reduce time spent in the waiting room.

Less time in a waiting room also means less exposure to illnesses.

When to Use Same-Day Care

Minor Illnesses

Flu
Ear infections
Asthma flares

Injuries

Cuts
Sprains
Minor fractures

Lab Testing

Covid
Urinary tract infections
Strep

Time Sensitive Needs

Sports physicals
Newborn screening
Camp and school records

Picture of new building shows the pediatric facility in Charlottesville

Same-Day Care Riverside

Our new pediatric location at Riverside in Charlottesville offers convenient same-day care, even if you aren't already a UVA Health Children's patient. Even on Saturdays and Sundays, your child will be treated by pediatric experts, who understand children's unique needs, in a child-friendly environment.

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When to Use Urgent or Emergency Care

Same-Day Care isn’t a great fit for problems like these:

Complex fractures
Head trauma
Shortness of breath
Blood loss

If your child is experiencing these issues, please take them to an emergency room or call 911.

Locations & Hours

These locations provide same-day care for pediatric patients. Click on their contact info for phone numbers, scheduling details, and hours.

Location	Link	Weekend Hours	Ages Seen	Existing Patients Only?
Charlottesville	UVA Health Children’s Pediatric and Specialty Care Riverside	Saturday & Sunday	Birth to 18 years	No
Charlottesville	UVA Primary Care Riverside	Saturday	6 months and older	No
Charlottesville	Orthopedics Walk-In Injury Care	Saturday	5 year olds and up	No
Culpeper	UVA Health Specialty and Same Day Care Culpeper	No	3 months and older	No
Culpeper	UVA Health Family Medicine and Same Day Care Dominion	No	Birth and older	No
Fishersville	UVA Health Augusta Pediatrics	Saturday & Sunday	Birth to 18 years	Yes
Gainesville	UVA Health Family Medicine Gainesville	No	Birth and older	Yes
Harrisonburg	UVA Pediatrics Harrisonburg	Saturday	Birth to 18 years	Yes
Haymarket	UVA Health Bull Run Family Medicine Haymarket	No	Birth and older	Yes
Manassas	UVA Health Children’s Pediatrics Manassas	No	Birth to 21	Yes

Same-Day Pediatric Care FAQs

Can we walk-in and wait?

While some of our same-day care sites except walk-ins, most do not. Instead, you schedule the appointment and then show up for your scheduled time.

How is same-day care billed?

Many insurance companies have different policies around urgent and emergency care visits. But same-days visits are billed the same way sick visits are.

My child really liked their same-day care provider, can we follow-up with them?

Most of our pediatric same-day care providers are part of the same team that work from that location. And many are taking new patients. You can call and schedule with them for non-same-day appointments as well.

I have a newborn, can we go to same-day care appointments?

At many of our same-day care sites, newborns can be seen. And we can help with newborn follow-up visits, newborn screening results, and many other newborn care concerns. But newborns do have additional care concerns. Our administrators will ask additional questions to get you to the right place.

We have an emergency, can we be seen sooner?

Emergencies need to be seen at our emergency medicine locations. These departments are better equipped to handle true emergencies like loss of consciousness, uncontrolled bleeding, or trauma related injuries.