Last week I went to an urgent care clinic to get treated for strep throat. Many of the steps did not occur as you describe. Here is what happened. 1. I signed

Last week I went to an urgent care clinic to get treated for strep throat. Many of the steps did not occur as you describe. Here is what happened. 1. I signed in using an automated terminal. A tablet which scanned my ID and insurance card. I sit down in the waiting room. A few minutes later a nurse comes to get me. 2. The nurse takes my temperature and swabs my throat for a rapid test which is then done in front of me. The nurse leaves the room while the test is reacting. The interaction takes about five minutes. 3. A NP came in to look at the test and my throat. The only interaction I had with the NP was when they asked me if I thought I had strep to which I replied "yes". The NP diagnosed me with strep and wrote me a script for amoxicillin in less than five minutes. 4. I left the urgent care clinic without seeing the clerk at checkout. The entire visit including waiting to see a medical professional took less than 30 minutes. 5. Ten minutes later I pick up my course of antibiotics at a pharmacy four blocks away. The price of the medicine was free with insurance and $15 dollars without. Strep tests cost $35 dollars retail. The price to visit the clinic was $200 dollars ($165 sans the price of test). The per hour cost of medical care was $990 dollars.