Edward Hines Junior Hospital

Accepts insurance & self-pay

COVID services available

What to know before you go

VA offers coronavirus testing for Veterans who are enrolled in VA health care and meet CDC criteria for testing. If you are a Veteran with symptoms of COVID-19, call your VA health care team or your VA facility's advice nurse before going to any VA location. You can also send your VA provider a secure message through the My HealtheVet health management portal. To apply online for VA health care, visit VA.gov. VA only. Appointments required. Restrictions apply. Physician order required for test.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately. Edward Hines Junior Hospital is an emergency room, commonly called an E.R., providing critical and life saving healthcare services to patients throughout theHines area through their location at5000 S 5th Ave. They are required by law to be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, even on national holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas.

While their availability can be enticing, you should really only visit an E.R. if you absolutely have to as they can be quite expensive and have much longer wait times than an walk-in urgent care center. In fact, some insurance carriers have begun to refuse paying for emergency room visits that were in fact non-emergent. An interesting fact that about 50% of emergency room diagnosis could be addressed at a quicker, less expensive urgent care center.

If you are looking to learn more about emergency rooms and when (and when not) to visit one, statistics, trends, FAQs and other useful information, check out our blog to empower your knowledge as a healthcare consumer.

Location and hours

Office hours

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12:00 am - 12:00 am

Accepted insurance plans

While Edward Hines Junior Hospital partners with the below insurances, we recommend giving your insurance provider a call to confirm coverage and benefits.