Natividad Hospital

Accepts insurance & self-pay

COVID services available

What to know before you go

You must have symptoms and have known risk factors or need immediate medical attention. You donât need an appointment. You can get pre-screened with a bilingual nurse by calling the Natividad Coronavirus Hotline at (831) 772-7365 symptomatic Appointments required. Restrictions apply. Physician order required for test.

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, call 911 immediately. Natividad Hospital is an emergency room, commonly called an E.R., providing critical and life saving healthcare services to patients throughout theSalinas area through their location at1441 Constitution Blvd. 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.