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HCA Healthcare recently announced the acquisition of 17 urgent care clinics across the Carolinas that were previously operated by Urgent Care Group. According to a social media post by Tyler Laymon, Vice President of Strategic Growth, the deal will bring the company’s total urgent care footprint to more than 390 centers across 12 states. The newly acquired locations include rooftops in Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, as well as several locations in Wilmington, North Carolina. With the transaction, the South Carolina clinics will operate under the HCA CareNow brand. Earlier this year, HCA also acquired Avecina Medical’s 18 urgent care locations in Florida as well as 13 CommunityMed urgent care centers across North Texas under its Medical City Healthcare subsidiary. In all, HCA operates 189 hospitals and 2,600 ambulatory care sites in 19 states and in the United Kingdom. It’s 2026 revenue for the first quarter was $19.1 billion, according to its latest quarterly report.
Top 100 urgent care brands: HCA Healthcare’s urgent care network includes MD Now and CareNow brands, and the Urgent Care Group Network operates 6 partnership brands in several states. See where the organizations rank on the newly released 2026 Urgent Care Top 100 from JUCM.