Urgent Care Wait Times

UNC Urgent Care (formerly REX Express Care) offers an online reservation system allowing you to wait where you feel most comfortable. Choose a convenient time online and we’ll reserve your spot at any of our Urgent Care locations listed below. We will send you a text message reminder before your reserved spot.

Wait times are estimates of the amount of time you may wait between registering at the front desk and being seen by a nurse to start your care.

*Please note: Patients are seen based on severity of condition, not based on arrival or reservation time.

Not sure whether to go to UNC Urgent Care or the Emergency Department? Learn where to seek treatment depending on your condition.

Hours of Operation:

Our UNC Urgent Care locations are open seven days a week from 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM. Patient must be checked in by 7:30 PM. No patient check-in between 2:00- 2:30 PM daily.

We will be open on holidays from 8:00 AM- 4:00 PM. Patient must be checked in by 3:30 PM to be seen on holidays. Holidays we observe are Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Easter, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Day. We are closed on Christmas Day.

COVID-19 Testing

UNC Urgent Care has COVID-19 diagnostic testing available, including rapid testing. Testing requires a provider evaluation and generally is appropriate for individuals who are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Our providers will determine if COVID testing is right for you. The COVID-19 diagnostic tests check for a current infection by detecting the genetic material of the virus in respiratory secretions. Separate billing applies.

If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms you can visit one of our Wake County UNC Urgent Care locations.

*At this time, UNC Urgent Care does not offer COVID-19 antibody testing (which indicates whether the patient has been infected in the past).*


Patient must be checked in by 7:30 PM to be seen. No patient check-in between 2:00- 2:30 PM daily.

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In the event of an emergency, call 911 immediately.

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