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PCP wait in Monroe, LA: 28 days. Skip the wait.

Online care available in Louisiana — choose an appointment time or continue without one.

Monroe is a Delta region HPSA. New-patient primary care appointments average 28 days locally — and brick-and-mortar directory sites can't fix that because there's no provider inventory to book. Ondoc's behind-the-scenes panel of board-certified clinicians has no such limit: the clinicians serving Louisiana metros serve Monroe too.

28d
Avg in-person PCP wait in Monroe
< 24h
Typical Ondoc review time
$50
Self-pay, or submit commercial insurance

HRSA HPSA designation for Monroe (Ouachita Parish)

HRSA HPSA ID
1227510112
HPSA score (0–25, higher = greater shortage)
18 / 25
Designation type
Geographic — Northeast Louisiana
Population in shortage area
47,702
Primary care providers per 100k residents
35 (US avg: ~80)
FTE PCP shortage to remove designation
~12 full-time PCPs

In-person alternatives in Monroe

Local hospitals / health systems
  • Ochsner LSU Health Monroe Medical Center
  • St. Francis Medical Center

ED for emergencies. Wait time for non-urgent PCP scheduling here typically matches the 28-day average.

HRSA-funded community health center

Morehouse Community Medical Centers

(318) 281-3247

Sliding-fee scale based on income. Federally Qualified Health Centers serve patients regardless of ability to pay — an option if you can wait for an intake appointment.

Insurance & coverage in Monroe

State Medicaid: Louisiana Healthy Louisiana. Ondoc does not accept Medicaid. Medicaid members can use the $50 self-pay rate instead.

Select a major commercial plan (Aetna, BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana) during discovery to see current payer status before patient details; member-specific eligibility, active status, and benefits are verified by our insurance verification team — see the Monroe insurance page for plan-specific details.

Why directory sites can't solve this in Monroe

HRSA designates Monroe as a Delta region HPSA. There aren't enough local PCPs taking new patients to populate a meaningful directory — that's the definition of a shortage area. An online clinician panel sidesteps the inventory problem entirely: the prescriber doesn't need to be physically in Monroe, only licensed in Louisiana.

Other underserved areas in Louisiana

Same online-clinician panel, same typical response under 24 hours — regardless of how thin local PCP inventory is.

Continue exploring Monroe

Wait-time estimates derived from HRSA HPSA designations and physician-appointment wait-time surveys (Merritt Hawkins). Individual experiences vary.