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PCP wait in Williston, ND: 35 days. Skip the wait.

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

Williston is a Severe frontier HPSA. New-patient primary care appointments average 35 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 North Dakota metros serve Williston too.

35d
Avg in-person PCP wait in Williston
< 24h
Typical Ondoc review time
$50
Self-pay, or submit commercial insurance

HRSA HPSA designation for Williston (Williams County)

HRSA HPSA ID
1380510044
HPSA score (0–25, higher = greater shortage)
18 / 25
Designation type
Geographic — Frontier
Population in shortage area
27,096
Primary care providers per 100k residents
34 (US avg: ~80)
FTE PCP shortage to remove designation
~6 full-time PCPs

In-person alternatives in Williston

Local hospitals / health systems
  • CHI St. Alexius Health Williston

ED for emergencies. Wait time for non-urgent PCP scheduling here typically matches the 35-day average.

HRSA-funded community health center

Coal Country Community Health Center

(701) 873-0354

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 Williston

State Medicaid: North Dakota Medicaid Expansion. 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 Williston insurance page for plan-specific details.

Why directory sites can't solve this in Williston

HRSA designates Williston as a Severe frontier 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 Williston, only licensed in North Dakota.

Other underserved areas in North Dakota

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

Continue exploring Williston

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