For Alexander County employers
Occupational Medicine Serving Taylorsville & Alexander County, NC
- Location
- 3019 N Center Street, Hickory, NC 28601
- From Taylorsville
- About 25 minutes via NC-90 W and NC-127 S
- Hours
- Mon–Fri 8:00am–7:30pm · Sat–Sun 10:00am–6:00pm
- Walk-ins
- Welcome — no appointment needed
- Cost
- Self-pay from $125 · Medicaid, Medicare, and most major insurance accepted
Having a medical emergency? Call 911.
Chest pain, stroke symptoms, trouble breathing, severe bleeding, a major head injury, or a bone through the skin all need an emergency room. Do not drive yourself. Emergency rooms are required by federal law to examine and stabilize you regardless of your ability to pay.
Alexander County has a real industrial base — textiles, furniture, plastics, carbon fiber, and rail — and no hospital. When a worker is injured, employers here are already looking outside the county for care.
We’re about twenty-five minutes from Taylorsville via NC-90 and NC-127, closer from Bethlehem and Hiddenite.
What Alexander County employers are working around
With no hospital in the county, the default for a workplace injury is often an emergency department in Hickory — which is expensive, slow for non-emergency injuries, and generates a bill nobody wanted. Urgent care handles the large majority of workplace injuries at a fraction of the cost, with the same on-site imaging.
For a true emergency — crush injury, major bleeding, head trauma, chemical exposure to the eyes — call 911. We’re for everything below that line.
Services for Alexander County employers
- Pre-employment physical exams
- Return-to-work and fitness-for-duty evaluations
- Workplace injury treatment, with on-site digital X-ray
- Drug and alcohol testing
- Vaccinations and immunizations
- Direct communication with your HR or safety contact on work status and restrictions
On-site imaging means one visit
A crush injury, a fall, a suspected fracture — we image it here and read it during the visit. No referral to a separate imaging center, no second appointment, no extra day of lost productivity.
Insurance and Medicaid
We accept NC Medicaid, Medicare, and most major insurance plans. Under NC Medicaid the maximum copay for any service is $4, and members under 21 are exempt entirely. If you’re uninsured, our self-pay pricing is published upfront — visits start at $125, and $165 covers your visit plus one X-ray or lab test.
Common questions
How far is it from Taylorsville?
About twenty-five minutes via NC-90 west and NC-127 south. Closer from Bethlehem and Hiddenite.
There’s no hospital in Alexander County — can you handle a workplace injury?
Most of them, yes: lacerations, sprains, minor fractures, eye irritation, burns. We have digital X-ray on-site. Serious trauma should go to an emergency department by ambulance.
Do you provide written work restrictions?
Yes, before the employee leaves, and we can coordinate directly with your HR or safety contact.
Setting up occupational health for your team?
Call and ask for our occupational medicine coordinator. We’ll walk through your requirements and set up an account.