One star is based off the front desk receptionist. She is rude. Clearly hates her job and should not be the face when you walk into their office. Miserable humane. I believe her name is Joann. This office should strongly reconsider her as the first person people have to deal with. The higher rating is based off the cleanliness. The staff who helped me. He was a young guy. Extremely sweet and can tell he loves his patients and job. The doctor (Patel) is amazing and so kind. I would return due to the experience I had with the staff. I would return. read more

I've been going to this urgent care for 3 years and I've never waiting over 30 minutes to be seen. They get me in quickly and the staff is very kinda and they are determined to make sure you leave with the right medication to make you feel better!!! I recommend trying out this urgent care!!! read more

They told me they don't give refferals,however I contacted the ceo,and turns out they do give referrals... how's that for service!! No service at all,doctor only spends less than a minute with you,I'm not kidding at all read more

The people that work the front desk are unprofessional. They did not speak to me until 45 minutes later right before 15 mins till closing to tell me that they don't take money. I've literally been sick for three days and I can't keep fluids down and I already know that I don't have Covid and they will not do anything for me they'd rather see me die. I'm a hairdresser and I make lots of cash I am not short of funds whatsoever and I'm willing to pay anything to not feel like this but they don't care about people or Health and obviously not themselves either with every single staff member I saw being completely morbidly overweight. read more

I've been coming here for the last four years or maybe even more. If I'm not able to get in quickly to see my primary , this is where we go. The staff has always been helpful, from the receptionist to the doctors. We are always seen very quickly and they have always taken care of whatever problem it is , whether it's been pink eye, an infection, cough, asthma , etc. d finitely recommend the one on Brimhall or Ming. read more

They have you make an appointment. But still wait inside the waiting room for over a hour. Brought my sick child here expecting it to be fast considering the name and the fact I made an appointment. But nope silly for thinking. It's healthcare in Bakersfield. They all are slow and have no management of time of consideration of others time. read more

My insurance changed over a year ago and I was very nervous about starting with new physcians. But, no matter if I am going here for a regular appointment and or something urgent I am always heard. Dr.'s appointments can be very hard for myself but my concerns are always heard and my questions are always followed up with answers. From front desk to, checking in to everyone I walked by everyone is so nice and welcoming and very helpful. You are all doing a fabulous job and it shows. Thank you for everything. read more

Universal Urgent Care gets at least two stars because their provider Ramesh Patel was extremely accommodating & kind to us. We were referred over from Baby Sightings because they found no heartbeat in our baby & the front desk staff were extremely rude & unprofessional. Whoever checked me in pointed to the word "miscarriage" on my form & actually laughed when she asked me why I was there. Disgusting. If you can't just admit me to get a referral to go to the ER, you don't need to work there. I will never return. Dr. Patel was kind, patient & concerned for me & showed me his sympathy. He was an amazing provider, so I will give them that much. But to the girls at the front desk, do not work in customer service if you can't handle being kind to people who are there. read more

I failed to mention that the nurse practitioner said that if I went to the emergency room, they would not help me, That I had to go to the dermatologist for them to do the surgery.... That doesn't sound right does it read more

Not the first, nor the second, but our 3rd visit to the hospital. They're unable to figure out what's wrong or causing my wife her symptoms (extreme nausea). She's been unable to eat or drink for the past couple of days (only small sips of water or broth throughout the day). We get here at 1 something in the afternoon and she's not admitted in until past 8 o'clock at night on a Wednesday. No one talks to us or explains anything to us. We wait, and wait, and wait, but are not called until late. It's a horrible experience when not a single staff member says a single thing to someone waiting for over 7 hours at the ER!! That's almost a whole shift! read more

Thought id give one more chance and they proved they didnt deserve it! Got there At 820, called, they came out few min later to get my insurance card and id, asked all their questions, told them i tested positive thursday, they STILL had me sit there waiting til 1045 before they told me that i cant retest until day 10!!! Why not tell me that when i first got there?? This place is the joke i thought it was read more

I live on Maui. My brother took advice from the staff and made this clinic his primary care office. I call to check on him because he has high blood pressure and recently had some tests done. It took 3 weeks before he could get his test results for colon cancer. THREE WEEKS!!? It has also taken several days to get prescriptions filled where he has run out of meds for his blood sugar endangering his health. I'm writing this on his behalf to warn others to go elsewhere for care. Shameful. Shameful. read more

I called at 9 am and stated I had a large gash on my left leg and explained that it would require stitches, I was told that the doctor would be there at 6 when I got off to perform the procedure,when I arrived at 6:15 I was dismissed and treated like a second class citizen I was made to feel humiliated and like a dog . I went to accelerated urgent care where the promptly seen me and performed the procedure it was a fantastic experience and Accelerated urgent care will now be my go to for all my non hospital needs! read more

I liked most of the front desk staff here but the place seemed not too clean and they were pretty lax with Covid guidelines. The doctor didn't wash his hands or wear gloves and he did not have an N95 mask on, his cloth mask kept falling down as he was taking. I had an okay visit, but medical professionals here should really be taking the virus most seriously. I gave their visit notes to my primary care doctor during our follow up and we were laughing at how I went in for a soar throat and the doctor wrote a paragraph about my heart and chest (which he didn't check) but nothing about what I went in for. Stay away from this place they billed my insurance over $400 for this Waste of time visit. read more

This place is great! I appreciate all of your help and setting my mind at ease. Everyone was polite and courteous. Thank you Sherri for going above and beyond for us. I appreciate you all so much! read more

No matter what the visit is for. I am always in and out within an hour the staff treats me like family recommend visiting this location

First Off The receptionist was very rude. I was there two hours and still had not been seen I left. Sure that I will not use this as my primary doctor ever again. Has the same thing happened at the facility on Ming Do not recommend this place to anyone not the urgent care or the primary care. read more

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Clean and neat atmosphere. Kind staff and the dr, she was phenomenal. For not having an appointment the wait was expected but not too bad.

When they're on it, they're on it. When they're not... well then, welcome to the shit show. Checked in with my son, they put us down as a walk in which I didn't realize until another person after me checked in and triple checked they had her down as an appointment as she waited the day prior for two hours before realizing there was an error.. I went up to have them go over insurance information for me and I asked if they had us as an appointment. The receptionist proceeded to tell me that they don't have any way of knowing if we have an appointment unless I told her.l upon initial check in. My first thought is well then anyone can come in and say they have an appointment, also wouldn't this be a question you would ask each person as they come in? No, obviously not because this generation lacks... what's it called? Oh yes, that's correct. Common sense. I find stuff like this irritating. It happens often seeing as many people have complained about this very issue. God forbid you reevaluate your processes. read more

PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU GO! Attention To Office Manager: Gloria I went to this Urgent Care with my wife because she needed to have TB testing done for her work. She CALLED the office before visiting them to see how much it would cost. The front staff told us on the phone that it was be $30 out of pocket for the testing without using any insurance. Since my wife and I have $75 copay per visit, we decided to just pay out of pocket and pay $30 for the TB testing. When we got there, the front staff asked if we are using any insurance and we said no because we will be paying $30 out of pocket price for the TB testing since it would be cheaper than using my copay and pay $75. The front staff kept asking why we don't want to use insurance and that they would call for us to make sure. We agreed since it was a simple call. The front staff spoke got off the phone and told us that they spoke with insurance and got authorization and that we DON'T have to pay ANYTHING. We thought it was incorrect, but they kept saying that we will not have ANY copay for the visit and the insurance will take care of it. So after the visit, we did not pay any copay and left. TWO WEEKS later, I received a bill for the $75 copay. We called the office right away and no one would help us. They kept transferring us and eventually told us the manager would call us back. REMEMBER this is what we wanted to avoid and that is why we called BEFORE seeing them and we double checked at the office to make sure 100% is covered if not WE WILL PAY $30 for the visit and NOT use my insurance. We asked the receptionist multiple times to double check but she said there is no issue and you don't have anything to pay. So today, the manager calls us back. Her name is Gloria. Gloria said that there is NOTHING she can do. She said the staff told you wrong information, but since we were already seen they cannot do anything about it. My wife asked if she can back out the insurance and we will GLADLY come and pay $30 for the bill instead but she wouldn't. The reason why she wouldn't was because on my bill it stated that the insurance paid the Urgent Care $44. So they already received $44 plus now they want me to pay extra $75? So in total, the urgency care would receive $119 instead of my $30 I could have paid without using my insurance. We were hesitant on using our insurance for this reason and now we got stuck with a $75 bill that they will not zero out even though the insurance already paid them $44! Gloria was rude and had no sympathy for her employee's mistake. Do you understand that WE WERE LIED TO? I cannot believe that Gloria would not either zero out our balance or back out our insurance. We even told Gloria that we will gladly pay the $30 if you back out the insurance. She said that it is not possible because we already saw the doctor. The thing that Gloria doesn't know is that my wife and I are both DOCTORS. We know insurance claims can be backed out. So this showed that Gloria didn't care to help us from their own mistake and wanted to suck as much money as possible. She literally said, "they did nothing wrong." Those were her exact words...Is lying to your patient really nothing wrong? Since I'm a doctor with my own private practice, I know how insurances work and for her to just brush us off and not even try to understand our side of the story was just ridiculous. We even asked if there is anyone else above her that we can speak to and she said there is no one else and she can't help us anymore and hung up. Moral of the story: make sure you know copay because they will purposely not make you pay a copay and tell you EVERYTHING is covered. Then bill you later and tell you that nothing can be done. I cannot believe this type of service even exist and a manager who has no heart and won't do the right thing which is to own up to their mistake. We have been deceived and lied to by this urgent care and by the manager Gloria. As a provider, I have to start warning to my patients about this urgent care because this is not right. So if you're a patient, please go elsewhere. There are plenty of nearby urgent cares you can go. PLEASE be careful and know your insurance if you do because they will always try and get more money out of you. And even if it's a mistake, they will not fix it and give you a lie that it cannot be backed out. I am a doctor and trust me everyone, YOU CAN BACK OUT A CLAIM. read more

I came in February to get a TB test & N95 fit test. They told me they would not take my insurance for these services and that I'd have to pay up front, no problem. Paid cash, got my PPD, did the test, and went about my business. The problems started when I came to have my TB results read. If you're in medicine, you know this is a 1min task at most; however, I waited an hour & I was the only patient in the waiting room. When I finally went to the back, I saw that the holdup was due to the doctor chatting with the rest of the staff. HIGHLY inconsiderate, but whatever. A month later, I began receiving bills in the mail for an unpaid TB test, despite having paid cash for all services beforehand. I called the billing department on 4 separate occasions to dispute the charge, and they assured me it was resolved, but kept sending bills! I finally had time to dispute it in person, and was told that once and for all the issue would be settled, only to receive a new bill 1 week later for BOTH the TB test and fit test! Whoever works in billing is grossly incompetent, and I'm tired of being harassed over bills I ALREADY PAID for services poorly rendered. Update: called again to have it sorted, and the employee of the year on the phone said that because they have no record of my payment, they'd keep sending me bills. Whoever was working the day I got tested must have been running a charity. Furthermore, I was told that the person who could help me would call me back, and she never did. Update 2: I went in person again and someone competent finally opened their receipt book (what a concept) & found the carbon copy of the receipt proving I paid in full! After months of being told they had NO record of my payment. And in the end, the people from billing didn't even come out to apologize after months of nonsense and dodging my calls. Billing staff are extremely incompetent and oddly defensive for a group so blatantly unwilling to do their job. 10/10 don't recommend coming here. read more

Your health and money are at risk! Decided to try a new place. Went in to get my covid symptoms treated. They said I couldn't be treated without having a test to confirm it. Did the test, positive, and they sent me home with NOTHING! What a joke. Literally deceived me into getting a test and didn't even check me physically. Had the nerve to tell me I didn't look like I would have an infection. How? How would they know if they didn't even check to hear my lungs or see my throat!? That is just basic care!!! Which I did not receive. When I explained my confusion about the visit, the physician told me "I'm not going to argue with you" are you serious?? All I got from this physician was huffs and puffs of disagreements. Front desk was amazing, but the physician was useless!!! It's annoying all these useless urgent cares popping up around town just to diagnose people with supposedly UTI's and sending them home with Zpacks. read more

Negative 5 stars. The Dr. Was friendly and helpful but the staff is incompetent and uneducated. I've worked in healthcare for 20 years and this is a poorly managed facility. I'd rather die than go here again. read more

I would love to say that I love this place and the staff ! No matter how busy it is they take the time to assist you and make you feel welcomed the minute you walk in read more

A great place to get care. Very clean and quick service. Bryce was who helped us with Moderna vaccine and it was painless. If you are looking for an urgent care do not hesitate to come here. read more

Niles street COVID testing location is really not organized. They expect us to move forward after a car leaves the first row parking when there is already another car waiting to park. It should go back to the old system before when a person calls to check in, and they write down the number and make and model of the car they are in. Been waiting for an hour and got skipped 3 times. Even cars that just pulled up after another car has left the first row got seen before me. read more

Waiting in the waiting room forever that was expected I wasn't mad. Then while I was in the back waiting again for about 50min (I'm still back here) I was listening to a records keeping person tell a dr how to do is job for about 35 min. With only one dr on be a little bit more considerate of the Patient. read more

I wouldn't recommend this place to a junkyard dog. The front desk is beyond rude, the wait is ridiculous ( I was the ONLY person in the waiting room and I waited almost an hour). The doctor had the personality of a garden snake and after all that, he referred me to the nearest hospital because my blood pressure was too high. Never mind the fact that your equipment is out of date and the medical assistant does not know how to take a simple reading. Went to Priority Urgent Care and was treated with medication and water and the blood pressure went down right away. What a waste of time and money!!! read more

Over 2 hours wait! Very ridiculous. Tell your patients there's a long waiting time if that's the case. These people don't know anything. They need better communication. They are a mess. read more

I am outraged with the health care service my husband received at the universal urgent care on 8303 Brimhall Road. He has misdiagnosed twice and prescribed unnecessary medications that further sicken him. His condition worsened to the point that he went to the emergency room. There his doctors informed him the doctors at universal health care misdiagnosed him and gave him several harmful medications read more

Love how fast and convenient this urgent care is. There staff is friendly always love to come here

This is one of the most disrespectful places in bakersfield,you think the staff would have enough sense to not talk bad or about patients especially when they are still in the office, the halls echo and its not like they were trying to whisper. Very classy,who runs this place that staff is that comfortable talking about thier clients, HR needs to get on this, its not acceptable one bit read more

Nice facility. Very clean. Everyone is polite and professional. I would definitely recommend this faculty and would use them again.

They don't even deserve this one star. The lady doctor here is so rude. For one I sat a hour and a half to be seen . Second of all once I'm seen by the doctor she's rude to my concerns and in a way is telling me that my concerns is bullshit. As I'm trying to express my concerns with health she tends to continuously interrupt me decking what I am asking if. I would highly recommend people to AVOID this office. read more

Great place if you need quick medical help, we went for our Covid-19 test for travels to Hawaii. Bryce and Heyde do a great job.

Horrible customer service. If you are traveling out of the country and need Covid results back the same day, do not go to this place! Even when they promise the results will be back that day. read more

Dr. Anu and nurse Bryce B. took extra care with mom. Mom has a lot of confidence in coming to Universal. At 86, she knows when people listen to her when she explains her issues. We will keep coming back when we can reach her regular doctors. read more

Complete incompetence! I took my mother in on Monday night because she had fallen and hurt her wrist. I had also injured my back trying to help her up, but the staff completely ignored me. They xrayed mom's wrist, saw it was broken, put a splint on it and sent her home with an appointment with an orthapedist for the next morning. They would not even look at me. four days later, when I was able to get help, I went in to get my back xrayed because it was not getting better. The Dr. asked me a couple of questions, but did not even look at me. Said she wanted an xray, and to stay in the room and the tech would come get me. Meanwhile she would call in a Rx for a muscle relaxant. I sat there for an hour before I stuck my head out the door to ask what the problem was. No xray tech. He is "on his way". 30 minutes later I went out again to hear that he is stuck, and they have to send me to a radiologist down the road. Traveled down the road for the xray and then went to Costco to pick up the Rx. No Rx. Went home, called Universal about the Rx, and was told she would call it in when she finished with her current patient. It had been 4 hours at this point. I called again in the morning to confirm that the Rx had been called in. "Yes ma'm, to CVS on Ming. I reminded them that me preferred pharmacy, written on my paperwork, was Costco on Rosedale. They obviously don't read. I have been on hold for an hour trying to get the Dr. to tell me the results of the xray. An hour later, once lawyers we mentioned Dr. Patel actually picked up the phone and was very helpful. Does anyone but me think it was a threat of legal action that inspired it? read more

Universal Urgent Care Brimhall is on the Covid 19 vaccination list from Kern County Public Health. I contacted the facility on 1/14/21 to try to schedule a Covid vaccination. The receptionist took my name and number and told me that I would be contacted within 24-48 hours. It has been 6 days and I have not received a call from the facility. And they are not the only ones doing this....... read more

If I could give zero stars, I would! My 2 year old daughter tested positive for strep one week ago and was given amoxicillin which she has never taken before. One week later, she started with a horrible rash head to toe with no fever, no decreased appetite, she was acting totally normal, nothing different besides being covered in a rash. I returned back to urgent care and saw PA Fernando who walked in and without even introducing himself he says "OMG, that is SO horrible!! How horrible is that rash!!!" As a mother, that is not the first thing you want to hear out of a providers mouth. Without even touching my daughter or evaluating her, he tells us to take her to ER immediately because " he doesn't know what this rash is" then proceeds to say " well it might be scarlet fever but she has no fever so I don't know, just go to ER." He didn't even care to listen about my daughter's past history of strep one week ago or take in the possibility of it being an antibiotic reaction. I tried explaining the past history from this last week and he didn't even care to listen, and kept cutting me off pushing to go to ER. He stated "if this was my daughter, I would take her to ER." After consulting with her doctor, we came to the conclusion it IS a reaction the antibiotic and we WILL NOT be back to this facility. read more