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Stanford Express Care Clinic – Palo Alto

Urgent CarePalo Alto, CA

★★★★☆3.5/555 reviews across 2 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • UrgentCareMap: 3.5/5 (based on 42 reviews) (42 reviews)
  • UniLocal: 3.3/5 (based on 13 reviews) (13 reviews)

What patients say

Patients praise

  • Modern and clean facility design
  • Seamless integration with Stanford Health Care's medical records and specialists
  • Competent medical care for some patients
  • Convenience of same-day appointments for minor conditions

Common complaints

  • Long wait times
  • Administrative or bureaucratic inefficiencies
  • Perceived unprofessionalism or lack of empathy from staff
  • Concerns regarding treatment effectiveness or medication side effects
  • Challenges with insurance authorizations and prescription processing

In patients' words

"Stanford is not what it used to be any more... it is painful to see how their healthcare system is gradually getting buried in the quagmire of bureaucracy."

Yelp via MapQuest

"This place is so deceiving, you think Stanford Hospital and its affiliates would be the shining beacon of healthcare in a sea of mediocrity... Long waits times, lots of paperwork, and understaffed."

UniLocal

"Holistic and competent care."

Bay Area Consumers' Checkbook

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 10, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6].

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