WOW! How many Dialysis centers within 25 miles of your ZIP CODE (USA)

[sandman]

Awww, see that's because waitlisted was a legal resident.  Basicly a long term visitor.

[angieskidney]

Awww, see that's because waitlisted was a legal resident.  Basicly a long term visitor.

That is all I would be as well if I moved to the US but didn't want to lose my Canadian citizenship! Oh nevermind. It is discussed here.


Oh sorry for this being off topic! Anyway the site Medicae Dialysis Finder/Compare is good! Tells where units are close to you! 

[meadowlandsnj]

Within 10 miles of my home:


There are 59 dialysis facilities available within 10 miles of ZIP Code 07070

[Black]

I have 8 within 25 miles, 1 within 10 miles, 0 in my zip code (we live in the country)

Out of the 8 there are only 2 which offer home hemo; one center has TWO patients on home hemo (I heard one of those two patients is a retired doctor) -- I don't know about the other center.  None are using NxStage and only one of the centers had ever heard of NxStage when I asked last fall.

My husbands neph said that DaVita now has plans to open a new facility in about a year, about 20 miles from us, that will be for home hemo patients only -- probably using NxStage only!!!   I hope he knows what he is talking about.  I doubt Mike's kidneys will last that long but perhaps we will be able to switch centers as soon as they open.

[Treasure]

Hooray! There are 3 dialysis centers within 25 miles-- but I already knew that...     I don't live in the sticks-- I live in Monterey County, California and the cost of doing medical business in the county is exorbitantly expensive. 

Unfortunately, only one of  the three clinics accepts my private insurance. I have tried to work out the insurance issues with the other two-- and well, I ended up going without dialysis for 9 days while the two centers frickfracked things up (I felt better, though, those 9 days off than I had in years...I even went jogging during that time!)

Luckily, there's a clinic that does NxStage an hour away...I tried that for three months before my transplant...and now that I'm back on dialysis again, it's going to be NxStage again, for me, soon.

Michelle ~ Treasure

[nkviking75]

I'm in North Central Iowa, and I have exactly 2 centers within 25 miles.  This is exactly what I would have expected for this area.

[tubes]

Im in the middle of nowhere Kansas.  There is 1 unit within 25 miles of my zip, that unit is in Hutchinson.  It's not even the unit I go too.  My unit is about 36 miles of my zip in Great Bend.
I wont change either.  I like my unit.  It is small and personal.

[bluedove57]

We are the only unit within a 200 mile radius. Nine chairs and 3 shifts. You can't afford to be late or miss a session cause you have to wait till your next treatment. Right now there is one chair open on 3rd shift and when it is full, anyone one else will have a 2 1/2 hour drive to the next clinic. I have to drive 1 1/2 hours to get to my treatments. You're lucky in So. Cal that you possibly have a choice.

[okarol]

There are 35 dialysis facilities available within 10 miles of Our Zipcode

Wow - I only know of 2!

[KT0930]

42 within 25 miles of home for me

Just out of curiosity, I entered a zip that I know to be somewhere near the center of Atlanta...there were 82!

[rose1999]

There isn't even 1 here in the UK within 25 miles of us 

[Psim]

There isn't even 1 here in the UK within 25 miles of us 

Whoa! And I though I lived in the sticks! We at least have one, twenty miles away, but it's an hour and a half drive because of the two ferry rides.

[Roadrunner]

I have 9 within 25 miles but two are hospitals and only do emergency or in hospital patient care.  All but 2 of the rest are not accepting new patients - have a long waiting list.  Only 2 are less than 18 miles.  The gov't measures "as the crow flies"  Add 10 miles to go  by road.  The other problem is that I live near the border and county line so transportation is not available.  All the local agencies don't go out of state or out of county.  Of the two with openings, we went to one and I think my husband would be dead if he had remained there.  Thank goodness for NxStage.

The list looks great until you need to use them.

[IrishGirl]

We live in the sticks. We have ONE center within 25 miles of us.....so I guess its better then having zero. The options are limited but life in the country, its good, very very good.

[boxman55]

I have 28 with in 25 miles. Seems like a lot but also seems scary that we need that many...Boxman

[flip]

Only one but Fresenius has started construction on a new facility here. I'm afraid that my center will eventually be bought out by one of the Big 3 (Davita, Fresenius, DCI).

[mikey07840]

The real question is: how many centers within 25 miles accept my insurance?

Number of centers: 7
Number of centers accepting my insurance: 3
Does the center 1 mile from my house accept any private insurance? No, of course not. Cash or medicare only. Gotta love DaVita.
Nearest center that accepts my insurance: 20 miles/30 minutes away.

[flip]

My center is a non-profit hospital based unit. They accept all forms of payment. Many have Medicare only and that is accepted as payment in full. I've heard that some of the chain centers won't take Multicare patients without supplemental insurance. Is this true?

[Phillip_20]

Wow... there are only 6 dialysis facilities available within 25 miles of my zip code

[RightSide]

There are 38 dialysis centers within 25 miles of my Zip code.  The nearest one is 5.6 miles away, and that's the one I go to.

However, I'm in the Boston area, with its back country roads.  25 miles might as well be 2500 miles; it can take you 45 minutes to go 25 miles.  (And if an accident backs up traffic, much longer even than that.)

[Chris]

Just saw this up on the most recent topics.
I see  I have 29 centers within 25 miles, but looking at the list, that mileage is off on most of them. They must have used a straight edge ruler on a map to figure distance.

Not sure what the abbreviations mean in front of some of the centers name such as FMC and RCG, but have only one Davita

[thegrammalady]

chris, fmc is fresenius medical clinic and rcg is renal care group

[Chris]

chris, fmc is fresenius medical clinic and rcg is renal care group

Ahhhh, ones to stay away from

[jazzin11]

Only one, a non profit center, highly rated...thank goodness.  Bellingham, WA. 

John (jazzin11)

[kitkatz]

I been to Bellingham, Washington. Ended up doing dialysis down further south.