Near Romeoville · Pioneer Physicians
Pediatric Urgent Care Near Romeoville, IL
Pediatric urgent care near Romeoville is available in Bolingbrook, IL, at 148 S Bolingbrook Dr, roughly a 10-minute drive north of the village. We’re open every day from 8 AM to 8 PM for children from infancy through the teen years, and walk-ins are welcome. Saving a spot online first is optional.
- Open 7 days, 8 AM to 8 PM
- Walk-ins welcome
- X-ray and rapid tests on site
- Kids and adults
- Medicare and Medicaid plans accepted
Is there a pediatric urgent care in Romeoville?
Pioneer Physicians has one clinic, and it is in Bolingbrook, not Romeoville. If you searched for urgent care in Romeoville, IL because your child is sick, we are roughly 4 to 8 miles from most of the village.
Our clinic handles urgent care for both children and adults; it is not a pediatrician’s office. A kids urgent care visit is for a sudden illness or injury that needs attention today, such as ear pain with a fever, a sore throat or a sprained wrist. Keep checkups, long-term conditions and vaccines with the doctor who knows your child’s history.
Our pediatric urgent care page explains the visit itself, and urgent care near Romeoville covers care for adults.
Driving to our Bolingbrook clinic from Romeoville
Most drives take about 9 to 13 minutes, depending on where you start. These OSRM route estimates do not include traffic:
- Center of the village, near Belmont Drive: Independence Boulevard (Route 53) north; in Bolingbrook the same road is called South Bolingbrook Drive. About 4.3 miles, 9 minutes.
- Romeoville High School: Route 53 north the entire way. About 5.3 miles, 12 minutes.
- Village Hall on West Romeo Road: Grand Boulevard, then Weber Road up to I-55, exiting at Route 53. About 6 miles, 11 minutes.
- Weber Road at Airport Road: head up Weber Road, join I-55 northbound and leave it at Route 53. About 7.7 miles, 13 minutes.
If your child gets worse in the car
Pull over and call 911 if your child starts struggling to breathe, has a seizure or becomes hard to wake on the way.
A same-day visit from Romeoville, step by step
- 1Walk in or save a spot
Walk-ins are welcome every day; holding a spot online first is optional.
- 2Pack the basics
Insurance card, your photo ID, your child’s medicine list and immunization record.
- 3Head north
About 10 minutes on Route 53 from central Romeoville, or Weber Road and I-55 from the west side.
- 4Exam and tests
Rapid strep, flu or COVID tests and X-ray happen during the visit when your child needs them.
- 5Follow up
Tell your child’s regular doctor about the visit and keep watching for warning signs at home.
When your child is sent home from a Valley View school
Many illnesses that keep a child out of class can be looked at here later that day, since walk-ins are welcome and no appointment is needed.
According to the Village of Romeoville, most of the village is in Valley View School District 365U, and some neighborhoods are in Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202. Valley View’s health services guidance says a student with a fever of 100.4°F or more, a heavy cough, vomiting or diarrhea should stay home, and can return once those symptoms have been gone for 24 hours without fever-reducing medicine. District 202 families can ask their school nurse about that district’s rules.
Rapid strep, flu and COVID testing is done here at the visit when your child’s symptoms call for it. Knowing the cause helps, but the school’s rule still decides the return date.
Sick child after school in Romeoville?
Walk in with your child any day, or hold a spot online before the short drive up Route 53.
Sports and playground injuries in growing kids
A fall from the monkey bars or a hard hit at practice can be checked here, and X-ray is done in the building.
Growth plates are areas of tissue near the ends of a child’s long bones, and they are weaker than the nearby ligaments and tendons. The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) explains that a fall that would just sprain an adult’s joint can injure a child’s or teen’s growth plate, and that these injuries often need immediate treatment.
Warning signs include pain and tenderness that linger, swelling, warmth or a changed shape at the end of a bone, and a child who cannot move or bear weight on a limb because it hurts. Splints and crutches are kept in the clinic for kids who need support, and our walk-in X-ray page explains the scan.
MedlinePlus says to go to the ER instead when a bone pushes through the skin, or when a body part near the injured bone turns numb, tingly, weak, cold or pale.
School shots, vaccine records and required exams
We do not give childhood vaccinations. School shots can come from your pediatrician or family doctor, or from the Will County Health Department, which serves every Romeoville address.
The Will County Health Department immunization clinic vaccinates county children covered by Medicaid or some private plans, and it offers low-cost vaccines to families who are uninsured or underinsured. It has sites in Bolingbrook (323 Quadrangle Dr, Suite 323), Joliet and Monee, books all of them at 815-740-8143, and handles requests for copies of vaccine records.
Valley View requires a physical on the Illinois Department of Public Health form for students entering early childhood, kindergarten, sixth and ninth grade, and the district says a sports physical does not count. We do sports and school physicals. See physicals for Romeoville students and bring the state form plus the immunization record.
Insurance, Medicaid and self-pay for Romeoville families
For Romeoville kids on Illinois Medicaid, we accept YouthCare, Molina, CountyCare, Meridian and HFS plans. Aetna, Humana, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Medicare are also accepted. Before you leave home, call (630) 914-5373 and ask us to confirm the specific plan on your child’s card.
Children without coverage can be seen as self-pay patients. You pay for the visit plus whatever tests your child ends up needing, like a strep swab or an X-ray. Call for current self-pay pricing.
The Pioneer walk-in visit
How a visit works
- Step 1Walk in or save your spot
No appointment needed. You can also save your spot online before you leave home.
- Step 2Check in
Bring a photo ID, your insurance card and a list of the medicines you take.
- Step 3See a provider
Get examined, with X-ray and rapid tests on site when you need them.
- Step 4Leave with a plan
You go home with a care plan and clear next steps.
Why families in Bolingbrook choose Pioneer
Walk-in care that fits real life
Open 7 days a week
8 AM to 8 PM, weekends included, so a Saturday sore throat does not have to wait until Monday.
X-ray and tests on site
X-ray every day we are open, plus rapid strep, flu and COVID tests, urinalysis and EKG.
Care for kids and adults
From infants through the teen years, and adults of every age, in one clinic.
Insurance and self-pay
Aetna, BCBS of Illinois, Cigna, Humana, Medicare, Illinois Medicaid plans and UnitedHealthcare. Call to confirm your plan.
Questions and answers
Questions we hear often
Still not sure? Call (630) 914-5373 and we will help you decide.
Do you see babies and toddlers from Romeoville?
Yes. Babies and toddlers are seen here for problems such as ear pain, a cough or a fever, and older kids are welcome up through their teen years. The exception is a baby younger than 12 weeks with any fever, which the CDC lists as an emergency warning sign. Take that baby to the ER or call 911.
Are you a pediatrician’s office?
No. Pioneer Physicians is urgent care for kids and grown-ups alike, and it does not replace your child’s pediatrician or family doctor. We are the place to go when your child needs care today and their doctor cannot fit them in, evenings and weekends included. Keep checkups, ongoing conditions and vaccines with your child’s own doctor.
Can my child get an X-ray near Romeoville without an appointment?
Yes. You can bring your child in without booking, and X-ray is done right here on any day the clinic is open. If the injury needs support, your child can leave with a splint or crutches. If a CT or MRI is needed, that scan happens at a hospital, because we have neither.
Is kids immediate care open on weekends near Romeoville?
Yes. Saturdays and Sundays run on the normal schedule: doors open at 8 AM, we close at 8 PM, and walk-ins are welcome. We are not open overnight. Once we close, the online booking page shows next-day openings, and any emergency, day or night, is a 911 call.
What should I bring for my child’s visit?
Pack the insurance card, your own photo ID and a written list of everything your child takes, noting when the last fever or pain medicine was given. The immunization record helps too. If you are coming for a school or sports physical, the paperwork from the school or coach should come with you.
Sources for this page
- Signs and Symptoms of Flu (emergency warning signs in children). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Signs and Symptoms of Concussion (HEADS UP). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Growth Plate Injuries. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIH).
- When to use the emergency room, child. MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Health Services. Valley View Community School District 365U.
- Emergency Medical Services (Hospital Transport Policy). Village of Romeoville.
- Immunizations. Will County Health Department.
- UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook. UChicago Medicine.