Hospitals Near Fountain Hills, Scottsdale and Cave Creek

Hospitals near Fountain Hills AZ include three HonorHealth Scottsdale medical centers (Shea, Osborn and Thompson Peak), Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix and Abrazo's Cave Creek campus on Carefree Highway. Fountain Hills itself has an HonorHealth urgent care, which is not an emergency room. In an emergency, call 911.

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HonorHealth medical centers in Scottsdale

Buyers who tour Fountain Hills, Rio Verde, Cave Creek and north Scottsdale usually end up looking at the same HonorHealth map. HonorHealth runs three medical centers inside Scottsdale city limits, and each location page lists the campus as open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The addresses and main phone numbers below come straight from HonorHealth's own location pages.

HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center sits at 9003 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85260. The main number is 480-323-3000. HonorHealth's page tells patients who need emergency care to come in through the Emergency Department entrance.

HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center is at 7400 E. Osborn Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85251, in the southern part of the city near Old Town. The main number is 480-882-4000. HonorHealth shows an Emergency and Trauma Center on this campus.

HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center is at 7400 E. Thompson Peak Pkwy., Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in north Scottsdale. The main number is 480-324-7000, and HonorHealth lists emergency care services here. Note the two 7400 addresses: one is Osborn Road, the other is Thompson Peak Parkway. Put the full street name into your map app so you do not end up at the wrong campus.

Service lists change, so check the live HonorHealth page or call the campus before you count on a specific department being there. I do not repeat specialty lists, trauma levels or ratings on this page.

Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix

Mayo Clinic lists Mayo Clinic Hospital at 5777 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, AZ 85054. Mayo describes it as a hospital with an emergency department, and its Emergency Medicine department page says its physicians provide care at Mayo Clinic Hospital on the campus in northeast Phoenix. Many north Scottsdale buyers already have Mayo doctors, so they want this campus on the map from day one.

Two things to confirm before you rely on it: whether your insurance plan covers Mayo, and which of your own specialists actually practice at this campus. Your care team and your plan can answer that. I cannot.

Cave Creek: Abrazo on Carefree Highway

Abrazo announced in July 2021 that it had opened Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital at 5227 E. Carefree Highway in Cave Creek. At opening, Abrazo described a small hospital with an emergency department, a few inpatient rooms, an operating room, imaging, lab and pharmacy, and 24/7 emergency and general surgery coverage.

Abrazo's current location listing for the same site uses the name Abrazo Cave Creek Emergency Center. I could not open that live page to confirm whether inpatient services are still offered there, so treat this address as an emergency location and check Abrazo's site or call before assuming anything beyond that. For Cave Creek and Carefree buyers, it is the closest health system address I could confirm on Carefree Highway.

Urgent care is not an emergency room

Fountain Hills has an HonorHealth Medical Group Urgent Care at 16716 E. Palisades Blvd., Ste. 101B, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268, phone 480-587-6910. HonorHealth lists hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week. HonorHealth describes it as care for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. It is not an ER. After 7 p.m. it is closed.

That distinction matters when you compare towns. In Fountain Hills, the facility I could confirm on a health system's own site is the urgent care, not an emergency room. For anything serious, call 911. For everything else, check the clinic's hours on its own page before you drive over.

Rio Verde is an unincorporated area with no hospital or ER listing that I could confirm. Rio Verde buyers usually compare the Fountain Hills urgent care and the Scottsdale HonorHealth campuses on their own maps.

How I use this list on a home search

When we tour homes in Fountain Hills, Rio Verde, Cave Creek or north Scottsdale, I give buyers the official addresses above and let them map each one from the specific street they are considering. I do not quote drive times. They change with the route, the time of day and where the house sits in the community.

Age-restricted (55+) communities in this part of the Valley set their occupancy rules in their recorded CC&Rs, and hospital location is a separate question from those rules. On the home side, buyers who put hospital access high on their list often also ask for single-level floor plans, a walk-in shower, a garage that opens straight into the house and a lot near the community entrance. Those are features I can filter for. For a wider look at age-restricted and all-ages options, read my 55+ communities near Scottsdale guide.

Medicare help, free

Arizona's State Health Insurance Program (SHIP), run by the Arizona Department of Economic Security with the Area Agencies on Aging, offers free Medicare counseling. DES says its counselors are not tied to the insurance industry and will not sign you up for a plan. The SHIP helpline is 1-800-432-4040. It is a good place to ask which plans include the campuses above.

Questions people ask

Is there a hospital in Fountain Hills?
I could not confirm a hospital or ER inside Fountain Hills on a health system's site. HonorHealth runs an urgent care there on E. Palisades Blvd., which is not an emergency room. The nearest hospitals I list are HonorHealth's Scottsdale campuses and Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix.

Is there an ER in Cave Creek?
Yes. Abrazo lists an emergency location at 5227 E. Carefree Hwy. in Cave Creek. Abrazo announced it in 2021 as Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital with 24/7 emergency coverage. Check Abrazo's site for current services.

Which HonorHealth campus is in north Scottsdale?
HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak Medical Center, at 7400 E. Thompson Peak Pkwy., Scottsdale, AZ 85255.

Is urgent care the same as an ER?
No. Urgent care clinics treat non-life-threatening problems and keep set hours. In an emergency, call 911.

Do you rate or rank these hospitals?
No. This page lists names, addresses and phone numbers from each health system. Ask your own doctor and insurance plan about where to get care. This is not medical advice.

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Sources: HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea, HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn, HonorHealth Scottsdale Thompson Peak, HonorHealth Urgent Care Fountain Hills, Mayo Clinic Emergency Medicine, Abrazo newsroom, Arizona DES SHIP