From 33 centers to 57
Before the deal Novant, through Doctors Care, was the largest urgent care owner in South Carolina, with 47 of the state's 250 open centers in our data, 18.8%. Prisma had 33, 13.2%. With the 24 centers that carry its name so far, Prisma has 57, 22.8% of the state, about three times HCA Healthcare's CareNow and Medcare centers (19).
Novant keeps 23 centers in our data. The deal covers 36, so 12 more are due to move. Prisma's site lists 24 so far, and neither company has said when the rest will follow.
Prisma reaches the coast
Prisma's hospitals and its first urgent care centers are in the Upstate and the Midlands, around Greenville and Columbia. Most of the former Doctors Care centers are on the coast. In the Charleston metro Prisma goes from 3 centers to 9 of 37. In Myrtle Beach (3 of 22) and Hilton Head and Bluffton (3 of 12) it had none before. The others are in Aiken and North Augusta, Rock Hill, Sumter, Orangeburg, Greenwood and Newberry.
Prisma has no hospitals in Charleston, Myrtle Beach or Hilton Head. There the hospitals belong to MUSC Health, Roper St. Francis (Bon Secours Mercy Health), HCA, McLeod, Conway Medical Center and Novant itself, which keeps East Cooper Medical Center and Hilton Head Regional Medical Center. The Doctors Care centers give Prisma its first sites in Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head and triple its count in Charleston.
How we measured it
Centers are open urgent care centers in South Carolina, one per street address. Prisma's centers, and which of them came from Novant, follow Prisma Health Urgent Care's own location list, read on November 7, 2026. Every other center's owner comes from our data. Conway Medical Center's CMC Urgent Care centers are counted under Conway Medical Center; Novant holds a minority membership in it. Metro areas are Bureau of Labor Statistics labor market areas, counting only their South Carolina centers.
Questions
Did Prisma Health buy Doctors Care?
Prisma Health agreed in September 2026 to buy 36 South Carolina urgent care centers from Novant Health, the former Doctors Care network. 24 of them became Prisma Health Urgent Care on November 2, 2026.
How many urgent care centers does Prisma Health have in South Carolina?
57 on its own location list as of November 7, 2026: 33 it already ran and 24 former Doctors Care centers. That is about 23% of the state's open urgent care centers, the most of any owner.
Who operates Prisma Health Urgent Care?
Prisma Health runs its urgent care centers with WellStreet, an Atlanta-based urgent care company backed by the private equity firm FFL Partners. The partnership began in 2023.
Sources
- Prisma Health: Prisma Health acquires urgent care centers across South Carolina
- WellStreet: Prisma Health acquires urgent care centers (2026-09-25)
- Prisma Health Urgent Care: welcome (24 centers from November 2, 2026)
- Prisma Health Urgent Care: all locations (read 2026-11-07)
- DOTmed: Prisma Health to acquire 36 urgent care centers from Novant Health
- FFL Partners: WellStreet Urgent Care