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There are 3,029 Primary Care Doctors in Torrance, CA and 30% of those with reviews are rated 4-star or higher. Popular hospitals in the area include Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center and MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center.
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Insurance
  • Blue Shield of California (1464)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of California (1463)
  • UnitedHealthCare (1415)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (1384)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (1323)
  • Health Net (1301)
  • Aetna (1233)
  • Cigna (1188)
  • Anthem (968)
  • Oscar Health (950)
  • First Health (771)
  • Molina Healthcare (560)
  • Humana (455)
  • Clover Health (436)
  • Kaiser Permanente (378)
  • ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc. (322)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (257)
  • MultiPlan (189)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (82)
  • Capital Blue Cross (82)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (45)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (35)
  • MVP Health Care (32)
  • Coventry Health Care (28)
  • Premera Blue Cross (28)
  • Health Net of California (27)
  • L.A. Care Health Plan (27)
  • SCAN Health Plan (27)
  • Delta Health System (26)
  • Midwest Health Plan (23)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (BCN) (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Florida Blue (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi (1)
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York (1)
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  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming (1)
  • Blue Cross of Idaho (1)
  • Blue Medicare Advantage (1)
  • Blue Shield of Northeastern New York (1)
  • BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas (1)
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (1)
  • CareFirst BlueChoice, Inc. (1)
  • CBA Blue (1)
  • ChoiceCare Network (1)
  • Cigna-HealthSpring (1)
  • Delta Dental (1)
  • Delta Dental of Minnesota (1)
  • Delta Dental of New York (1)
  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Excellus BlueCross BlueShield (1)
  • Florida Blue (1)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana Veterans (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Medicaid (1)
  • Medicaid of Alabama (1)
  • Medicaid of Alaska (1)
  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
  • Medicaid of California (1)
  • Medicaid of Colorado (1)
  • Medicaid of Connecticut (1)
  • Medicaid of Delaware (1)
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  • Medicaid of Georgia (1)
  • Medicaid of Hawaii (1)
  • Medicaid of Idaho (1)
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  • Medicaid of Indiana (1)
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  • Medicaid of Kentucky (1)
  • Medicaid of Louisiana (1)
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  • Medicaid of Minnesota (1)
  • Medicaid of Mississippi (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Montana (1)
  • Medicaid of Nebraska (1)
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  • Medicaid of New York (1)
  • Medicaid of North Carolina (1)
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  • Medicaid of South Carolina (1)
  • Medicaid of South Dakota (1)
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  • Medicaid of Texas (1)
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  • Medicaid of Wisconsin (1)
  • Medicaid of Wyoming (1)
  • Medicare of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicare of Texas (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
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  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (1542)
  • Male (1487)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (178)
  • 5 miles (1587)
  • 10 miles (3029)
  • 25 miles (12511)
  • 50 miles (19509)
  • 100 miles (26699)
  • National (436693)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Internal Medicine (1307)
  • Family Medicine (1015)
  • Pediatrics (658)
  • Geriatric Medicine (163)
  • General Medical Practice (25)
  • Pediatric Medicine (12)
  • Adult Medicine (10)
  • Age Management Medicine (10)
  • Men's Health Medicine (8)
  • Women's Health Medicine (5)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (757)
  • 41-50 (593)
  • 51-60 (508)
  • 61-70 (449)
  • Over 70 (434)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (90)
  • Tomorrow (97)
  • Schedules online (10)
  • Accepts new patients (1327)
  • Telehealth (1300)

Language

Language
  • Afrikaans (2)
  • Amharic (1)
  • Arabic (107)
  • Arabic, Egyptian (3)
  • Armenian (15)
  • Bangla (1)
  • Bengali (5)
  • Bosnian (1)
  • Bulgarian (1)
  • Burmese (9)
  • Cambodian (23)
  • Cantonese (4)
  • Chinese (56)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (11)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (32)
  • Chinese, Min Nan (10)
  • Croatian (4)
  • Dutch (3)
  • Farsi (31)
  • Filipino (1)
  • French (29)
  • Fukien (1)
  • German (4)
  • Greek (1)
  • Gujarati (5)
  • Hebrew (4)
  • Hindi (45)
  • Hungarian (2)
  • Igbo (2)
  • Ilocano (1)
  • Italian (10)
  • Japanese (16)
  • Kannada (2)
  • Kashmiri (1)
  • Khmer (6)
  • Korean (21)
  • Laotian (1)
  • Malayalam (1)
  • Mandarin (11)
  • Nigerian (1)
  • Panjabi (2)
  • Persian (2)
  • Polish (1)
  • Portuguese (5)
  • Punjabi (4)
  • Romanian (1)
  • Russian (14)
  • Samoan (1)
  • Serbo-croatian (1)
  • Sign Language (1)
  • Sinhalese (1)
  • Spanish (383)
  • Swahili (1)
  • Tagalog (31)
  • Taiwanese (5)
  • Tamil (1)
  • Telugu (1)
  • Urdu (8)
  • Vietnamese (25)
  • Wolof (1)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (529)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (921)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (1263)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (1424)
  • 1 Star And Higher (1586)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Torrance Memorial Medical Center (298)
  • Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center (173)
  • MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center (170)
  • Providence Little Company Of Mary Medical Center Torrance (165)
  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center (158)
  • Harbor - UCLA Medical Center (139)
  • UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center (112)
  • St. Mary Medical Center (98)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (53)
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro (51)
  • MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach (49)
  • Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center (43)
  • Cedars - Sinai Medical Center (42)
  • Centinela Hospital Medical Center (34)
  • Olive View - UCLA Medical Center (32)
  • California Hospital Medical Center (26)
  • Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA (25)
  • Memorial Hospital Of Gardena (21)
  • MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center (21)
  • MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center (19)
  • Saint Francis Medical Center (18)
  • Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital (17)
  • Los Alamitos Medical Center (16)
  • Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (16)
  • Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center (15)
  • Loma Linda University Children's Hospital (15)
  • Adventist Health White Memorial (13)
  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles (13)
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center (12)
  • Northridge Hospital Medical Center (11)
  • Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center (11)
  • Lakewood Regional Medical Center (11)
  • Casa Colina Hospital (10)
  • Kaiser Permanente Orange County - Anaheim Medical Center (10)
  • West Hills Hospital & Medical Center (10)
  • St. John's Regional Medical Center (9)
  • Los Robles Regional Medical Center (9)
  • Riverside University Health System-medical Center (9)
  • Providence Saint John's Health Center (8)
  • College Medical Center (8)
  • Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center (8)
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (8)
  • Providence St. Jude Medical Center (8)
  • Adventist Health Glendale (8)
  • Southern California Hospital At Hollywood (8)
  • UCI Medical Center (8)
  • Usc Verdugo Hills Hospital (8)
  • City Of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital (8)
  • PIH Health Whittier Hospital (7)
  • Garfield Medical Center (7)
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (7)
  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (7)
  • Keck Hospital of USC (7)
  • Adventist Health Simi Valley (7)
  • Beverly Hospital (6)
  • Eisenhower Medical Center (6)
  • PIH Health Downey Hospital (6)
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (6)
  • Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital (6)
  • San Gabriel Valley Medical Center (6)
  • Usc Arcadia Hospital (6)
  • Optum - Gardena (6)
  • Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center (5)
  • Alhambra Hospital Medical Center (5)
  • Kaiser Permanente Panorama City Medical Center (5)
  • Marian Regional Medical Center (5)
  • Huntington Hospital (5)
  • Los Angeles Community Hospital (5)
  • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (5)
  • West Anaheim Medical Center (4)
  • Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (4)
  • Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center (4)
  • Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (4)
  • Children's Hospital Of Orange County (4)
  • Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center (4)
  • Antelope Valley Hospital (4)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Orange (4)
  • Coast Plaza Hospital (4)
  • St. Bernardine Medical Center (4)
  • Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center (4)
  • Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (4)
  • Community Memorial Hospital San Buenaventura (4)
  • Emanate Health Foothill Presbyterian Hospital (4)
  • Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (4)
  • Garden Grove Hospital and Medical Center (3)
  • Community Regional Medical Center (3)
  • L A Downtown Medical Center (3)
  • Riverside Community Hospital (3)
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente Moreno Valley Medical Center (3)
  • Desert Regional Medical Center (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical Center (3)
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (3)
  • Huntington Beach Hospital (3)
  • Emanate Health Inter-community Hospital (3)
  • Sierra View Medical Center (3)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (3)
  • Clovis Community Medical Center (3)
  • UC Davis Medical Center (2)
  • Encino Hospital Medical Center (2)
  • Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley (2)
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  • Hilo Medical Center (2)
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (2)
  • Adventhealth Tampa (2)
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  • Mountains Community Hospital (2)
  • Fairchild Medical Center (2)
  • University Hospital - University of Michigan (2)
  • University Medical Center (2)
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center (2)
  • John F Kennedy Memorial Hospital (2)
  • Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (2)
  • French Hospital Medical Center (2)
  • NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center (2)
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  • Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center (2)
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  • Legacy Emanuel Medical Center (2)
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  • UPMC Presbyterian (1)
  • Aurora West Allis Medical Center (1)
  • Ascension Alexian Brothers (1)
  • Peconic Bay Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Christiana Hospital (1)
  • Optum - Airport Plaza (1)
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Primary Care Frequently Asked Questions

Medically reviewed by Meredith Goodwin, MD, FAAFP – Written by Megan Lentz
What is a primary care doctor?

Primary care physicians (PCPs) — also known as primary care providers — are a vital part of your preventive care and wellness. All your routine care needs such as annual physicals, vaccinations, and lab work can be addressed by your PCP.

A PCP can be a family medicine provider, internist, or some other healthcare professionals who practice general medicine.

By working with other members of your healthcare team, your PCP can help you manage your overall health.

How often should I see a PCP?

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It's recommended that you see a primary care doctor once a year. You may need to see them more often if you have new healthcare concerns or are living with a chronic health condition.

What procedures do PCPs perform?

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Primary care physicians can perform the following procedures:

This is not an exhaustive list. Reach out to your PCP to find out what they can do or what might need a referral to a specialist.

What conditions do PCPs treat?

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Primary care physicians can treat a wide range of symptoms and conditions. Some conditions your PCP may be able to treat are:

PCPs are also great resources for all of your health concerns. Even if you see your PCP for a condition that they don't directly treat, they can help refer you to a specialist.

Types of PCPs

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The following are specific types of primary care physicians:

  • Family practitioners can treat everyone in your family, regardless of age.
  • Internists only treat adults.
  • Geriatricians specialize in treating older adults.
  • Pediatricians specialize in treating babies and children under the age of 18.

You can also receive primary care from a physician's assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP).

What should I ask a PCP?

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Top questions to ask a primary care physician during your next appointment include:

  • Do you have a specialty or area of interest?
  • Are there vitamins or supplements you recommend?
  • Do you recommend seeing a specialist? Can you refer me to one?
  • What are common health concerns for people my age? What can I do to reduce my risk?
  • Can I manage this condition with diet and lifestyle changes?
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