Urgent care · Paying for care
Sports Physical Cost: Fees, Forms & Follow-Up
Explore sports physicals with no insurance required. Compare published pediatric fees, required forms and follow-up, while keeping routine care in view.
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The short answer
- AAP recommends the child’s usual pediatrician and discourages urgent-care sports physicals because of privacy and continuity concerns.
- CityDoc in Texas: $35 school/sports/camp physical, exempt from its usual evaluation fee; confirm eligibility and forms.
- Rehoboth in Texas: $40 school or sports physical for grades K–12.
- The Doctors’ Office in New Jersey: $65 pediatric physical; adult, occupational and extra services are excluded.
- Payment does not guarantee clearance, and the exam does not replace ongoing preventive care.
Start with your child’s usual clinician
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends incorporating the sports evaluation into the routine well-child visit. It discourages urgent-care and mass-physical settings because of privacy and limited access to the child’s history.
If another clinician performs the examination, provide complete records and arrange for the visit information to reach the pediatrician. A convenient appointment or low fee does not remove that continuity need.
Published sports-physical fees have eligibility limits
These are pediatric sports/school/camp examples with different scope restrictions. They do not establish that a full preventive visit, vaccines, tests or additional evaluations are included.
National research examples. Your selected care area highlights same-state examples where available.
| Practice / location | Published price | Services & fees |
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CityDoc · Dallas–Fort Worth, TX | School/sports/camp physical $35 · confirm basis |
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Rehoboth · Arlington, TX | School or sports physical $40 · confirm basis |
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The required form determines what to arrange
Obtain the school, camp or sports organization’s current form before scheduling. Ask which examiners it accepts, how current the examination must be and whether the parent or guardian needs to complete a history section.
Bring the form, medication list, relevant records and any requested guardian consent or identification. Tell the clinician about prior health concerns rather than treating the examination as paperwork only.
Leave time for additional evaluation
AAP recommends planning the examination six to eight weeks before the season so there is time for additional assessment or treatment when needed. A completed appointment does not guarantee immediate clearance.
Ask how the clinician communicates restrictions, missing information or a need for further evaluation. Confirm any follow-up fees before assuming the advertised physical price covers the whole process.
Keep sports, preventive and occupational examinations separate
A school sports form, a comprehensive well-child visit, an adult annual examination and an occupational or DOT assessment serve different purposes. Confirm the exact service on the quote and whether a separate preventive visit is still needed.
If the organization requires additional documentation, ask which clinician should provide it. Do not assume that routine imaging, an ECG or laboratory testing is part of every sports physical or included in the fee.
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Four questions to take with you.
- Can my child’s usual clinician complete the required evaluation?
- Will the organization accept this form and examiner?
- What does the sports-physical fee include and exclude?
- What happens if additional assessment is needed before clearance?
You can use these questions with any practice. These guides do not provide appointments or collect payments.
Your next step
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Use this guide to understand your options, then compare practice services. Confirm eligibility, availability and the final fee directly with the practice.
Common questions
Is the cheapest urgent-care sports physical the recommended choice?
Price alone does not determine the best setting. AAP recommends the child’s usual pediatrician and cautions against urgent-care settings because of privacy and continuity concerns.
Does paying for the physical guarantee sports clearance?
No. The clinician may need more records or further assessment before making an eligibility decision.
Does a sports physical replace a well-child visit?
Do not assume so. AAP recommends integrating the sports evaluation with the regular well-child visit. Ask the child’s usual clinician how to cover both needs.
Can an adult use the pediatric price for work or DOT paperwork?
The examples have service and age restrictions. The New Jersey menu expressly excludes adult and occupational examinations from its pediatric sports-physical fee.
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Sources & editorial status
Sources were checked on October 20, 2026. This is an OpenVisit Health editorial draft, not a personalized medical recommendation. Source organizations have not endorsed OpenVisit or reviewed this page.
How we researched prices and visit guidance
We use federal agencies, academic institutions and specialty societies for clinical and access guidance, and the named provider’s own public menu for prices. Each example keeps its location, service, patient status and published exclusions. Introductory offers, regular fees and reduced-fee programs remain labeled separately.
This is a selected comparison, not a national price survey, ranking or appointment directory. Unknown inclusions stay unknown; a price checked on the date above is not a guarantee that it remains available. Confirm an itemized written quote with the practice. If its quote differs from this guide, use the current quote and original source to resolve the difference.
AI tools assist research and drafting. Source authors and reviewers have not reviewed OpenVisit content. We publish after source and technical checks; independent clinician review is identified only when it has actually occurred.
- Sports Physical: When, Where, Who Should Do It? (opens in a new tab)American Academy of Pediatrics · HealthyChildren.orgSpecialty-society patient education
- Self-pay urgent-care pricing (opens in a new tab)CityDoc · Dallas–Fort Worth, TexasPractice-published prices · checked October 20, 2026
- Self-pay visit tiers and outside laboratory charges (opens in a new tab)Rehoboth Urgent Care · Arlington, TexasPractice-published prices · checked October 20, 2026
- Basic urgent-care visit and pediatric sports-physical prices (opens in a new tab)The Doctors’ Office Urgent Care · New JerseyPractice-published prices · checked October 20, 2026