Methodist Health System and Plano-based Intuitive Health cut the ribbon Wednesday, Nov. 11, on a combined emergency room and urgent care at 1001 Sam Rayburn Highway (State Highway 121) in Melissa.
The building is not seeing patients yet, and no opening day has been set. "We don't have an opening date just yet. However, we hope to open to the public very soon," Corey Alexander, who handles media relations for Intuitive Health, said Thursday. Methodist's website lists the Melissa location as coming in November 2026 and does not yet give a phone number.
Leaders from Methodist, Intuitive Health and the Melissa Chamber of Commerce held the ribbon, among them Cody Hunter, president of Methodist Celina Medical Center, and Thom Herrmann, chief executive officer of Intuitive Health. The ceremony included remarks and tours of the building, according to a release announcing the event.
What it will offer
Methodist's website says the emergency room will be open 24 hours a day, every day, and the urgent care side from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. Listed services include an on-site lab and imaging, EKGs, pediatric visits and orthopedic injuries. The Melissa site will run as a department of Methodist Richardson Medical Center.
The release calls it the first Methodist Legacy ER & Urgent Care built from the ground up. Intuitive Health opened the first Legacy ER & Urgent Care, which puts an emergency room and an urgent care under one roof, in Frisco in 2008. Methodist said the new site will improve access to emergency and urgent care for Melissa and Collin County residents.
How the billing works
Patients at a hybrid site are examined first. The medical team then decides whether the visit counts as urgent care, for non-emergency needs, or emergency care, for serious or potentially life-threatening conditions. Methodist's pricing page says patients will always be told which classification applies before they leave. The site says all insurance plans are accepted.
