insurance or not making an accurate diagnosis is required before a treatment plan is determined. i know this injury is untimely but these things happen. if your car broke down your car insurance wouldn't fix it. you would have to come up with the money to do it. the same deal goes with your husband. borrow money. charge the visit to a credit card. have the facility bill you and pay later. either way the evaluation needs to be done first. there is absolutely no way for me or any medical professional to be able to tell you the reason for his "side pain" since we don't even know which side or the location on that side. without knowing his medical history i couldn't even recommend ibuprofen. get him the care he needs. worry about paying for it later. an urgent care facility is a fraction of the cost of an er so this is what i suggest. most even have their own x-rays.
my husband slipped on the ice about 6 days ago and hit his side. he is having alot of pain in that area. . what could we do to try to treat this? normally we would just go see a dr. ; however he just switched jobs and we have another month before we have insurance. so unfortunately seeing a physician is not really an option.