Scripps HealthExpress Rancho San Diego provides same-day walk-in care in the Mt Helix area of La Mesa at the Scripps Clinic Rancho San Diego campus on Calle Verde, near Avocado Boulevard and Highway 94. The clinic operates within a Scripps Clinic location that has served East County families for over 30 years, with on-site laboratory testing and imaging services available in the same building — a collocated model that streamlines referrals to campus dermatologists, cardiologists, and ophthalmologists including Acuity Eye Group. Part of the not-for-profit Scripps Health system (founded 1890), the HealthExpress concept launched in 2015 and expanded to the Rancho San Diego site in 2018, staffed by nurse practitioners and physician assistants under physician oversight from Scripps Clinic Medical Group. The clinic treats patients ages five and older for common illnesses, minor injuries, and immunizations, with discharge summaries transmitted through the MyScripps patient portal to coordinate follow-up with the patient's primary care provider or community wellness practitioners like Full Circle Acupuncture & Wellness. Visits bill as primary care office encounters rather than urgent care rates, and the On My Way digital queue system provides real-time wait-time estimates with pre-arrival check-in through the MyScripps platform.