Thirty minutes, minimum.
No fifteen-minute slots. New patients get a full hour, follow-ups get thirty. If a conversation runs long, the schedule absorbs it — the patient never feels rushed out the door.
Donald M. Cline Jr, MD — internal medicine built around long conversations, not fifteen-minute slots.
A board-certified clinic in Texas City, Texas, offering primary care, diagnostics, and lab work under one roof. We answer the phone, we read the chart before walking in, and we treat the whole person — not the appointment block.

Dr. Cline opened the practice in 2009 after a decade on staff at Galveston hospitals, with a single goal: keep the patient load small enough to remember everyone's name. Fifteen years later, the clinic still caps new patient intake each month so follow-ups never get squeezed out by volume.
The chart is read before the door opens. The visit lasts as long as the visit needs to last. And when something is outside the scope of internal medicine — cardiology, orthopedics, dermatology — you get a direct referral with a phone call behind it, not just a faxed order into the void.
This is the kind of medicine most adults in Texas City grew up with, and the kind Dr. Cline believes still has a place in a healthcare market increasingly built on speed and scale.
Transparent cash-pay pricing for patients without insurance, with itemized receipts provided for out-of-network reimbursement. Most major PPO plans accepted.
Comprehensive preventive visit, vitals, review of medications, and an updated care plan for the year ahead.
$185self-paySame-day or next-day appointment for cold, flu, infection, minor injuries, and unexpected symptoms.
$120self-payOngoing treatment for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, thyroid disorders, asthma, and other long-term conditions.
$95per follow-upCBC, comprehensive metabolic panel, lipid panel, A1C, and TSH — drawn on-site, results within 24 hours.
$145full panel12-lead electrocardiogram with same-visit interpretation, plus blood pressure and heart rhythm assessment.
$75self-paySecure video visit for medication adjustments, lab review, and chronic care check-ins — no drive required.
$65per sessionThree commitments shape every appointment at the clinic. They are not aspirational language for a website; they are the operating instructions Dr. Cline gives every new staff member on their first day.
No fifteen-minute slots. New patients get a full hour, follow-ups get thirty. If a conversation runs long, the schedule absorbs it — the patient never feels rushed out the door.
You see Dr. Cline at every visit, not a rotating cast of mid-levels. Your history stays in one head, not split across a network of urgent-care drop-ins.
No phone tree, no offshore call center. The front desk picks up during business hours, and after-hours messages are returned the next morning — not routed into a queue.
Use the form to request a time. The front desk confirms every booking by phone within one business day — we don't send automated confirmations because we don't trust them either.
New patients should arrive fifteen minutes early to complete intake paperwork, or use the patient portal link sent with your confirmation to do it ahead of time.