Urgent care is pretty widely known to be a scam that preys on those too impatient to "jump through buerocratic hoops (make an appointment in the future with a highly-paid professional instead of paying the premium for the surplus staffing it takes to always have someone available for walk-ins)"

That's interesting because my co-pay at urgent care is the same as with my GP. Maybe there are regional differences? (ER on the other hand I know I won't walk away without many thousands of dollars in bills, on top of a much larger copay, because even though the ER is "in network" none of the contractors working there are)

"make an appointment for several months for now or get treatment this week" is maybe a better explanation.

your GP is good if you have a long term medical issue you want to ask about, less so if you think you've just gotten injured or sick in some way.