Multicare Gig Harbor Medical Park

I’m normally a sound medicine patient, but I was having some intense neck pains and after some suggestions by friends, needed to see a DO quicker than what sound could provide. I called multicare and one of their DO’s could see me the following day in Gig Harbor. I made the appt and drove over the bridge the following morning.
The lady at the front desk was nice, it was early, so I was the only one there. After filling out all the forms, I handed it back and within a few minutes, I was taken back to a room where some vitals were taken and then I waited for the doc. He came in a few minutes later, asked me all the same questions again and then asked about my pain. At this point, the pain had subsided a little bit, so I couldn’t offer him much other than what had happened and where the pain was coming from on the day it happened. He pushed on the back of my neck/​atlas a few times, asked a couple of questions. He then told me to take a few weeks off and if there was continued pain, we could talk about physical therapy. I bought the line and left.
Two weeks later, the pain is constant and I now have a $ 170 bill for him touching my neck for 45 seconds. I would assume this isn’t a problem with multicare or that doctor in particular and more of a problem with american healthcare, but it still bothers me that there is an obvious issue with my neck and there were nothing ever brought up about an MRI or X-​Ray. Which, then turns into, I have health insurance and I’m still paying $ 170 for my visit. What a joke. I’ll keep my distance from multicare and will stay with sound medicine in the future.