Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Bessemer, AL

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 4 clinics in Bessemer. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Aletheia House INC — 3 sites here. 903 patients in 2025, 71% uninsured.
• Cahaba Medical Care Foundation — 1 site here, 31 in total. 46,695 patients in 2025, 20% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.

Health centers near Bessemer

• Fairfield (6) · 6 mi
• Birmingham (21) · 12 mi
• Alabaster (1) · 13 mi
• Irondale (1) · 16 mi
• Woodstock (1) · 17 mi
• Montevallo (1) · 20 mi
• West Blocton (2) · 22 mi
• Center Point (1) · 24 mi

New to community health centers?

• How the sliding-fee scale works — and how to qualify
• What to bring to your first visit
• Getting care with no insurance

Bessemer at a Glance

Every clinic listed above is a federally funded community health center — it treats you with or without insurance, regardless of immigration status, and charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. Here's what the HRSA and federal NPI registry data shows for Bessemer specifically:

• 5,352 patients living in the ZIP codes 35020, 35022 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 29% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 4 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 1 of 4 clinics list a website.
• 1 of 4 is part of a program that reports dental services in federal UDS data (program-level, not per-site — call to confirm dental is offered at this address).
• Reported weekly hours: 2 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 report under 20 hrs/week.