Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Birmingham, AL

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 21 clinics in Birmingham. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Alabama Regional Medical Services — 9 sites here, 10 in total. 4,771 patients in 2025, 52% uninsured.
• Cahaba Medical Care Foundation — 7 sites here, 31 in total. 46,695 patients in 2025, 20% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.
• Christ Health Center, Inc. — 5 sites here, 6 in total. 21,299 patients in 2025, 24% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, vision care; 22% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Birmingham

• Irondale (1) · 5 mi
• Fairfield (6) · 7 mi
• Bessemer (4) · 12 mi
• Center Point (1) · 12 mi
• Alabaster (1) · 19 mi
• Sipsey (1) · 26 mi
• Montevallo (1) · 29 mi
• Woodstock (1) · 30 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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham specifically:

• 14,901 patients living in the ZIP codes 35203, 35204, 35207, 35211, 35212, 35215, 35218, 35221, 35222 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 26% of them had no insurance.
• 4 of 21 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 2 of 21 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 4 of 21 are open only part of the year.
• 21 of 21 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 12 of 21 clinics list a website.
• 12 of 21 are 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: 11 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 5 report 20–39 hrs/week, 5 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Birmingham: Family Medicine (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.