Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Berkeley, CA

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 13 clinics in Berkeley. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Lifelong Medical Care — 9 sites here, 42 in total. 51,453 patients in 2025, 10% uninsured; 38% of patients had limited English.
• Alameda, County Of — 3 sites here, 27 in total. 10,178 patients in 2025, 17% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 16% of patients had limited English.
• The West Oakland Health Council — 1 site here, 6 in total. 7,925 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured.

Health centers near Berkeley

• Emeryville (2) · 1 mi
• El Cerrito (1) · 3 mi
• Oakland (84) · 5 mi
• Richmond (5) · 7 mi
• Alameda (2) · 7 mi
• San Pablo (6) · 8 mi
• San Francisco (85) · 10 mi
• Pinole (1) · 10 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

Berkeley 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 Berkeley specifically:

• 6,697 patients living in the ZIP codes 94702, 94703, 94704, 94710 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 8% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 13 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 4 of 13 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 1 of 13 is open only part of the year.
• 13 of 13 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 7 of 13 clinics list a website.
• 3 of 13 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: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 8 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 report under 20 hrs/week.