Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Hayward, CA

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 12 clinics in Hayward. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, Incorporated — 9 sites here, 18 in total. 27,639 patients in 2025, 10% uninsured; 64% of patients had limited English.
• Alameda, County Of — 2 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.
• Lifelong Medical Care — 1 site here, 42 in total. 51,453 patients in 2025, 10% uninsured; 38% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Hayward

• Fairview (1) · 1 mi
• Ashland (6) · 3 mi
• Castro Valley (3) · 3 mi
• San Lorenzo (1) · 3 mi
• Union City (5) · 5 mi
• San Leandro (4) · 6 mi
• Dublin (1) · 9 mi
• Newark (1) · 9 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

Hayward 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 Hayward specifically:

• 25,002 patients living in the ZIP codes 94541, 94544, 94545 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 9% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 12 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 3 of 12 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 12 of 12 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 12 clinics list a website.
• 11 of 12 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: 10 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Hayward: Clinic/Center, Community Health (1), Community/Behavioral Health (1), Case Manager/Care Coordinator (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.