Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Merced, CA

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 10 clinics in Merced. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Golden Valley Health Centers — 7 sites here, 53 in total. 161,398 patients in 2025, 4% uninsured; 39% of patients had limited English.
• Community Health Centers Of America — 2 sites here, 15 in total.
• Livingston Community Health — 1 site here, 11 in total. 27,257 patients in 2025, 15% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care; 46% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Merced

• Atwater (3) · 7 mi
• Winton (1) · 8 mi
• Planada (1) · 9 mi
• Livingston (3) · 14 mi
• Le Grand (1) · 14 mi
• Chowchilla (3) · 18 mi
• Delhi (1) · 18 mi
• Hilmar (1) · 21 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

Merced 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 Merced specifically:

• 30,162 patients living in the ZIP codes 95340, 95341, 95348 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 5% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 10 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 10 of 10 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 10 clinics list a website.
• 1 of 10 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: 9 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.