Free & Low-Cost Clinics in National City, CA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Operation Samahan, INC. — 5 sites here, 12 in total. 15,037 patients in 2025, 8% uninsured; 38% of patients had limited English.
• Centro De Salud De La Comunidad De San Ysidro, INC. — 4 sites here, 49 in total. 138,959 patients in 2025, 9% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 47% of patients had limited English.
• La Maestra Family Clinic, INC. — 2 sites here, 31 in total. 53,565 patients in 2025, 12% uninsured; 61% of patients had limited English.
• Family Health Centers Of San Diego INC — 1 site here, 74 in total. 166,072 patients in 2025, 25% uninsured; 39% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near National City

• Chula Vista (20) · 3 mi
• San Diego (98) · 5 mi
• Lemon Grove (6) · 6 mi
• Imperial Beach (4) · 6 mi
• Spring Valley (2) · 7 mi
• San Ysidro (11) · 8 mi
• La Mesa (5) · 8 mi
• El Cajon (15) · 12 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

National City 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 National City specifically:

• 19,808 patients living in ZIP code 91950 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 14% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 12 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 12 of 12 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 8 of 12 clinics list a website.
• 5 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: 12 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in National City: Clinic/Center, Community Health (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.