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Free & Low-Cost Clinics in San Diego, CA

98 community health centers · Data from HRSA, refreshed 2026-10-04

These are the 98 community health centers in San Diego. Each one treats patients with or without insurance and charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. Call ahead to confirm hours, services, and whether you need an appointment.

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Clinics in San Diego

Who runs these clinics

9 health-center organizations run the 98 clinics in San Diego. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

  • Family Health Centers Of San Diego INC — 43 sites here, 74 in total. 166,072 patients in 2025, 25% uninsured; 39% of patients had limited English.
  • La Maestra Family Clinic, INC. — 21 sites here, 31 in total. 53,565 patients in 2025, 12% uninsured; 61% of patients had limited English.
  • Centro De Salud De La Comunidad De San Ysidro, INC. — 12 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.
  • San Diego Family Care — 8 sites here. 25,267 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, vision care; 39% of patients had limited English.
  • Operation Samahan, INC. — 6 sites here, 12 in total. 15,037 patients in 2025, 8% uninsured; 38% of patients had limited English.
  • San Diego American Indian Health Center — 5 sites here. 4,539 patients in 2025, 23% uninsured; 19% of patients had limited English.
  • Herald Christian Health Center — 1 site here, 7 in total. 21,231 patients in 2025, 2% uninsured; 76% of patients had limited English.
  • Imperial Beach Community Clinic — 1 site here, 3 in total. 8,890 patients in 2025, 9% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 34% of patients had limited English.

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San Diego 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 San Diego specifically:

  • 181,932 patients living in the ZIP codes 92101, 92102, 92103, 92104, 92105, 92109, 92110, 92111, 92113, 92114, 92115, 92126, 92129, 92131, 92154 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 17% of them had no insurance.
  • 11 of 98 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
  • 12 of 98 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
  • 2 of 98 are open only part of the year.
  • 98 of 98 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
  • 44 of 98 clinics list a website.
  • 71 of 98 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: 73 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 15 report 20–39 hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week, 7 don't report hours.
  • Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in San Diego: Counselor, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) (2), Internal Medicine (2), Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (2), Chiropractor (2), Dentist (2), Nutritionist (2). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.

Clinic data from the HRSA Health Center Program, refreshed 2026-10-04. Directory information only, not medical advice. View all clinics in California →

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