Free & Low-Cost Clinics in San Mateo, CA

Who runs these clinics

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

• San Mateo County Health — 7 sites here, 20 in total. 4,975 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, vision care; 45% of patients had limited English.
• North East Medical Services — 1 site here, 35 in total. 93,680 patients in 2025, 8% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 71% of patients had limited English.
• Healthright 360 — 1 site here, 2 in total.

Health centers near San Mateo

• Redwood City (7) · 6 mi
• Atherton (2) · 8 mi
• Half Moon Bay (2) · 9 mi
• South San Francisco (2) · 10 mi
• East Palo Alto (13) · 11 mi
• Palo Alto (3) · 12 mi
• Daly City (7) · 14 mi
• San Lorenzo (1) · 14 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

San Mateo 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 Mateo specifically:

• 2,268 patients living in the ZIP codes 94401, 94402, 94403 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 9% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 9 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 9 of 9 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 9 clinics list a website.
• 8 of 9 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: 7 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 2 report 20–39 hrs/week.