Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Santa Monica, CA

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 5 clinics in Santa Monica. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Venice Family Clinic — 3 sites here, 24 in total. 39,701 patients in 2025, 12% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 37% of patients had limited English.
• Northeast Valley Health Corporation — 1 site here, 51 in total. 98,950 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 19% of patients had limited English.
• Westside Family Health Center — 1 site here, 4 in total. 12,908 patients in 2025, 31% uninsured; 17% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Santa Monica

• Venice (7) · 2 mi
• Culver City (9) · 5 mi
• Beverly Hills (1) · 6 mi
• Inglewood (13) · 8 mi
• West Hollywood (1) · 9 mi
• Hawthorne (9) · 10 mi
• Sherman Oaks (7) · 10 mi
• Van Nuys (17) · 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

Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica specifically:

• 3,785 patients living in the ZIP codes 90401, 90405 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 17% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 5 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 5 is open only part of the year.
• 5 of 5 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 3 of 5 clinics list a website.
• 4 of 5 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: 1 clinic reports 40+ hrs/week, 2 report 20–39 hrs/week, 2 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Santa Monica: Case Manager/Care Coordinator (1), 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.