Free & Low-Cost Clinics in South El Monte, CA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation — 4 sites here, 6 in total.
• Altamed Health Services Corporation — 1 site here, 129 in total. 312,739 patients in 2025, 6% uninsured; 48% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near South El Monte

• El Monte (15) · 2 mi
• Rosemead (4) · 3 mi
• Montebello (8) · 4 mi
• San Gabriel (6) · 4 mi
• Monterey Park (10) · 5 mi
• Pico Rivera (6) · 5 mi
• Whittier (4) · 5 mi
• Alhambra (3) · 5 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

South El Monte 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 South El Monte specifically:

• 7,659 patients living in ZIP code 91733 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 6% of them had no insurance.
• 3 of 5 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 5 of 5 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 5 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 1 clinic reports 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week.