Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Des Plaines, IL

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 2 clinics in Des Plaines. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Access Community Health Network — 1 site here, 35 in total. 152,893 patients in 2025, 17% uninsured; 39% of patients had limited English.
• Greater Family Health — 1 site here, 15 in total. 75,001 patients in 2025, 27% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 43% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Des Plaines

• Niles (1) · 4 mi
• Arlington Heights (2) · 6 mi
• Bensenville (1) · 6 mi
• Wheeling (1) · 7 mi
• Skokie (3) · 8 mi
• Franklin Park (1) · 8 mi
• Lincolnwood (1) · 8 mi
• Addison (4) · 9 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

Des Plaines 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 Des Plaines specifically:

• 8,984 patients living in the ZIP codes 60016, 60018 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 26% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 2 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 1 of 2 clinics list a website.
• 1 of 2 is 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: 2 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.