Free & Low-Cost Clinics in East Chicago, IN

Who runs these clinics

5 health-center organizations run the 16 clinics in East Chicago. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS), not this city alone.

• 219 Health Network INC — 10 sites here, 30 in total.
• Healthlinc INC — 3 sites here, 16 in total. 56,646 patients in 2025, 13% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.
• Northshore Health Centers, INC — 1 site here, 22 in total. 84,040 patients in 2025, 15% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.
• Southlake Community Mental Health Center INC — 1 site here, 4 in total. 6,150 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care.
• Community Healthnet INC — 1 site here, 11 in total.

Health centers near East Chicago

• Hammond (6) · 3 mi
• Calumet City, IL (1) · 5 mi
• Highland (3) · 6 mi
• Dolton, IL (1) · 7 mi
• Lansing, IL (1) · 7 mi
• Gary (12) · 7 mi
• Munster (10) · 7 mi
• Griffith (2) · 7 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

East Chicago 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 East Chicago specifically:

• 6,340 patients living in ZIP code 46312 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 24% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 16 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 16 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 16 of 16 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 7 of 16 clinics list a website.
• 5 of 16 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: 12 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 4 report 20–39 hrs/week.