Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Lake Station, IN

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 3 clinics in Lake Station. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Northshore Health Centers, INC — 3 sites here, 22 in total. 84,040 patients in 2025, 15% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.

Health centers near Lake Station

• Hobart (3) · 3 mi
• Portage (4) · 4 mi
• Gary (12) · 5 mi
• Merrillville (6) · 7 mi
• Chesterton (2) · 10 mi
• Griffith (2) · 10 mi
• Highland (3) · 11 mi
• Crown Point (2) · 11 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

Lake Station 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 Lake Station specifically:

• 4,776 patients living in ZIP code 46405 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 16% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 3 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 3 is open only part of the year.
• 3 of 3 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 0 of 3 clinics list a website.
• 3 of 3 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: 2 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Lake Station: Family Medicine (2), Nurse Practitioner (2), Nurse Practitioner, Family (2), Dentist, General Practice (1), Dental Hygienist (1), Radiology, Body Imaging (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.