Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Portage, IN

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 4 clinics in Portage. 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.
• Porter-Starke Services, INC. — 1 site here, 5 in total. 5,430 patients in 2025, 5% uninsured.

Health centers near Portage

• Lake Station (3) · 4 mi
• Hobart (3) · 5 mi
• Chesterton (2) · 7 mi
• Valparaiso (6) · 8 mi
• Gary (12) · 9 mi
• Merrillville (6) · 9 mi
• Crown Point (2) · 12 mi
• Griffith (2) · 13 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

Portage 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 Portage specifically:

• 11,382 patients living in ZIP code 46368 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 11% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 4 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 4 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 0 of 4 clinics list a website.
• 3 of 4 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, 1 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Portage: Family Medicine (1), Nurse Practitioner, Family (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.