Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Valparaiso, IN

Who runs these clinics

4 health-center organizations run the 6 clinics in Valparaiso. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• 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.
• Porter-Starke Services, INC. — 1 site here, 5 in total. 5,430 patients in 2025, 5% uninsured.
• 219 Health Network INC — 1 site here, 30 in total.

Health centers near Valparaiso

• Portage (4) · 8 mi
• Chesterton (2) · 8 mi
• Hobart (3) · 12 mi
• Lake Station (3) · 12 mi
• Hebron (1) · 14 mi
• Merrillville (6) · 15 mi
• Crown Point (2) · 16 mi
• Michigan City (2) · 16 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

Valparaiso 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 Valparaiso specifically:

• 7,997 patients living in ZIP code 46383 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 12% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 6 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 6 of 6 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 3 of 6 clinics list a website.
• 4 of 6 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: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 2 report 20–39 hrs/week.