Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Des Moines, IA

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 16 clinics in Des Moines. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Primary Health Care, INC — 13 sites here, 17 in total. 38,382 patients in 2025, 36% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care; 52% of patients had limited English.
• Proteus INC. — 3 sites here, 5 in total. 1,027 patients in 2025, 100% uninsured; 93% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Des Moines

• Urbandale (1) · 5 mi
• Ames (1) · 30 mi
• Osceola (2) · 39 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 Moines 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 Moines specifically:

• 15,834 patients living in the ZIP codes 50309, 50310, 50314, 50315, 50316, 50317, 50320 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 40% of them had no insurance.
• 3 of 16 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 3 of 16 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 16 of 16 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 10 of 16 clinics list a website.
• 13 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: 10 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 5 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Des Moines: Pharmacy, Community/Retail Pharmacy (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.