Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Fort Dodge, IA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Community Health Center Of Fort Dodge, INC. — 1 site here, 6 in total. 17,529 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 15% of patients had limited English.
• Proteus INC. — 1 site here, 5 in total. 1,027 patients in 2025, 100% uninsured; 93% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Fort Dodge

• Dayton (1) · 18 mi
• Eagle Grove (1) · 18 mi
• Clarion (1) · 28 mi

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Fort Dodge 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 Fort Dodge specifically:

• 5,315 patients living in ZIP code 50501 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 17% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 2 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 1 of 2 clinics list a website.
• 1 of 2 is 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.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Fort Dodge: Family Medicine (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.