Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Columbus, KS

Who runs these clinics

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

• Community Health Center Of Southeast Kansas INC — 3 sites here, 57 in total. 84,426 patients in 2025, 14% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.

Health centers near Columbus

• Weir (1) · 10 mi
• Baxter Springs (2) · 12 mi
• Cherokee (2) · 12 mi
• Galena (1) · 13 mi
• Oswego (2) · 14 mi
• Chetopa (1) · 16 mi
• Commerce, OK (1) · 16 mi
• Pittsburg (11) · 19 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

Columbus 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 Columbus specifically:

• 3,022 patients living in ZIP code 66725 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 7% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 3 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 2 of 3 are 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.