Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Gretna, LA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Access Health Louisiana — 1 site here, 65 in total. 53,271 patients in 2025, 19% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 16% of patients had limited English.
• St. Thomas Community Health Center, INC. — 1 site here, 11 in total. 23,635 patients in 2025, 23% uninsured; 18% of patients had limited English.
• Common Ground Health Clinic — 1 site here, 2 in total. 2,557 patients in 2025, 40% uninsured; 37% of patients had limited English.
• Priority Health Care — 1 site here, 2 in total. 1,673 patients in 2025, 8% uninsured; also provided mental health care.

Health centers near Gretna

• Harvey (2) · 2 mi
• Marrero (9) · 4 mi
• Belle Chasse (1) · 4 mi
• New Orleans (73) · 5 mi
• Chalmette (2) · 6 mi
• Metairie (6) · 10 mi
• Westwego (6) · 10 mi
• Lafitte (1) · 12 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

Gretna 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 Gretna specifically:

• 10,263 patients living in the ZIP codes 70053, 70056 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 35% 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 open only part of the year.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 3 of 4 clinics list a website.
• 1 of 4 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: 3 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Gretna: Community/Behavioral Health (1), Case Management (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.