Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Lake Charles, LA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Swla Center For Health Services — 3 sites here, 6 in total. 22,695 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured.
• Southwest Louisiana Aids Council — 1 site here.

Health centers near Lake Charles

• Orange, TX (2) · 34 mi
• Oberlin (1) · 38 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

Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles specifically:

• 3,508 patients living in ZIP code 70601 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 14% of them had no insurance.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 4 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.