Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Boston, MA

Who runs these clinics

7 health-center organizations run the 30 clinics in Boston. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Boston Health Care For The Homeless Program — 17 sites here, 24 in total. 11,260 patients in 2025, 14% uninsured; 19% of patients had limited English.
• Neighborhealth Corporation — 6 sites here, 19 in total. 86,313 patients in 2025, 25% uninsured; 64% of patients had limited English.
• South Cove Community Health Center, INC — 3 sites here, 6 in total. 39,682 patients in 2025, 1% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, vision care; 71% of patients had limited English.
• Fenway Community Health Center, INC. — 1 site here. 30,839 patients in 2025, 5% uninsured.
• South Boston Community Health Center, INC. — 1 site here, 3 in total. 21,515 patients in 2025, 8% uninsured; 15% of patients had limited English.
• North End Community Health Committee Inc — 1 site here, 3 in total. 14,531 patients in 2025, 3% uninsured; 16% of patients had limited English.
• Massachusetts League Of Community Health Centers INC — 1 site here, 6 in total. 1,948 patients in 2025, 90% uninsured; 81% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Boston

• South Boston (2) · 1 mi
• East Boston (8) · 2 mi
• Roxbury (6) · 2 mi
• Roxbury Crossing (3) · 2 mi
• Charlestown (2) · 2 mi
• Dorchester (15) · 3 mi
• Cambridge (1) · 3 mi
• Dorchester Center (4) · 4 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

Boston 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 Boston specifically:

• 48,270 patients living in the ZIP codes 02108, 02110, 02111, 02113, 02114, 02116, 02118, 02128, 02210, 02215 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 18% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 30 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 30 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 30 of 30 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 8 of 30 clinics list a website.
• 3 of 30 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: 14 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 6 report 20–39 hrs/week, 7 report under 20 hrs/week, 3 don't report hours.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Boston: Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center) (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.