Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Dorchester Center, MA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Codman Square Health Center, INC — 2 sites here, 6 in total. 26,523 patients in 2025, 4% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 27% of patients had limited English.
• Harbor Health Services, INC. — 1 site here, 9 in total. 29,802 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured; 31% of patients had limited English.
• Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center INC — 1 site here, 3 in total. 10,632 patients in 2025, 6% uninsured; 62% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Dorchester Center

• Dorchester (15) · 1 mi
• Mattapan (5) · 1 mi
• Jamaica Plain (1) · 1 mi
• Roxbury (6) · 2 mi
• Roxbury Crossing (3) · 3 mi
• North Quincy (1) · 3 mi
• Boston (30) · 4 mi
• South Boston (2) · 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

Dorchester Center 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 Dorchester Center specifically:

• 22,936 patients living in ZIP code 02124 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 8% 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.
• 4 of 4 clinics list a website.
• 3 of 4 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: 3 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Dorchester Center: Clinic/Center, Community Health (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.