Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Dorchester, MA

Who runs these clinics

6 health-center organizations run the 15 clinics in Dorchester. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Uphams Corner Health Committee, INC. — 5 sites here, 6 in total. 10,128 patients in 2025, 11% uninsured; 48% of patients had limited English.
• Harbor Health Services, INC. — 3 sites here, 9 in total. 29,802 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured; 31% of patients had limited English.
• Codman Square Health Center, INC — 3 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.
• Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center INC — 2 sites here, 3 in total. 10,632 patients in 2025, 6% uninsured; 62% of patients had limited English.
• Dothouse Health, Inc. — 1 site here. 25,364 patients in 2025, 10% uninsured; 49% of patients had limited English.
• Boston Health Care For The Homeless Program — 1 site here, 24 in total. 11,260 patients in 2025, 14% uninsured; 19% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Dorchester

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

• 61,021 patients living in the ZIP codes 02121, 02122, 02124, 02125 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 9% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 15 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 15 of 15 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 13 of 15 clinics list a website.
• 6 of 15 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: 9 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 report under 20 hrs/week, 4 don't report hours.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Dorchester: Clinic/Center, Community Health (2). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.