Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Lowell, MA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Lowell Community Health Center, INC. — 6 sites here. 38,932 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured; 56% of patients had limited English.
• Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, INC — 1 site here, 25 in total. 60,467 patients in 2025, 16% uninsured; 76% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Lowell

• Tewksbury (1) · 5 mi
• Methuen (3) · 7 mi
• Andover (1) · 7 mi
• Lawrence (15) · 9 mi
• Nashua, NH (9) · 12 mi
• Haverhill (4) · 15 mi
• Derry, NH (1) · 18 mi
• Waltham (1) · 19 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

Lowell 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 Lowell specifically:

• 17,362 patients living in the ZIP codes 01852, 01854 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 7% of them had no insurance.
• 3 of 7 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 2 of 7 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 7 of 7 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 7 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 2 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 4 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Lowell: 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.