Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Worcester, MA

17 community health centers · Data from HRSA, refreshed 2026-10-04

These are the 17 community health centers in Worcester. Each one treats patients with or without insurance and charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. Call ahead to confirm hours, services, and whether you need an appointment.

Clinics in Worcester

• 605 Lincoln Street

  605 Lincoln St, Worcester, MA 01605

  📞 508-735-2118 62 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Academy Health Center

  15 Claremont St, Worcester, MA 01610

  📞 508-757-7641 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Burncoat School Based Health Center-507

  135 Burncoat St, Worcester, MA 01606

  📞 508-854-3266 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Doherty Memorial High School Health Center

  299 Highland St, Worcester, MA 01602

  📞 508-755-7527 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center

  19 Tacoma St, Worcester, MA 01605

  📞 508-852-1805 62 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc.

  26 Queen St, Worcester, MA 01610

  📞 508-860-7700 71 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Goddard Health Center

  14 Richards St, Worcester, MA 01603

  📞 508-757-3401 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Helen A. Bowditch Health Center

  23 N Ashland St, Worcester, MA 01609

  📞 508-754-2860 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Norrback Avenue School Hlth Ctr

  44 Malden St, Worcester, MA 01606

  📞 508-852-7535 4 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• North High School Hlth Center-112-A,I,K,M

  140 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA 01604

  📞 508-791-5789 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Roosevelt School Health Center

  1006 Grafton St, Worcester, MA 01604

  📞 508-798-3229 4 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• South High Health Center

  170 Apricot St, Worcester, MA 01603

  📞 508-799-3346 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Sullivan Health Center

  140 Apricot St, Worcester, MA 01603

  📞 508-757-5350 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• UMass Memorial Health, Belmont Campus

  119 Belmont St, Worcester, MA 01605

  📞 508-860-7700 168 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Worcester East Middle School Health Center

  420 Grafton St, Worcester, MA 01604

  📞 508-796-7037 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Worcester Health Care for the Homeless

  199 Chandler St, Worcester, MA 01609

  📞 508-860-7888 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

• Worcester Technical High School-B124-125

  1 Officer Manny Familia Way, Worcester, MA 01605

  📞 508-791-4326 40 hrs/week Sliding-fee scale

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 17 clinics in Worcester. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Family Health Center Of Worcester INC — 10 sites here. 30,496 patients in 2025, 22% uninsured; 60% of patients had limited English.
• Edward M Kennedy Community Health Center, INC — 7 sites here, 10 in total. 32,247 patients in 2025, 28% uninsured; 71% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Worcester

• West Boylston (1) · 4 mi
• Milford (1) · 17 mi
• Leominster (1) · 18 mi
• Framingham (1) · 20 mi
• Fitchburg (3) · 22 mi
• Pascoag, RI (4) · 22 mi
• Gardner (2) · 23 mi
• Woonsocket, RI (3) · 24 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

Worcester 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 Worcester specifically:

• 34,471 patients living in the ZIP codes 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01609, 01610 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 20% of them had no insurance.
• 12 of 17 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 11 of 17 are open only part of the year.
• 17 of 17 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 17 of 17 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 15 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 2 report under 20 hrs/week.

Clinic data from the HRSA Health Center Program, refreshed 2026-10-04. Directory information only, not medical advice. View all clinics in Massachusetts →

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