Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Carthage, MO

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the clinic in Carthage. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Ozark Tri-County Health Care Consortium — 1 site here, 27 in total. 27,980 patients in 2025, 12% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 21% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Carthage

• Joplin (5) · 14 mi
• Galena, KS (1) · 20 mi
• Neosho (12) · 21 mi
• Lamar (3) · 24 mi
• Monett (1) · 25 mi
• Baxter Springs, KS (2) · 26 mi
• Pittsburg, KS (11) · 28 mi
• Weir, KS (1) · 29 mi

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Carthage 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 Carthage specifically:

• 4,031 patients living in ZIP code 64836 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 26% of them had no insurance.
• 1 clinic lists a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 0 clinic lists a website.
• 1 is 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: 1 clinic reports 40+ hrs/week.