Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Saint Joseph, MO

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 8 clinics in Saint Joseph. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Northwest Health Services INC — 7 sites here, 20 in total. 19,410 patients in 2025, 33% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care.
• Swope Health Services — 1 site here, 20 in total. 55,043 patients in 2025, 15% uninsured; 15% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Saint Joseph

• Wathena, KS (3) · 5 mi
• Savannah (1) · 12 mi
• Gower (1) · 17 mi
• Atchison, KS (4) · 21 mi
• King City (1) · 25 mi
• Leavenworth, KS (2) · 32 mi
• Mound City (1) · 33 mi
• Effingham, KS (2) · 35 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

Saint Joseph 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 Saint Joseph specifically:

• 7,481 patients living in the ZIP codes 64501, 64504, 64505, 64506 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 36% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 8 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 8 of 8 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 3 of 8 clinics list a website.
• 7 of 8 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: 7 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Saint Joseph: Social Worker, Clinical (2), Family Medicine (1), Counselor, Professional (1), Dentist, General Practice (1), Psychiatry & Neurology, Psychiatry (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.