Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Springfield, MO

Who runs these clinics

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

• Advocates For A Healthy Community INC — 13 sites here, 38 in total. 69,720 patients in 2025, 18% uninsured.
• Aids Project Of The Ozarks — 3 sites here.
• Fordland Clinic, INC. — 1 site here, 6 in total. 9,022 patients in 2025, 20% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health care.

Health centers near Springfield

• Republic (10) · 11 mi
• Fordland (2) · 20 mi
• Morrisville (1) · 21 mi
• Marshfield (1) · 23 mi
• Dadeville (1) · 29 mi
• Half Way (1) · 29 mi
• Bolivar (2) · 30 mi
• Aurora (1) · 30 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

Springfield 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 Springfield specifically:

• 21,340 patients living in the ZIP codes 65802, 65804, 65806, 65807 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 19% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 17 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 9 of 17 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 17 of 17 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 7 of 17 clinics list a website.
• 14 of 17 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: 10 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 4 report 20–39 hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Springfield: Nurse Practitioner (1), Counselor, Mental Health (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.