Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Paterson, NJ

Who runs these clinics

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

• Paterson Community Health Center INC. — 2 sites here. 7,432 patients in 2025, 43% uninsured; also provided dental care; 57% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Paterson

• Garfield (1) · 4 mi
• Passaic (1) · 5 mi
• Hackensack (1) · 7 mi
• Englewood (1) · 10 mi
• Secaucus (1) · 10 mi
• East Orange (1) · 11 mi
• Orange (1) · 11 mi
• West Orange (1) · 11 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

Paterson 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 Paterson specifically:

• 4,320 patients living in the ZIP codes 07501, 07522 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 38% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 2 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 2 clinics list a website.
• 2 of 2 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: 2 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Paterson: Clinic/Center (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.