Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Albany, NY

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 11 clinics in Albany. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Whitney M Young Jr Health Center INC — 11 sites here, 14 in total. 17,211 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 20% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Albany

• Watervliet (2) · 5 mi
• Troy (1) · 10 mi
• Schenectady (4) · 13 mi
• Amsterdam (1) · 29 mi
• Hudson (1) · 29 mi
• Pittsfield, MA (3) · 30 mi
• Bennington, VT (1) · 32 mi
• Adams, MA (2) · 33 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

Albany 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 Albany specifically:

• 5,909 patients living in the ZIP codes 12202, 12203, 12206, 12207 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 6% of them had no insurance.
• 5 of 11 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 2 of 11 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 3 of 11 are open only part of the year.
• 11 of 11 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 7 of 11 clinics list a website.
• 11 of 11 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: 8 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 3 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Albany: Clinic/Center, Community Health (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.