Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Morganton, NC

Who runs these clinics

3 health-center organizations run the 5 clinics in Morganton. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• High Country Community Health — 2 sites here, 17 in total. 17,319 patients in 2025, 28% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care.
• North Carolina Department Of Health & Human Services — 2 sites here, 13 in total. 11,823 patients in 2025, 91% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care; 91% of patients had limited English.
• Gaston Family Health Services, INC. — 1 site here, 261 in total. 107,946 patients in 2025, 15% uninsured; 17% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Morganton

• Valdese (2) · 5 mi
• Connelly Springs (2) · 9 mi
• Hudson (3) · 12 mi
• Collettsville (3) · 13 mi
• Granite Falls (3) · 13 mi
• Lenoir (12) · 15 mi
• Nebo (1) · 16 mi
• Hickory (23) · 19 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

Morganton 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 Morganton specifically:

• 3,079 patients living in ZIP code 28655 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 40% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 5 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 5 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 5 of 5 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 5 clinics list a website.
• 4 of 5 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: 3 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 2 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Morganton: Dentist (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.