Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Ponce, PR

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 10 clinics in Ponce. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Med Centro, INC. — 10 sites here, 16 in total. 52,948 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured; 98% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Ponce

• Peñuelas (1) · 8 mi
• Villalba (1) · 12 mi
• Villalba Arriba (1) · 12 mi
• Adjuntas (1) · 14 mi
• Santa Isabel (1) · 14 mi
• Almácigo Bajo (1) · 16 mi
• Jayuya (1) · 16 mi
• Aibonito (2) · 18 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

Ponce 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 Ponce specifically:

• 18,723 patients living in the ZIP codes 00716, 00728, 00730 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 6% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 10 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 6 of 10 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 10 of 10 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 8 of 10 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 4 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 6 report 20–39 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Ponce: Nutritionist (1), Clinic/Center (1), Clinic/Center, Dental (1), Clinic/Center, Emergency Care (1), Clinic/Center, Mental Health (Including Community Mental Health Center) (1), Clinic/Center, Radiology, Mammography (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.