Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Charleston, SC

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 9 clinics in Charleston. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Fetter Health Care Network, INC. — 9 sites here, 32 in total. 18,895 patients in 2025, 42% uninsured; 26% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Charleston

• North Charleston (7) · 7 mi
• Johns Island (3) · 8 mi
• Goose Creek (1) · 15 mi
• Hollywood (2) · 18 mi
• Summerville (6) · 20 mi
• Moncks Corner (1) · 28 mi
• Mc Clellanville (1) · 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

Charleston 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 Charleston specifically:

• 1,682 patients living in the ZIP codes 29403, 29407, 29414 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 28% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 9 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 4 of 9 are mobile clinics — call to find where and when they stop.
• 9 of 9 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 8 of 9 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 2 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 Charleston: Dentist, General Practice (1), Preventive Medicine, Public Health & General Preventive Medicine (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.