Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Columbia, SC

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 13 clinics in Columbia. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center — 11 sites here, 19 in total. 45,117 patients in 2025, 28% uninsured; 24% of patients had limited English.
• Genehis Health Care INC — 2 sites here, 13 in total. 15,046 patients in 2025, 7% uninsured.

Health centers near Columbia

• West Columbia (2) · 4 mi
• Hopkins (1) · 11 mi
• Eastover (1) · 21 mi
• Pelion (1) · 22 mi
• Lugoff (2) · 23 mi
• Winnsboro (1) · 24 mi
• Rembert (1) · 27 mi
• Camden (1) · 28 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

Columbia 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 Columbia specifically:

• 12,114 patients living in the ZIP codes 29201, 29203, 29204, 29205, 29223 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 30% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 13 is a school-based site — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 13 is open only part of the year.
• 13 of 13 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 5 of 13 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 11 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 2 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Columbia: Family Medicine (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.