Free & Low-Cost Clinics in North Charleston, SC

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 7 clinics in North 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. — 7 sites here, 32 in total. 18,895 patients in 2025, 42% uninsured; 26% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near North Charleston

• Charleston (9) · 7 mi
• Goose Creek (1) · 8 mi
• Johns Island (3) · 12 mi
• Summerville (6) · 13 mi
• Hollywood (2) · 17 mi
• Moncks Corner (1) · 21 mi
• Mc Clellanville (1) · 32 mi
• Cross (1) · 34 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

North 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 North Charleston specifically:

• 4,346 patients living in the ZIP codes 29405, 29406, 29418 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 37% of them had no insurance.
• 4 of 7 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 4 of 7 are open only part of the year.
• 7 of 7 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 7 of 7 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 2 report 20–39 hrs/week, 4 report under 20 hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.