Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Sumter, SC

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 11 clinics in Sumter. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Tandem Health Sc — 9 sites here, 12 in total. 18,929 patients in 2025, 9% uninsured.
• Sandhills Medical Foundaton Jefferson — 2 sites here, 9 in total. 12,558 patients in 2025, 42% uninsured.

Health centers near Sumter

• Pinewood (2) · 13 mi
• Rembert (1) · 14 mi
• Manning (4) · 18 mi
• Eastover (1) · 20 mi
• Bishopville (2) · 21 mi
• Olanta (1) · 24 mi
• Lamar (1) · 25 mi
• Camden (1) · 27 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

Sumter 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 Sumter specifically:

• 13,965 patients living in the ZIP codes 29150, 29154 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 11% of them had no insurance.
• 2 of 11 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 11 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 2 of 11 are open only part of the year.
• 11 of 11 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 11 of 11 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 7 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 2 report under 20 hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Sumter: 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.