Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Chattanooga, TN

Who runs these clinics

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

• Chattanooga Hamilton County Hospital Authority — 5 sites here. 13,339 patients in 2025, 21% uninsured.
• Chattanooga C. A. R. E. S., INC. — 5 sites here.
• Hamilton County of — 2 sites here. 4,319 patients in 2025, 64% uninsured.
• Cherokee Health Systems — 1 site here, 42 in total. 64,169 patients in 2025, 25% uninsured; 19% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Chattanooga

• Fort Oglethorpe, GA (2) · 6 mi
• Rossville, GA (2) · 6 mi
• Ringgold, GA (3) · 12 mi
• Tunnel Hill, GA (1) · 15 mi
• Trenton, GA (1) · 16 mi
• Bryant, AL (1) · 23 mi
• La Fayette, GA (3) · 23 mi
• Cleveland (1) · 23 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

Chattanooga 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 Chattanooga specifically:

• 8,467 patients living in the ZIP codes 37403, 37404, 37406, 37408, 37409, 37411 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 34% 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.
• 13 of 13 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 8 of 13 clinics list a website.
• 5 of 13 are part of a program that reports dental services in federal UDS data (program-level, not per-site — call to confirm dental is offered at this address).
• Reported weekly hours: 11 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 1 report 20–39 hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Chattanooga: Internal Medicine (1), Psychologist (1), Family Medicine (1), General Practice (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.