Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Cookeville, TN

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 3 clinics in Cookeville. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Tennessee Department Of Health — 3 sites here, 17 in total. 15,421 patients in 2025, 60% uninsured; also provided dental care; 21% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Cookeville

• Monterey (1) · 13 mi
• Sparta (1) · 15 mi
• Gainesboro (1) · 18 mi
• Livingston (1) · 20 mi
• Smithville (1) · 23 mi
• Spencer (1) · 27 mi
• Carthage (1) · 28 mi
• Celina (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

Cookeville 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 Cookeville specifically:

• 1,942 patients living in ZIP code 38501 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 71% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 3 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 3 of 3 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 0 of 3 clinics list a website.
• 3 of 3 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: 1 clinic reports 40+ hrs/week, 1 report under 20 hrs/week, 1 doesn't report hours.