Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Knoxville, TN

Who runs these clinics

One health-center organization runs the 7 clinics in Knoxville. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Cherokee Health Systems — 7 sites here, 42 in total. 64,169 patients in 2025, 25% uninsured; 19% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Knoxville

• Seymour (4) · 12 mi
• Alcoa (1) · 14 mi
• Clinton (1) · 15 mi
• Kodak (2) · 18 mi
• Blaine (1) · 18 mi
• Lenoir City (1) · 21 mi
• Maynardville (1) · 21 mi
• Pigeon Forge (2) · 22 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

Knoxville 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 Knoxville specifically:

• 9,102 patients living in the ZIP codes 37915, 37917, 37919, 37921 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 28% of them had no insurance.
• 7 of 7 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 7 clinics list a website.
• Reported weekly hours: 7 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.