Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Newport, TN

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 5 clinics in Newport. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Rural Medical Services, INC. — 4 sites here, 9 in total. 14,304 patients in 2025, 37% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 26% of patients had limited English.
• 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 Newport

• Dandridge (1) · 8 mi
• Parrottsville (1) · 8 mi
• Hartford (1) · 9 mi
• Cosby (1) · 10 mi
• White Pine (2) · 13 mi
• Morristown (2) · 19 mi
• Talbott (3) · 20 mi
• Gatlinburg (2) · 20 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

Newport 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 Newport specifically:

• 5,196 patients living in ZIP code 37821 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 23% of them had no insurance.
• 1 of 5 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 1 of 5 is open only part of the year.
• 5 of 5 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 2 of 5 clinics list a website.
• 4 of 5 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: 3 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 2 report under 20 hrs/week.