Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Bristol, VA

Who runs these clinics

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

• Southwest Virginia Community Health — 5 sites here, 15 in total. 14,713 patients in 2025, 5% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use, vision care.

Health centers near Bristol

• Bluff City, TN (1) · 13 mi
• Meadowview (2) · 19 mi
• Mountain City, TN (1) · 21 mi
• Kingsport, TN (2) · 23 mi
• Dungannon (2) · 23 mi
• Saint Paul (1) · 23 mi
• Damascus (2) · 24 mi
• Johnson City, TN (3) · 25 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

Bristol 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 Bristol specifically:

• 2,422 patients living in the ZIP codes 24201, 24202 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 5% of them had no insurance.
• 4 of 5 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 4 of 5 are 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.
• 5 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: 5 clinics report 40+ hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Bristol: Clinic/Center, Student Health (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.