Free & Low-Cost Clinics in Bellingham, WA

Who runs these clinics

2 health-center organizations run the 10 clinics in Bellingham. Figures are each organization's own federal report for all its sites (HRSA UDS 2025), not this city alone.

• Unity Care Northwest — 7 sites here, 8 in total. 23,917 patients in 2025, 6% uninsured; also provided dental, mental health, substance use care; 16% of patients had limited English.
• Sea Mar Community Health Centers — 3 sites here, 84 in total. 224,458 patients in 2025, 14% uninsured; 34% of patients had limited English.

Health centers near Bellingham

• Ferndale (1) · 8 mi
• Everson (1) · 9 mi
• Deming (1) · 12 mi
• Anacortes (1) · 18 mi
• Mount Vernon (4) · 24 mi
• Lopez Island (1) · 26 mi
• Oak Harbor (2) · 33 mi
• Concrete (1) · 37 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

Bellingham 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 Bellingham specifically:

• 16,984 patients living in the ZIP codes 98225, 98226, 98229 were seen at federally funded health centers in 2025; 7% of them had no insurance.
• 3 of 10 are school-based sites — these usually see enrolled students first, so call before going if you're not a student.
• 1 of 10 is a mobile clinic — call to find where and when it stops.
• 1 of 10 is open only part of the year.
• 10 of 10 clinics list a direct phone number you can call ahead.
• 8 of 10 clinics list a website.
• 7 of 10 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: 7 clinics report 40+ hrs/week, 3 report under 20 hrs/week.
• Provider types on file with the federal NPI registry for clinics in Bellingham: Community/Behavioral Health (5), Clinic/Center, Rehabilitation, Substance Use Disorder (3), Family Medicine (1). Confirmed only where the registry record's name matches the clinic with high confidence — call to verify what a specific site offers.