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Community health centers in Louisiana

Louisiana has 220 community health center clinics in 93 cities, run by 41 health centers that served 523,407 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

The median clinic in Louisiana is open 40 hours a week.
Half of Louisiana health centers have 12% or more uninsured patients (U.S. median: 14%).
Most clinics in one city: New Orleans with 40.

How Louisiana health centers compare

Median across Louisiana health centers	Louisiana	U.S.
Uninsured patients	12%	14%
Patients at or below the poverty line	72%	65%
Medicaid or CHIP patients	48%	42%
Adults with blood pressure under control	67%	68%
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	59%	54%
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	43%	44%

Largest health centers in Louisiana

Health center	Based in	Patients	Uninsured	Clinics
Access Health Louisiana	Luling	53,271	19%	15
Marillac Community Health Centers	New Orleans	48,813	17%	14
Winn Community Health Center, Inc.	Winnfield	40,053	6%	15
Iberia Comprehensive Community Health Center	New Iberia	26,336	12%	12
Start Corporation	Houma	25,766	29%	5
St. Thomas Community Health Center, Inc.	New Orleans	23,635	23%	11
Swla Center for Health Services	Lake Charles	22,695	21%	5
Primary Care Providers for A Healthy Feliciana	Clinton	22,205	10%	7
Capitol City Family Health Center, Inc., DBA Care South	Baton Rouge	19,894	11%	11
Primary Health Services Center	Monroe	18,096	14%	7
Morehouse Community Medical Centers, Inc.	Bastrop	17,523	8%	8
David Raines Comunity Health Center, Inc.	Shreveport	17,223	13%	6

Cities with the most clinics

All Louisiana cities with a community health center

All community health centers based in Louisiana

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