Community health centers in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 181 community health center clinics in 66 cities, run by 37 health centers that served 884,863 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 Massachusetts is open 48.8 hours a week.
- Half of Massachusetts health centers have 10% or more uninsured patients (U.S. median: 14%).
- Most clinics in one city: Boston with 22.
How Massachusetts health centers compare
| Median across Massachusetts health centers | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 10% | 14% |
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 79% | 65% |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 43% | 42% |
| Adults with blood pressure under control | 69% | 68% |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 66% | 54% |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 52% | 44% |
Largest health centers in Massachusetts
| Health center | Based in | Patients | Uninsured | Clinics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neighborhealth Corporation | Boston | 86,313 | 25% | 11 |
| Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc. | Lawrence | 60,467 | 16% | 18 |
| Community Health Connections, Inc. | Fitchburg | 48,487 | 7% | 5 |
| Lynn Community Health Center, Inc. | Lynn | 46,274 | 27% | 16 |
| South Cove Community Health Ctr, Inc. | Boston | 39,682 | 1% | 6 |
| Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. | Brockton | 39,526 | 26% | 3 |
| Lowell Community Health Center | Lowell | 38,932 | 7% | 2 |
| Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc. | Worcester | 32,247 | 28% | 4 |
| Fenway Community Health Center, Inc. | Boston | 30,839 | 5% | 1 |
| Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc. | Worcester | 30,496 | 22% | 2 |
| Harbor Health Services | Mattapan | 29,802 | 21% | 8 |
| Manet Community Health Center, Inc. | North Quincy | 29,163 | 2% | 7 |
Cities with the most clinics
- Boston (22)
- Lynn (13)
- Lawrence (10)
- Dorchester (9)
- Springfield (8)
- East Boston (6)
- Quincy (6)
- Fall River (4)
- Falmouth (4)
- Holyoke (4)
- Mattapan (4)
- Roxbury (4)
- Worcester (4)
- Brighton (3)
- Brockton (3)
- Dorchester Center (3)
- Wellfleet (3)
All Massachusetts cities with a community health center
- Adams
- Amherst
- Attleboro
- Beverly
- Boston (22)
- Brighton (3)
- Brockton (3)
- Buzzards Bay
- Cambridge
- Centerville
- Charlestown
- Chicopee
- Dorchester (9)
- Dorchester Center (3)
- East Boston (6)
- Edgartown (2)
- Everett
- Fall River (4)
- Falmouth (4)
- Fitchburg (2)
- Framingham
- Gardner (2)
- Gloucester (2)
- Great Barrington (2)
- Greenfield (4)
- Harwich Port
- Haverhill (4)
- Holyoke (4)
- Hull
- Huntington
- Hyannis (3)
- Jamaica Plain
- Lawrence (10)
- Lee
- Leominster
- Lowell (3)
- Lynn (13)
- Malden
- Mashpee
- Mattapan (4)
- Methuen (2)
- Milford
- New Bedford (2)
- North Falmouth
- Orange
- Peabody
- Pittsfield (2)
- Plymouth
- Provincetown
- Quincy (6)
- Revere
- Roxbury (4)
- Roxbury Crossing
- Salem (3)
- Sandwich
- South Boston (2)
- South Dennis
- Springfield (8)
- Taunton
- Tewksbury
- Turners Falls
- Waltham
- Wellfleet (3)
- Winthrop (2)
- Worcester (4)
- Worthington
All community health centers based in Massachusetts
- Neighborhealth Corporation
- Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc.
- Community Health Connections, Inc.
- Lynn Community Health Center, Inc.
- South Cove Community Health Ctr, Inc.
- Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.
- Lowell Community Health Center
- Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center, Inc.
- Fenway Community Health Center, Inc.
- Family Health Center of Worcester, Inc.
- Harbor Health Services
- Manet Community Health Center, Inc.
- Community Health Programs, Inc.
- Codman Square Health Center
- Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr
- Dothouse Health, Inc.
- Caring Health Center
- South Boston Community Health Center
- Community Health Center of Cape Cod, Inc.
- Holyoke Health Center, Inc.
- Whittier Street Health Committee, Inc.
- Healthfirst Family Care Center, Inc.
- Outer Cape Health Services, Inc.
- North Shore Community Health, Inc.
- North End Community Hlth Committee, Inc.
- Charles River Community Health, Inc.
- New England Hospital DBA Dimock CHC
- Boston Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
- Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center Inc.
- Comm Hlth Cntr of Franklin County, Inc.
- Uphams Corner Health Committee, Inc.
- Mattapan Community Health Center
- Hilltown Community Health Center, Inc.
- Duffy Health Center, Inc.
- Island Health Inc.
- Ma League of Comunity Health Centers
- City of Springfield, Massachusetts
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