Community health centers in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has 49 community health center clinics in 25 cities, run by 8 health centers that served 232,629 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 Rhode Island is open 45 hours a week.
- Half of Rhode Island health centers have 7% or more uninsured patients (U.S. median: 14%).
- Most clinics in one city: Providence with 9.
How Rhode Island health centers compare
| Median across Rhode Island health centers | Rhode Island | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 7% | 14% |
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 59% | 65% |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 51% | 42% |
| Adults with blood pressure under control | 74% | 68% |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 62% | 54% |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 53% | 44% |
Largest health centers in Rhode Island
| Health center | Based in | Patients | Uninsured | Clinics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thundermist Health Center | Woonsocket | 65,663 | 13% | 7 |
| The Providence Community Hlth Centers, Inc. | Providence | 63,209 | 11% | 8 |
| Blackstone Valley Community Health Care Inc. | Pawtucket | 24,933 | 10% | 6 |
| Comprehensive Community Action, Inc. | Cranston | 24,264 | 7% | 5 |
| Northwest Community Health Care | Pascoag | 19,104 | 3% | 7 |
| Tri-County Community Action Agency | Johnston | 12,940 | 2% | 3 |
| Wood River Health Services Inc. | Hope Valley | 11,834 | 4% | 4 |
| East Bay Community Action Program | Newport | 10,682 | 7% | 9 |
Cities with the most clinics
- Providence (9)
- Pascoag (4)
- Pawtucket (4)
- Newport (3)
- Warwick (3)
All Rhode Island cities with a community health center
- Barrington
- Block Island
- Central Falls (2)
- Coventry
- Cranston
- East Providence
- Foster
- Hope Valley
- Johnston
- Middletown
- Narragansett
- Newport (3)
- North Kingstown
- North Providence (2)
- North Scituate
- Pascoag (4)
- Pawtucket (4)
- Providence (9)
- Riverside (2)
- Wakefield
- Warren
- Warwick (3)
- West Warwick (2)
- Westerly (2)
- Woonsocket (2)
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