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Free & Low-Cost Community Health Centers in Illinois

430 free and low-cost community health centers and sliding-scale clinics across Illinois. All accept patients regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Cities in Illinois

Chicago (168) Aurora (11) Springfield (11) Peoria (9) Belleville (8) East Saint Louis (8) Carbondale (6) Chicago Heights (6) Quincy (6) Rockford (6) Elgin (5) Joliet (5) Oak Park (5) Addison (4) Champaign (4) Decatur (4) Waukegan (4) Alton (3) Berwyn (3) Bloomington (3) Harvey (3) Skokie (3) Anna (2) Arlington Heights (2) Benton (2) Blue Island (2) Bolingbrook (2) Cairo (2) Carlinville (2) Carmi (2) Carol Stream (2) Cicero (2) Des Plaines (2) Du Quoin (2) East Alton (2) Evanston (2) Galesburg (2) Granite City (2) Hanover Park (2) Harvard (2)

All cities in Illinois (138)

Addison (4) Albion (1) Alton (3) Anna (2) Arlington Heights (2) Arthur (1) Aurora (11) Beardstown (1) Belleville (8) Belvidere (1) Bensenville (1) Benton (2) Berwyn (3) Bloomingdale (1) Bloomington (3) Blue Island (2) Bolingbrook (2) Bunker Hill (1) Cairo (2) Calumet City (1) Carbondale (6) Carlinville (2) Carmi (2) Carol Stream (2) Carpentersville (1) Carrier Mills (1) Carterville (1) Centreville (1) Champaign (4) Charleston (1) Chicago (168) Chicago Heights (6) Christopher (1) Cicero (2) Collinsville (1) Danville (1) Decatur (4) Dekalb (1) Des Plaines (2) Dolton (1) Du Quoin (2) East Alton (2) East Dundee (1) East Moline (1) East Saint Louis (8) Effingham (1) Eldorado (1) Elgin (5) Elizabethtown (1) Evanston (2) Fairfield (1) Flora (1) Franklin Park (1) Galesburg (2) Gillespie (1) Glen Carbon (1) Golconda (1) Goreville (1) Granite City (2) Greenup (1) Hanover Park (2) Harrisburg (1) Harvard (2) Harvey (3) Hazel Crest (2) Highland Park (1) Jacksonville (1) Johnston City (1) Joliet (5) Kankakee (2) La Grange Park (1) Lansing (1) Libertyville (1) Lincoln (1) Litchfield (2) Loves Park (1) Lynwood (1) Marion (2) Maryville (1) Mattoon (1) Mchenry (1) Melrose Park (2) Mendota (1) Metropolis (1) Millstadt (1) Moline (2) Monee (1) Monmouth (1) Mount Carmel (1) Mount Vernon (2) Murphysboro (1) Niles (1) North Chicago (1) Oak Park (5) O Fallon (1) Olney (1) Oquawka (1) Palatine (1) Pekin (2) Peoria (9) Pittsfield (1) Princeville (1) Pulaski (1) Quincy (6) Red Bud (1) Riverside (1) Rock Falls (1) Rockford (6) Rock Island (1) Romeoville (1) Rosiclare (1) Round Lake Beach (1) Salem (1) Sauget (1) Sesser (1) Shawneetown (1) Skokie (3) South Holland (2) Springfield (11) Streamwood (1) Stronghurst (1) Summit Argo (2) Swansea (1) Sycamore (1) Tamms (1) Taylorville (2) Toulon (1) Vandalia (1) Vienna (1) Villa Park (1) Virginia (1) Waterloo (1) Waukegan (4) West Chicago (1) Wheaton (1) Wheeling (1) Woodstock (1) Zion (1)

All clinics (430)

Free & low-cost care: Community Health Centers in Illinois

Illinois's community health centers are part of a national safety-net network that served more than 30 million patients in 2023, anchored by HRSA's Section 330 program and the look-alike and community clinics that work alongside it. Every center listed provides care regardless of your insurance status, with fees set by your income, so a visit costs less, or nothing, when you earn less. Bring a photo ID and proof of income to your first visit, and ask whether they can enroll you in Medicaid or marketplace coverage the same day.

For Black patients in Illinois, FQHCs fill a critical gap left by commercial primary care: they staff Medicaid navigators, run in-house 340B pharmacies, provide on-site dental and behavioral health care, and offer enabling services like transportation and translation. Many Illinois centers specialize in serving historically underserved Black communities and have Black-majority clinical staff.

Not seeing what you need? Check nearby states via the national directory, or verify hours and current services directly with the center before you visit, FQHC schedules can shift with grant cycles.