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Access Health - Mitchell — Mitchell, SD

Access Health - Mitchell is a community health center clinic at 1900 Grassland Dr, Mitchell, SD 57301, open 69 hours a week. That is 24.5 more hours than the typical South Dakota clinic (44.5 a week). It is run by Rural Health Care, Inc., which serves 78,662 patients across 13 clinic locations.

Address: 1900 Grassland Dr, Mitchell, SD 57301 · Directions
Phone: (605) 995-7000
Weekly hours: 69 (South Dakota clinic median: 44.5)
Operated by: Rural Health Care, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Access Health - Mitchell depends on your income and household size, and the clinic bills Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance. Care is not free, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay. Among Rural Health Care, Inc. patients, 6% are uninsured, 16% have Medicaid or CHIP, 21% have Medicare and 57% have private insurance. Call (605) 995-7000 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Rural Health Care, Inc.

Patients came to Rural Health Care, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Mental health care	17,930	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	10,621	children had checkups
Flu shots	10,122	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	3,134	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	9,399	patients screened
Family planning	2,105	patients served
Diabetes care	7,757	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	17,612	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	4,052	patients with asthma
HIV testing	2,462	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	2,157	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	1,584	children tested

Rural Health Care, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Rural Health Care, Inc. serves

78,662 patients used Rural Health Care, Inc. in 2025. 17% live at or below the poverty line and 46% are at or below twice the poverty line.

Measure	This center	SD median	U.S. median	vs SD
Patients at or below the poverty line	17%	42%	65%	−25 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	46%	64%	92%	−18 pts

Measure	This center	SD median	U.S. median	vs SD
Uninsured patients	6%	25%	14%	−19 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	16%	33%	42%	−17 pts
Medicare patients	21%	13%	11%	+7 pts
Privately insured patients	57%	28%	24%	+28 pts

Quality of care at Rural Health Care, Inc.

Rural Health Care, Inc. is at or above the South Dakota median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	SD median	U.S. median	vs SD
Adults with high blood pressure under control	72%	74%	68%	−2 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	78%	53%	54%	+25 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	69%	58%	54%	+10 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	71%	47%	44%	+23 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	61%	73%	77%	−11 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	97%	88%	86%	+9 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	76%	78%	79%	−2 pts

Staffing at Rural Health Care, Inc.

The health center employs 458 full-time-equivalent staff, including 96 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 7 mental health staff. That is 816 patients per clinical provider against the South Dakota median of 783 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 226,929 visits, about 2.9 per patient.