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Cedar Community Health Center — Lansing, MI

Cedar Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI 48911, open 49.5 hours a week. That is 4.5 more hours than the typical Michigan clinic (45 a week). It is run by County of Ingham, Health Department, which serves 18,614 patients across 4 clinic locations.

Address: 5303 S Cedar St, Lansing, MI 48911 · Directions
Phone: (517) 887-4305
Website: hd.ingham.org/chc
Weekly hours: 49.5 (Michigan clinic median: 45)
Operated by: County of Ingham, Health Department (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Cedar Community Health Center 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 County of Ingham, Health Department patients, 13% are uninsured, 63% have Medicaid or CHIP, 11% have Medicare and 13% have private insurance. Call (517) 887-4305 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at County of Ingham, Health Department

Patients came to County of Ingham, Health Department for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	3,192	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	2,796	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	60	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	3,294	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,834	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	1,372	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	318	patients screened
Family planning	1,745	patients served
Diabetes care	1,608	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	3,024	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	805	patients with asthma
HIV testing	2,926	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	3,189	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	276	children tested

County of Ingham, Health Department also provides care by telehealth.

Who County of Ingham, Health Department serves

18,614 patients used County of Ingham, Health Department in 2025. 71% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 3,314 patients were experiencing homelessness and 239 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MI median	U.S. median	vs MI
Patients at or below the poverty line	71%	54%	65%	+17 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	93%	87%	92%	+6 pts

Measure	This center	MI median	U.S. median	vs MI
Uninsured patients	13%	10%	14%	+3 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	63%	45%	42%	+19 pts
Medicare patients	11%	15%	11%	−4 pts
Privately insured patients	13%	25%	24%	−11 pts

Quality of care at County of Ingham, Health Department

County of Ingham, Health Department is at or above the Michigan median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MI median	U.S. median	vs MI
Adults with high blood pressure under control	60%	71%	68%	−11 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	39%	57%	54%	−18 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	42%	60%	54%	−18 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	26%	49%	44%	−23 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	52%	71%	77%	−19 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	80%	80%	86%	In line
High-risk adults on statin therapy	76%	79%	79%	−4 pts

Staffing at County of Ingham, Health Department

The health center employs 161 full-time-equivalent staff, including 22 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 9 dental staff and 9 mental health staff. That is 832 patients per clinical provider against the Michigan median of 987 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 60,110 visits, about 3.2 per patient.