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Great Mines Health Center — Potosi, MO

Great Mines Health Center is a community health center clinic at 1 Southtowne Dr, Potosi, MO 63664, open 52.5 hours a week. That is 12.5 more hours than the typical Missouri clinic (40 a week). It is run by Great Mines Health Center, which serves 14,779 patients across 3 clinic locations.

Address: 1 Southtowne Dr, Potosi, MO 63664 · Directions
Phone: (573) 438-9355
Website: GMHCenter.org
Weekly hours: 52.5 (Missouri clinic median: 40)
Operated by: Great Mines Health Center (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 Great Mines 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 Great Mines Health Center patients, 11% are uninsured, 46% have Medicaid or CHIP, 10% have Medicare and 32% have private insurance. Call (573) 438-9355 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Great Mines Health Center

Patients came to Great Mines Health Center for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	6,005	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	4,385	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	269	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	931	children had checkups
Flu shots	455	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	90	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	251	patients screened
Family planning	182	patients served
Diabetes care	863	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,633	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	258	patients with asthma
Childhood lead tests	153	children tested

Great Mines Health Center also provides care by telehealth.

Who Great Mines Health Center serves

14,779 patients used Great Mines Health Center in 2025. 83% live at or below the poverty line and 95% are at or below twice the poverty line. 151 patients were experiencing homelessness and 219 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Patients at or below the poverty line	83%	61%	65%	+22 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	95%	92%	92%	+2 pts

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Uninsured patients	11%	14%	14%	−2 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	46%	48%	42%	−2 pts
Medicare patients	10%	9%	11%	+1 pts
Privately insured patients	32%	26%	24%	+6 pts

Quality of care at Great Mines Health Center

Great Mines Health Center is at or above the Missouri median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MO median	U.S. median	vs MO
Adults with high blood pressure under control	66%	69%	68%	−3 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	46%	45%	54%	+1 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	39%	49%	54%	−10 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	44%	40%	44%	+4 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	60%	85%	77%	−24 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	63%	85%	86%	−22 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	76%	79%	79%	−3 pts

Staffing at Great Mines Health Center

The health center employs 95 full-time-equivalent staff, including 10 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 25 dental staff and 10 mental health staff. That is 1,556 patients per clinical provider against the Missouri median of 1,167 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 62,943 visits, about 4.3 per patient.

Patients from ZIP 63664

2,587 Great Mines Health Center patients live in ZIP 63664, and 10% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Big Springs Medical Association DBA Missouri Highland Health Care — 64 patients from 63664
South Central Missouri Community Health Center — 56 patients from 63664

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