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Greater New Bedford Community Health Center BH Site — New Bedford, MA

Greater New Bedford Community Health Center BH Site is a community health center clinic at 836 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA 02740, open 49 hours a week. That matches the 48.8-hour week of a typical Massachusetts clinic. It is run by Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr, which serves 25,680 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 836 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA 02740 · Directions
Phone: (508) 992-6553
Weekly hours: 49 (Massachusetts clinic median: 48.8)
Operated by: Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr (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 Greater New Bedford Community Health Center BH Site 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 Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr patients, 22% are uninsured, 44% have Medicaid or CHIP, 14% have Medicare and 20% have private insurance. Call (508) 992-6553 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr

Patients came to Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	3,615	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	7,439	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	343	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	3,532	children had checkups
Flu shots	5,833	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	1,609	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	2,046	patients screened
Family planning	5,076	patients served
Diabetes care	2,870	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	4,894	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,768	patients with asthma
HIV testing	4,594	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	4,520	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	1,360	children tested

Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr also provides care by telehealth.

Who Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr serves

25,680 patients used Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr in 2025. 96% live at or below the poverty line and 99% are at or below twice the poverty line. 351 patients were experiencing homelessness and 206 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Patients at or below the poverty line	96%	79%	65%	+16 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	99%	95%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Uninsured patients	22%	10%	14%	+12 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	44%	43%	42%	+1 pts
Medicare patients	14%	11%	11%	+2 pts
Privately insured patients	20%	25%	24%	−6 pts

Quality of care at Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr

Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr is at or above the Massachusetts median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	80%	69%	68%	+11 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	64%	66%	54%	−2 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	67%	67%	54%	In line
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	28%	52%	44%	−24 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	85%	65%	77%	+20 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	92%	84%	86%	+9 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	84%	79%	79%	+5 pts

Patients from ZIP 02740

9,838 Greater New Bedford Community Health Ctr patients live in ZIP 02740, and 18% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Healthfirst Family Care Center, Inc. — 441 patients from 02740
Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. — 186 patients from 02740
Manet Community Health Center, Inc. — 85 patients from 02740
Community Health Center of Cape Cod, Inc. — 40 patients from 02740

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