Lake Superior Community Health Center — Duluth, MN
Lake Superior Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 4325 Grand Ave, Duluth, MN 55807, open 47.5 hours a week. That is 3 more hours than the typical Minnesota clinic (44.5 a week). It is run by Lake Superior Community Health Center, which serves 10,155 patients across 4 clinic locations.
- Address: 4325 Grand Ave, Duluth, MN 55807 · Directions
- Phone: (218) 722-1497
- Website: WWW.LSCHC.ORG
- Weekly hours: 47.5 (Minnesota clinic median: 44.5)
- Operated by: Lake Superior Community 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
Care and screenings at Lake Superior Community Health Center
Patients came to Lake Superior Community 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 | 6,456 | patients had dental exams |
| Mental health care | 2,010 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Substance use treatment | 156 | patients in treatment |
| Well-child visits | 99 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 585 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 142 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 66 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 123 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 485 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 1,053 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 185 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 444 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 344 | patients tested |
Lake Superior Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.
Who Lake Superior Community Health Center serves
10,155 patients used Lake Superior Community Health Center in 2025. 52% live at or below the poverty line and 87% are at or below twice the poverty line. 194 patients were experiencing homelessness and 358 were veterans.
| Measure | This center | MN median | U.S. median | vs MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 52% | 71% | 65% | −19 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 87% | 96% | 92% | −9 pts |
| Measure | This center | MN median | U.S. median | vs MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 13% | 24% | 14% | −11 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 58% | 42% | 42% | +16 pts |
| Medicare patients | 10% | 8% | 11% | +2 pts |
| Privately insured patients | 16% | 12% | 24% | +4 pts |
Quality of care at Lake Superior Community Health Center
Lake Superior Community Health Center is at or above the Minnesota median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | MN median | U.S. median | vs MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 62% | 67% | 68% | −5 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 43% | 44% | 54% | −1 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 44% | 51% | 54% | −8 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 39% | 37% | 44% | +2 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 59% | 62% | 77% | −3 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 83% | 86% | 86% | −3 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 72% | 77% | 79% | −5 pts |
Staffing at Lake Superior Community Health Center
The health center employs 103 full-time-equivalent staff, including 6 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 21 dental staff and 8 mental health staff. That is 1,751 patients per clinical provider against the Minnesota median of 939 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 41,544 visits, about 4.1 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 55807
667 Lake Superior Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 55807, and 14% of them are uninsured.
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