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New Horizon Health Center — Laguna Vista, TX

New Horizon Health Center is a community health center clinic at 723 Santa Isabel Blvd, Laguna Vista, TX 78578, open 40 hours a week. The typical Texas clinic is open 45 hours a week. It is run by Brownsville Community Health Center, which serves 15,615 patients across 4 clinic locations.

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at New Horizon 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 Brownsville Community Health Center patients, 48% are uninsured, 13% have Medicaid or CHIP, 13% have Medicare and 26% have private insurance. Call (956) 548-7400 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Brownsville Community Health Center

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

ServicePatientsWhat it counts
Dental care1,858patients had dental exams
Mental health care3,255patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment638patients in treatment
Eye exams1,446patients had eye exams
Well-child visits1,127children had checkups
Flu shots3,909patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening1,878patients tested
Breast cancer screening1,737patients screened
Family planning594patients served
Diabetes care4,116patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care5,071patients with hypertension
Asthma care555patients with asthma
HIV testing2,277patients tested
Hepatitis C testing1,797patients tested
Childhood lead tests145children tested

Brownsville Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.

Who Brownsville Community Health Center serves

15,615 patients used Brownsville Community Health Center in 2025. 76% live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice the poverty line. 3,120 patients were experiencing homelessness and 36 were veterans.

MeasureThis centerTX medianU.S. medianvs TX
Patients at or below the poverty line76%65%65%+11 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line98%94%92%+4 pts
MeasureThis centerTX medianU.S. medianvs TX
Uninsured patients48%32%14%+16 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients13%23%42%−11 pts
Medicare patients13%9%11%+4 pts
Privately insured patients26%30%24%−4 pts

Quality of care at Brownsville Community Health Center

Brownsville Community Health Center is at or above the Texas median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

MeasureThis centerTX medianU.S. medianvs TX
Adults with high blood pressure under control81%67%68%+14 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer60%48%54%+12 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer66%54%54%+12 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer47%40%44%+7 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression73%80%77%−7 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use97%89%86%+8 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy85%81%79%+4 pts

Staffing at Brownsville Community Health Center

The health center employs 220 full-time-equivalent staff, including 22 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 6 dental staff and 4 mental health staff. That is 704 patients per clinical provider against the Texas median of 1,028 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 82,270 visits, about 5.3 per patient.

Patients from ZIP 78578

447 Brownsville Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 78578, and 51% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Community health centers near New Horizon Health Center

Su Clinica - Brownsville

105 E Alton Gloor Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78526 · 16 mi away
73.5 hours a week · (956) 831-8338 · Run by Su Clinica Familiar

Su Clinica - Harlingen

1706 Treasure Hills Blvd, Harlingen, TX 78550 · 24 mi away
76.5 hours a week · (956) 365-6000 · Run by Su Clinica Familiar

More Brownsville Community Health Center locations

New Horizon Medical Center

191 E Price Rd, Brownsville, TX 78521
47 hours a week · (956) 548-7473

New Horizon Medical

95 E Price Rd, Building D, Brownsville, TX 78521
40 hours a week · (956) 546-3209

Brownsville Community Health Clinic

2137 E 22nd St, Brownsville, TX 78521
47 hours a week · (956) 548-7400

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