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NorthLakes Eau Claire - Oak Ridge — Eau Claire, WI

NorthLakes Eau Claire - Oak Ridge is a community health center clinic at 2119 Heights Dr, Eau Claire, WI 54701, open 52.5 hours a week. That is 7.5 more hours than the typical Wisconsin clinic (45 a week). It is run by The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc., which serves 29,857 patients across 18 clinic locations.

Address: 2119 Heights Dr, Eau Claire, WI 54701 · Directions
Phone: (888) 834-4551
Weekly hours: 52.5 (Wisconsin clinic median: 45)
Operated by: The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, eye exams, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at NorthLakes Eau Claire - Oak Ridge 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 The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc. patients, 6% are uninsured, 49% have Medicaid or CHIP, 17% have Medicare and 27% have private insurance. Call (888) 834-4551 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc.

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

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	15,370	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	7,506	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	829	patients in treatment
Eye exams	631	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	603	children had checkups
Flu shots	948	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	411	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	755	patients screened
Family planning	297	patients served
Diabetes care	1,105	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,665	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	522	patients with asthma
HIV testing	286	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	363	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	53	children tested

The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc. serves

29,857 patients used The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc. in 2025. 37% live at or below the poverty line and 81% are at or below twice the poverty line. 111 patients were experiencing homelessness and 858 were veterans.

Measure	This center	WI median	U.S. median	vs WI
Patients at or below the poverty line	37%	62%	65%	−25 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	81%	93%	92%	−12 pts

Measure	This center	WI median	U.S. median	vs WI
Uninsured patients	6%	16%	14%	−10 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	49%	55%	42%	−6 pts
Medicare patients	17%	9%	11%	+8 pts
Privately insured patients	27%	18%	24%	+9 pts

Quality of care at The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc.

The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc. is at or above the Wisconsin median on 2 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	WI median	U.S. median	vs WI
Adults with high blood pressure under control	63%	65%	68%	−3 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	64%	56%	54%	+8 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	52%	59%	54%	−8 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	55%	48%	44%	+7 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	75%	76%	77%	In line
Adults assessed for tobacco use	75%	84%	86%	−10 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	73%	77%	79%	−4 pts

Staffing at The Lakes Community Health Center, Inc.

The health center employs 426 full-time-equivalent staff, including 17 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 73 dental staff and 45 mental health staff. That is 1,800 patients per clinical provider against the Wisconsin median of 1,928 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 185,008 visits, about 6.2 per patient.