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Oswego Health Center — Oswego, NY

Oswego Health Center is a community health center clinic at 120 E 1st St, Oswego, NY 13126, open 48 hours a week. That is 2 more hours than the typical New York clinic (46 a week). It is run by Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc., which serves 31,805 patients across 6 clinic locations.

Address: 120 E 1st St, Oswego, NY 13126 · Directions
Phone: (315) 342-0880
Website: www.connextcare.org
Weekly hours: 48 (New York clinic median: 46)
Operated by: Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. (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 Oswego 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 Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. patients, 2% are uninsured, 36% have Medicaid or CHIP, 21% have Medicare and 36% have private insurance. Call (315) 342-0880 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc.

Patients came to Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	8,653	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	11,535	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	215	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	3,791	children had checkups
Flu shots	4,569	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	543	patients tested
Family planning	144	patients served
Diabetes care	3,488	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	8,012	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	2,234	patients with asthma
HIV testing	19	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	452	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	154	children tested

Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. serves

31,805 patients used Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. in 2025. 27% live at or below the poverty line and 91% are at or below twice the poverty line. 85 patients were experiencing homelessness and 759 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Patients at or below the poverty line	27%	72%	65%	−46 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	91%	92%	92%	−1 pts

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Uninsured patients	2%	6%	14%	−4 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	36%	52%	42%	−16 pts
Medicare patients	21%	13%	11%	+9 pts
Privately insured patients	36%	20%	24%	+16 pts

Quality of care at Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc.

Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. is at or above the New York median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	NY median	U.S. median	vs NY
Adults with high blood pressure under control	84%	69%	68%	+14 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	59%	57%	54%	+3 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	33%	54%	54%	−21 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	67%	46%	44%	+21 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	65%	73%	77%	−8 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	85%	79%	86%	+6 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	81%	76%	79%	+5 pts

Staffing at Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc.

The health center employs 243 full-time-equivalent staff, including 45 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives, 18 dental staff and 16 mental health staff. That is 704 patients per clinical provider against the New York median of 878 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 145,512 visits, about 4.6 per patient.

Patients from ZIP 13126

5,453 Northern Oswego County Health Services, Inc. patients live in ZIP 13126, and 3% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP: