Priority Health Care Gretna — Gretna, LA
Priority Health Care Gretna is a community health center clinic at 12 Westbank Expy, Gretna, LA 70053, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical Louisiana clinic. It is run by Priority Health Care, which serves 1,673 patients across 2 clinic locations.
- Address: 12 Westbank Expy, Gretna, LA 70053 · Directions
- Phone: (504) 509-4800
- Website: www.priorityhealthcare.org
- Weekly hours: 40 (Louisiana clinic median: 40)
- Operated by: Priority Health Care (federally qualified health center)
- Care offered by this health center: primary care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth
Care and screenings at Priority Health Care
Patients came to Priority Health Care for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.
| Service | Patients | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Mental health care | 990 | patients treated for depression or anxiety |
| Well-child visits | 85 | children had checkups |
| Flu shots | 167 | patients vaccinated |
| Cervical cancer screening | 58 | patients tested |
| Breast cancer screening | 101 | patients screened |
| Family planning | 36 | patients served |
| Diabetes care | 199 | patients with diabetes |
| Blood pressure care | 471 | patients with hypertension |
| Asthma care | 58 | patients with asthma |
| HIV testing | 365 | patients tested |
| Hepatitis C testing | 586 | patients tested |
Priority Health Care also provides care by telehealth.
Who Priority Health Care serves
1,673 patients used Priority Health Care in 2025. 71% live at or below the poverty line and 93% are at or below twice the poverty line. 128 patients were experiencing homelessness.
| Measure | This center | LA median | U.S. median | vs LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients at or below the poverty line | 71% | 72% | 65% | −1 pts |
| Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line | 93% | 94% | 92% | −1 pts |
| Measure | This center | LA median | U.S. median | vs LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uninsured patients | 8% | 12% | 14% | −4 pts |
| Medicaid or CHIP patients | 46% | 48% | 42% | −2 pts |
| Medicare patients | 12% | 12% | 11% | In line |
| Privately insured patients | 34% | 22% | 24% | +12 pts |
Quality of care at Priority Health Care
Priority Health Care is at or above the Louisiana median on 6 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.
| Measure | This center | LA median | U.S. median | vs LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults with high blood pressure under control | 82% | 67% | 68% | +15 pts |
| Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer | 71% | 59% | 54% | +12 pts |
| Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer | 64% | 47% | 54% | +18 pts |
| Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer | 54% | 43% | 44% | +11 pts |
| Patients 12+ screened for depression | 92% | 86% | 77% | +6 pts |
| Adults assessed for tobacco use | 68% | 85% | 86% | −17 pts |
| High-risk adults on statin therapy | 85% | 79% | 79% | +6 pts |
Staffing at Priority Health Care
The health center employs 52 full-time-equivalent staff, including 4 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives and 3 mental health staff. That is 398 patients per clinical provider against the Louisiana median of 912 and the U.S. median of 930. Patients made 17,477 visits, about 10.4 per patient.
Patients from ZIP 70053
125 Priority Health Care patients live in ZIP 70053. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:
- St. Thomas Community Health Center, Inc. — 716 patients from 70053
- Marillac Community Health Centers — 523 patients from 70053
- Access Health Louisiana — 340 patients from 70053
- Jefferson Community Health Care Centers, Inc. — 202 patients from 70053
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