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Rapides Primary Health Care Center — Alexandria, LA

Rapides Primary Health Care Center is a community health center clinic at 1217 Willow Glen River Rd, Alexandria, LA 71302, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical Louisiana clinic. It is run by Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc., which serves 15,063 patients across 3 clinic locations.

Address: 1217 Willow Glen River Rd, Alexandria, LA 71302 · Directions
Phone: (318) 487-4400
Website: www.rphcc.org
Weekly hours: 40 (Louisiana clinic median: 40)
Operated by: Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental care, mental health care, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth

Fees are on a sliding scale. What you pay at Rapides Primary Health Care 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 Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. patients, 15% are uninsured, 80% have Medicaid or CHIP, 4% have Medicare and 2% have private insurance. Call (318) 487-4400 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc.

Patients came to Rapides Primary Health Care 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	1,755	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	490	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Well-child visits	992	children had checkups
Flu shots	381	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	2,768	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	136	patients screened
Family planning	2,301	patients served
Diabetes care	2,116	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,854	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	99	patients with asthma
HIV testing	36	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	210	patients tested

Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. serves

15,063 patients used Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. in 2025. 96% live at or below the poverty line and 99% are at or below twice the poverty line. 116 patients were experiencing homelessness.

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Patients at or below the poverty line	96%	72%	65%	+24 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	99%	94%	92%	+5 pts

Measure	This center	LA median	U.S. median	vs LA
Uninsured patients	15%	12%	14%	+3 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	80%	48%	42%	+32 pts
Medicare patients	4%	12%	11%	−9 pts
Privately insured patients	2%	22%	24%	−20 pts

Quality of care at Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc.

Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. is at or above the Louisiana median on 7 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	70%	67%	68%	+3 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	83%	59%	54%	+24 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	87%	47%	54%	+41 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	93%	43%	44%	+51 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	88%	86%	77%	+2 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	85%	86%	+6 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	89%	79%	79%	+9 pts

Patients from ZIP 71302

4,232 Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. patients live in ZIP 71302, and 15% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Winn Community Health Center, Inc. — 1,607 patients from 71302

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More Rapides Primary Health Care Center, Inc. locations

Rapides Primary Health Care Center-Browns Bend Site

605 Browns Bend Rd, Alexandria, LA 71303

40 hours a week · (318) 487-4400

Avoyelles Primary Health and Wellness Center

1007 Shirley Rd, Bunkie, LA 71322

40 hours a week · (318) 487-4400

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