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Searls Avenue — Nevada City, CA

Searls Avenue is a community health center clinic at 590 Searls Ave, Nevada City, CA 95959, open 32 hours a week. The typical California clinic is open 40 hours a week. It is run by Western Sierra Medical Clinic, which serves 22,988 patients across 14 clinic locations.

Address: 590 Searls Ave, Nevada City, CA 95959 · Directions
Phone: (539) 292-3478
Weekly hours: 32 (California clinic median: 40)
Operated by: Western Sierra Medical Clinic (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 Searls Avenue 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 Western Sierra Medical Clinic patients, 7% are uninsured, 56% have Medicaid or CHIP, 16% have Medicare and 21% have private insurance. Call (539) 292-3478 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Western Sierra Medical Clinic

Patients came to Western Sierra Medical Clinic for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,808	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	5,668	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	587	patients in treatment
Eye exams	773	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	3,101	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,480	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	1,234	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	1,378	patients screened
Family planning	1,051	patients served
Diabetes care	1,243	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,959	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	1,101	patients with asthma
HIV testing	1,396	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	850	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	1,321	children tested

Western Sierra Medical Clinic also provides care by telehealth.

Who Western Sierra Medical Clinic serves

22,988 patients used Western Sierra Medical Clinic in 2025. 7% live at or below the poverty line and 86% are at or below twice the poverty line. 520 patients were experiencing homelessness and 392 were veterans.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Patients at or below the poverty line	7%	75%	65%	−68 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	86%	95%	92%	−9 pts

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Uninsured patients	7%	8%	14%	−1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	56%	71%	42%	−16 pts
Medicare patients	16%	8%	11%	+8 pts
Privately insured patients	21%	10%	24%	+11 pts

Quality of care at Western Sierra Medical Clinic

Western Sierra Medical Clinic is at or above the California median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	72%	68%	68%	+4 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	39%	59%	54%	−21 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	42%	60%	54%	−18 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	34%	44%	44%	−9 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	36%	68%	77%	−32 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	50%	86%	86%	−36 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	69%	79%	79%	−10 pts