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South Boston Community Health Center — South Boston, MA

South Boston Community Health Center is a community health center clinic at 409 W Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127, open 55 hours a week. That is 6.3 more hours than the typical Massachusetts clinic (48.8 a week). It is run by South Boston Community Health Center, which serves 21,515 patients across 2 clinic locations.

Address: 409 W Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127 · Directions
Phone: (617) 269-7500
Website: www.sbchc.org
Weekly hours: 55 (Massachusetts clinic median: 48.8)
Operated by: South Boston Community Health Center (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 South Boston Community 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 South Boston Community Health Center patients, 8% are uninsured, 21% have Medicaid or CHIP, 11% have Medicare and 61% have private insurance. Call (617) 269-7500 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at South Boston Community Health Center

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

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	906	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	4,741	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	156	patients in treatment
Eye exams	2,953	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	1,994	children had checkups
Flu shots	3,861	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	1,813	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	1,265	patients screened
Family planning	996	patients served
Diabetes care	1,355	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	2,615	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	924	patients with asthma
HIV testing	3,587	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	3,484	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	35	children tested

South Boston Community Health Center also provides care by telehealth.

Who South Boston Community Health Center serves

21,515 patients used South Boston Community Health Center in 2025. 31% live at or below the poverty line and 56% are at or below twice the poverty line. 155 patients were experiencing homelessness and 135 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Patients at or below the poverty line	31%	79%	65%	−48 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	56%	95%	92%	−39 pts

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Uninsured patients	8%	10%	14%	−3 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	21%	43%	42%	−22 pts
Medicare patients	11%	11%	11%	−1 pts
Privately insured patients	61%	25%	24%	+36 pts

Quality of care at South Boston Community Health Center

South Boston Community Health Center is at or above the Massachusetts median on 5 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MA median	U.S. median	vs MA
Adults with high blood pressure under control	69%	69%	68%	In line
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	74%	66%	54%	+8 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	69%	67%	54%	+2 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	53%	52%	44%	+1 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	59%	65%	77%	−5 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	77%	84%	86%	−7 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	84%	79%	79%	+5 pts

Patients from ZIP 02127

9,063 South Boston Community Health Center patients live in ZIP 02127, and 6% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Fenway Community Health Center, Inc. — 464 patients from 02127
South Cove Community Health Ctr, Inc. — 418 patients from 02127
Dothouse Health, Inc. — 283 patients from 02127
North End Community Hlth Committee, Inc. — 280 patients from 02127

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