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Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition — Traverse City, MI

Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition is a community health center clinic at 1719 S Garfield Ave, Traverse City, MI 49686, open 52 hours a week. That is 7 more hours than the typical Michigan clinic (45 a week). It is run by Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition, which serves 4,258 patients.

Address: 1719 S Garfield Ave, Traverse City, MI 49686 · Directions
Phone: (231) 935-0799
Website: www.traversehealthclinic.org
Weekly hours: 52 (Michigan clinic median: 45)
Operated by: Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary 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 Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition 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 Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition patients, 9% are uninsured, 35% have Medicaid or CHIP, 22% have Medicare and 33% have private insurance. Call (231) 935-0799 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition

Patients came to Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Mental health care	2,999	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	63	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	70	children had checkups
Flu shots	376	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	212	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	556	patients screened
Family planning	140	patients served
Diabetes care	556	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,145	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	329	patients with asthma
HIV testing	306	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	114	patients tested

Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition also provides care by telehealth.

Who Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition serves

4,258 patients used Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition in 2025. 39% live at or below the poverty line and 71% are at or below twice the poverty line. 375 patients were experiencing homelessness and 109 were veterans.

Measure	This center	MI median	U.S. median	vs MI
Patients at or below the poverty line	39%	54%	65%	−15 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	71%	87%	92%	−16 pts

Measure	This center	MI median	U.S. median	vs MI
Uninsured patients	9%	10%	14%	−1 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	35%	45%	42%	−9 pts
Medicare patients	22%	15%	11%	+8 pts
Privately insured patients	33%	25%	24%	+8 pts

Quality of care at Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition

Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition is at or above the Michigan median on 7 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	MI median	U.S. median	vs MI
Adults with high blood pressure under control	84%	71%	68%	+13 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	66%	57%	54%	+9 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	65%	60%	54%	+5 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	60%	49%	44%	+11 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	75%	71%	77%	+4 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	82%	80%	86%	+2 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	85%	79%	79%	+6 pts

Patients from ZIP 49686

1,315 Traverse Health Clinic and Coalition patients live in ZIP 49686, and 9% of them are uninsured. Other health centers also serve this ZIP:

Northwest Michigan Health Services, Inc. — 807 patients from 49686
East Jordan Family Health Center — 17 patients from 49686

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