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Tulelake Health Center — Tulelake, CA

Tulelake Health Center is a community health center clinic at 498 Main St, Tulelake, CA 96134, open 40 hours a week. That matches the 40-hour week of a typical California clinic. It is run by Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc., which serves 12,306 patients across 9 clinic locations.

Address: 498 Main St, Tulelake, CA 96134 · Directions
Phone: (530) 999-9060
Website: www.mountainvalleys.org
Weekly hours: 40 (California clinic median: 40)
Operated by: Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. (federally qualified health center)
Care offered by this health center: primary care, dental 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 Tulelake 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 Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. patients, 8% are uninsured, 33% have Medicaid or CHIP, 31% have Medicare and 28% have private insurance. Call (530) 999-9060 to book and ask about your plan. How sliding-fee pricing works.

Care and screenings at Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc.

Patients came to Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. for these services in 2025. The numbers cover the whole health center, not only this clinic.

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	2,072	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	2,933	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	58	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	904	children had checkups
Flu shots	1,369	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	354	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	721	patients screened
Family planning	359	patients served
Diabetes care	1,278	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	3,208	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	658	patients with asthma
HIV testing	508	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	661	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	194	children tested

Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. also provides care by telehealth.

Who Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. serves

12,306 patients used Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. in 2025. 50% live at or below the poverty line and 77% are at or below twice the poverty line. 138 patients were experiencing homelessness and 544 were veterans.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Patients at or below the poverty line	50%	75%	65%	−25 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	77%	95%	92%	−19 pts

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Uninsured patients	8%	8%	14%	In line
Medicaid or CHIP patients	33%	71%	42%	−38 pts
Medicare patients	31%	8%	11%	+23 pts
Privately insured patients	28%	10%	24%	+19 pts

Quality of care at Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc.

Mountain Valleys Health Centers, Inc. is at or above the California median on 3 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	69%	68%	68%	+1 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	54%	59%	54%	−5 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	46%	60%	54%	−14 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	48%	44%	44%	+4 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	77%	68%	77%	+8 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	79%	86%	86%	−7 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	70%	79%	79%	−9 pts