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Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc.

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Hendersonvlle, NC, with 41 clinic locations in 15 cities. It served 82,680 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

82,680patients in 2025
18%uninsured patients
38%at or below the poverty line

Care offered: primary care, dental care, mental health care, substance use treatment, children’s checkups, women’s health, and telehealth.

Who Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. serves

38% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 71% are at or below twice that level. 18% have no insurance, 24% have Medicaid or CHIP, 28% have Medicare and 30% have private insurance. 1,729 patients were experiencing homelessness. 2,929 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Patients at or below the poverty line	38%	59%	65%	−21 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	71%	92%	92%	−20 pts

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Uninsured patients	18%	24%	14%	−6 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	24%	28%	42%	−4 pts
Medicare patients	28%	15%	11%	+13 pts
Privately insured patients	30%	25%	24%	+5 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	4,605	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	31,585	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	1,267	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	4,374	children had checkups
Flu shots	8,096	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	3,852	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	9,056	patients screened
Family planning	2,157	patients served
Diabetes care	10,247	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	22,179	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	4,107	patients with asthma
HIV testing	5,819	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	8,459	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	349	children tested

Quality of care

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. is at or above the North Carolina median on 4 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Adults with high blood pressure under control	74%	70%	68%	+4 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	66%	59%	54%	+7 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	59%	54%	54%	+5 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	66%	49%	44%	+17 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	73%	76%	77%	−3 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	85%	87%	86%	−1 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	78%	80%	79%	−2 pts

Where Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
28792	12,576	25%
28712	7,244	10%
28739	6,082	13%
28791	3,812	15%
28704	3,045	21%
28731	2,984	20%
28732	2,964	15%
28768	2,566	13%

Blue Ridge Community Health Services, Inc. locations

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How fees work: the sliding-fee guide.