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Gaston Family Health Services, Inc.

Gaston Family Health Services, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Gastonia, NC, with 53 clinic locations in 21 cities. It served 107,946 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

107,946patients in 2025
15%uninsured patients
89%at or below the poverty line

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

Who Gaston Family Health Services, Inc. serves

89% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 97% are at or below twice that level. 15% have no insurance, 43% have Medicaid or CHIP, 15% have Medicare and 27% have private insurance. 518 patients were experiencing homelessness. 1,255 were veterans.

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Patients at or below the poverty line	89%	59%	65%	+29 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	97%	92%	92%	+5 pts

Measure	This center	NC median	U.S. median	vs NC
Uninsured patients	15%	24%	14%	−9 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	43%	28%	42%	+15 pts
Medicare patients	15%	15%	11%	In line
Privately insured patients	27%	25%	24%	+1 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	18,532	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	34,510	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	623	patients in treatment
Eye exams	1,940	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	7,623	children had checkups
Flu shots	12,457	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	4,007	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	10,823	patients screened
Family planning	1,811	patients served
Diabetes care	15,872	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	27,398	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	4,658	patients with asthma
HIV testing	9,550	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	9,959	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	922	children tested

Quality of care

Gaston Family Health Services, Inc. is at or above the North Carolina median on 6 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	82%	70%	68%	+12 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	63%	59%	54%	+4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	52%	54%	54%	−2 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	56%	49%	44%	+7 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	93%	76%	77%	+16 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	87%	86%	+4 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	83%	80%	79%	+3 pts

Where Gaston Family Health Services, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
28052	9,528	17%
28054	7,004	17%
28677	4,781	16%
28601	4,492	12%
28150	3,888	7%
28092	3,806	12%
28086	3,662	9%
28152	3,446	7%

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How fees work: the sliding-fee guide.