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South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc.

South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. is a federally qualified community health center based in Cotulla, TX, with 11 clinic locations in 10 cities. It served 6,143 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

6,143patients in 2025
55%uninsured patients
77%at or below the poverty line
84full-time-equivalent staff

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

Who South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. serves

77% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 98% are at or below twice that level. 55% have no insurance, 13% have Medicaid or CHIP, 7% have Medicare and 25% have private insurance. 65 patients were experiencing homelessness. 106 were veterans.

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Patients at or below the poverty line	77%	65%	65%	+12 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	98%	94%	92%	+4 pts

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Uninsured patients	55%	32%	14%	+23 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	13%	23%	42%	−10 pts
Medicare patients	7%	9%	11%	−2 pts
Privately insured patients	25%	30%	24%	−5 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	1,300	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	842	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	277	patients in treatment
Well-child visits	174	children had checkups
Flu shots	323	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	273	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	359	patients screened
Family planning	134	patients served
Diabetes care	1,056	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	1,693	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	125	patients with asthma
HIV testing	768	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	793	patients tested

Quality of care

South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. is at or above the Texas median on 1 of 7 preventive-care measures. Higher is better on every line.

Measure	This center	TX median	U.S. median	vs TX
Adults with high blood pressure under control	56%	67%	68%	−11 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	29%	48%	54%	−20 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	27%	54%	54%	−27 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	20%	40%	44%	−20 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	78%	80%	77%	−2 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	78%	89%	86%	−11 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	90%	81%	79%	+9 pts

Staffing

84 full-time-equivalent staff work at South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc., including 8 physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and midwives. That is 800 patients per clinical provider, against the Texas median of 1,028 and the U.S. median of 930.

Where South Texas Rural Health Services, Inc. patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
78014	1,037	52%
78061	839	62%
78016	700	57%
78834	692	49%
78017	595	60%
78861	405	57%
78059	280	55%
78019	225	49%