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United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley

United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley is a federally qualified community health center based in Fresno, CA, with 39 clinic locations in 18 cities. It served 195,622 patients in 2025. Fees are on a sliding scale by income and insurance, and every patient is seen regardless of ability to pay.

195,622patients in 2025
10%uninsured patients
72%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 United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley serves

72% of patients live at or below the poverty line and 92% are at or below twice that level. 10% have no insurance, 64% have Medicaid or CHIP, 9% have Medicare and 17% have private insurance. 2,776 patients were experiencing homelessness. 581 were veterans.

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Patients at or below the poverty line	72%	75%	65%	−3 pts
Patients at or below 200% of the poverty line	92%	95%	92%	−3 pts

Measure	This center	CA median	U.S. median	vs CA
Uninsured patients	10%	8%	14%	+3 pts
Medicaid or CHIP patients	64%	71%	42%	−8 pts
Medicare patients	9%	8%	11%	+1 pts
Privately insured patients	17%	10%	24%	+7 pts

Care and screenings

Service	Patients	What it counts
Dental care	48,851	patients had dental exams
Mental health care	28,731	patients treated for depression or anxiety
Substance use treatment	402	patients in treatment
Eye exams	26,846	patients had eye exams
Well-child visits	18,111	children had checkups
Flu shots	22,596	patients vaccinated
Cervical cancer screening	10,186	patients tested
Breast cancer screening	9,021	patients screened
Family planning	7,219	patients served
Diabetes care	25,652	patients with diabetes
Blood pressure care	32,941	patients with hypertension
Asthma care	8,668	patients with asthma
HIV testing	24,352	patients tested
Hepatitis C testing	26,706	patients tested
Childhood lead tests	4,473	children tested

Quality of care

United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley is at or above the California median on 6 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	75%	68%	68%	+7 pts
Women 52–74 screened for breast cancer	55%	59%	54%	−4 pts
Women 24–64 screened for cervical cancer	63%	60%	54%	+3 pts
Adults 46–75 screened for colorectal cancer	45%	44%	44%	+2 pts
Patients 12+ screened for depression	92%	68%	77%	+24 pts
Adults assessed for tobacco use	91%	86%	86%	+6 pts
High-risk adults on statin therapy	88%	79%	79%	+9 pts

Where United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley patients live

ZIP code	Patients	Uninsured
93727	12,452	9%
93657	12,447	9%
93722	11,882	10%
93640	10,532	7%
93662	10,339	10%
93654	8,986	13%
93630	8,633	9%
93648	7,393	9%

United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley locations

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How fees work: the sliding-fee guide.