Community Health Center
AltaMed Health Services Corporation Headquarters
2040 Camfield Ave, Commerce, CA 90040-1574 0.8 miles away
Community Health Center
Commerce Family Medical Center
6001 E Washington Blvd, Commerce, CA 90040-2414
Commerce Family Medical Center is a community health center dental clinic in Commerce, CA, operated by Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles, which runs 2 clinics in California.
The health center is open about 57 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 6001 E Washington Blvd, Commerce, CA 90040 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 562-928-9600 |
| Operated by | Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
6001 E Washington Blvd, Commerce, CA 90040
The published number is 562-928-9600. It may be a shared scheduling line. Say which site you mean and that you want dental rather than medical, or you can be booked into the wrong queue.
Things to settle on the phone first: the dental hours, and which days appointments run, whether new dental patients are being taken, and the current wait, what a first visit costs, before and after any discount, whether your insurance or Medicaid dental plan is accepted, by plan name, and what to bring for the sliding fee application.
Dental Services
This clinic has not published a list of the treatments it provides. Expect the routine treatments to be available. The question worth asking is about the expensive ones: root canals, dentures and oral surgery are handled in house at some health centers and referred out at others.
Costs and Coverage
Charges are set against household income and household size rather than a fixed fee schedule. Because Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles sets the thresholds itself, the same household can pay different amounts at two different health centers. Ask them to run your household through it before you commit to a treatment plan. Our guide to applying for the discount lists the documents to bring.
No Medicaid registration has been recorded for this clinic, which is not the same as Medicaid being refused. What California Medicaid covers for adults is a state decision and has been cut and restored in several states; for children the benefit is required nationally. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.
Common Questions
Does California Medicaid cover adult dental work?
That is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states, ranging from comprehensive to emergency extractions only. Dental coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid is a required benefit everywhere. Our Medicaid dental page covers how to check where your state stands now.
Do they do root canals, or would I be referred out?
This is the question worth asking before anything else if you already know you need one. Health centers commonly do extractions in-house and refer root canals to a private endodontist at full price, which changes the arithmetic completely. Ask before you start treatment, not after.
What if this clinic cannot take me?
Other clinics run by the same organization and the nearest alternatives are listed further down this page, each with its own waiting list. Dental school and dental hygiene teaching clinics are a separate route worth trying in the same area.
Is anything done for anxiety?
Ask, because the answer changes what the visit costs. Talking it through, longer appointments and numbing gel before the injection are usually free; sedation is a billed extra and does not always fall inside the discount. Our guide to dental anxiety and what it costs covers what to ask for.
Can I book online?
This clinic publishes a website, linked at the top of this page, and some health centers take dental requests through a portal or a form. Calling is still usually faster for dental, because the dental schedule is often held separately from the one an online form writes into.
Can I be seen without insurance?
Yes. Being uninsured is the ordinary case at a clinic like this, not an exception, and it is much of the reason the sliding scale exists. Bring income documentation if you have it and ask what they accept if you do not.
Other Clinics Operated by Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles
Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles operates one other clinic elsewhere in California. Asking the scheduling line which site can see you soonest is usually faster than calling each in turn; the shortest wait is not always the closest clinic. A sliding fee determination made at one of its clinics commonly carries across to the others, so income documents may not need providing twice. What is treated at one site is no guide to another, so confirm with the clinic you actually intend to visit.
Other Dental Clinics Nearby
Distances are straight-line, not driving. Waiting times differ sharply between neighbors, so call more than one.
- AltaMed Health Services Corporation Headquarters — Commerce, less than a mile away
- AltaMed Medical and Dental Group: Commerce, Goodrich — Commerce, about 1.4 miles away
- AltaMed Medical Group - East Los Angeles / Whittier, Brady — Los Angeles, about 1.5 miles away
- AltaMed Daniel Lara HIV Clinic - East LA — Los Angeles, about 1.6 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Commerce Family Medical Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
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AltaMed Medical and Dental Group: Commerce, Goodrich
972 Goodrich Blvd, Commerce, CA 90022-4114 1.4 miles away
Community Health Center
AltaMed Medical Group - East Los Angeles / Whittier, Brady
6201 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022-4661 1.5 miles away
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AltaMed Daniel Lara HIV Clinic - East LA
5427 Whittier Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022-4101 1.6 miles away
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