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Gracelight Community Health - Hollywood
4618 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029-1830
Gracelight Community Health - Hollywood is a community health center dental clinic in Los Angeles, CA, operated by Gracelight Community Health, which runs 4 clinics in California.
The health center is open about 47.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 4618 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 323-953-7330 |
| Operated by | Gracelight Community Health |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
4618 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029
The published number is 323-953-7330. 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. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Gracelight Community Health, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. 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
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.
Do I have to pay on the day?
Commonly yes, at least the discounted portion, and some clinics ask for it before treatment rather than after. Ask what is due at the first visit, because a discount determination and the first appointment are sometimes separate visits.
Can I get dentures here?
Many health centers do dentures, and the discount can make them dramatically cheaper than private practice. The catch is laboratory costs, which are often billed on top of the discounted fee and are the bulk of the price. Ask for the total including laboratory work.
Does my partner’s income count?
If you share a household, generally yes, and household size counts in your favor at the same time — the scale reads income against the number of people it supports. Say who lives with you and who depends on that income, rather than giving a single figure and letting them assume.
Is this a federally funded clinic?
Yes, this site operates under the federal Health Center Program, which is what obliges it to discount by household income and to see patients regardless of ability to pay. It does not make the care free, and it does not decide which treatments are offered here.
Can I just walk in?
Rarely for dental, even where the medical side takes walk-ins. Dental chairs are booked by appointment because each one occupies a room and a clinician for a set time. Call first; a walk-in dental visit is usually reserved for emergencies.
Other Clinics Operated by Gracelight Community Health
Gracelight Community Health operates 3 other clinics 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. The income assessment usually transfers between sites in the same organization, which saves repeating the paperwork. 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 as the crow flies. Wait times are set clinic by clinic, so ask each one rather than assuming.
- AltaMed General Pediatrics @ Children's Hospital — Los Angeles, less than a mile away
- San Judas Community Health Center (SJCHC) — Los Angeles, about 1.1 miles away
- Wesley Lounge — Los Angeles, about 1.2 miles away
- The Virgil — Los Angeles, about 1.5 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Gracelight Community Health - Hollywood
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
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San Judas Community Health Center (SJCHC)
1080 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029-2310 1.1 miles away
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Wesley Lounge
5520 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 110, Los Angeles, CA 90038-4089 1.2 miles away
Community Health Center
The Virgil
137 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004-4811 1.5 miles away
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