Community Health Center
CSVS - GREENFIELD CLINIC
808 Oak Ave, Greenfield, CA 93927-5648 8.5 miles away
Community Health Center
CSVS - SOLEDAD CLINIC
799 Front St, Soledad, CA 93960-3017
CSVS - SOLEDAD CLINIC is a community health center dental clinic in Soledad, CA, operated by Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, which runs 8 clinics in California.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 799 Front St, Soledad, CA 93960 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 831-678-0881 |
| Operated by | Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
799 Front St, Soledad, CA 93960
The published number is 831-678-0881. 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. Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas sets its own income bands, so a quote from another clinic tells you nothing about this one. 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 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 treatment free?
Usually not, though it can come close. Clinics like this one discount by household income and are required to see patients regardless of ability to pay, but a charge normally applies and the lowest band is a nominal fee rather than nothing. Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas sets its own scale.
Can they do specialist work here?
Providers in more than general dentistry are registered at this address, which is listed further up the page. That does not mean the clinic is taking new patients for those treatments or that they fall inside the discount, so name the treatment when you call.
Is the discount worked out on gross income or take-home pay?
Normally gross, before tax and deductions, which surprises people who budget by what lands in the account. Ask which figure this clinic uses and over what period, because a year that included a few months of higher earnings can put you in a band that does not reflect what you have now.
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.
Will I see a dentist or a hygienist?
Depends on what you booked. A cleaning is normally a hygienist; an examination, filling or extraction is a dentist. Some clinics run hygiene appointments on different days from dentist appointments, which is worth knowing before you take time off.
Other Clinics Operated by Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas
Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas operates 7 other clinics in 5 other communities 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
Measured straight-line rather than by road. Availability varies enough between them that a second call is usually worth making.
- CSVS - GREENFIELD CLINIC — Greenfield, about 8.5 miles away
- CSVS - GONZALES CLINIC — Gonzales, about 8.7 miles away
- CSVS - KINGCITY CLINIC — King City, about 17.9 miles away
- CSVS - SANBORN CLINIC — Salinas, about 24.1 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call CSVS - SOLEDAD CLINIC
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
CSVS - GONZALES CLINIC
126 5th St, Gonzales, CA 93926 8.7 miles away
Community Health Center
CSVS - KINGCITY CLINIC
122 San Antonio Dr, King City, CA 93930 17.9 miles away
Community Health Center
CSVS - SANBORN CLINIC
219 N Sanborn Rd, Salinas, CA 93905-2218 24.1 miles away
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