Community Health Center
Mercy Care Decatur Street
424 Decatur St SE, Atlanta, GA 30312-1848 1.4 miles away
Community Health Center
MedCura Midtown
550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-2247
MedCura Midtown is a community health center dental clinic in Atlanta, GA, operated by Medcura Health, which runs 2 clinics in Georgia.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 404-888-7575 |
| Operated by | Medcura Health |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
550 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
The published number is 404-888-7575. 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. The bands are set by Medcura Health rather than nationally, which is why prices differ between two clinics on the same scale. 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 Georgia 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.
Dental Providers at This Clinic
Alongside general dentistry, providers registered in oral and maxillofacial surgery, for surgical extractions and jaw procedures practice at this address. That is not the same as the clinic taking new patients for those treatments, or the discount covering them, so name the treatment when you call.
Common Questions
What if I need to be seen urgently?
If you think it might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than trying to book here — that is the one situation where the price of the visit is not the thing to weigh. Otherwise, call early in the day and say you are in pain, because it routes the call differently; some health centers hold same-day slots for exactly that and do not advertise them.
Do I need to be a US citizen?
No. The Health Center Program does not set citizenship or immigration status as a condition of being seen, and clinics in it are not required to ask. What they do need is something to work out your fee, which is income and household size rather than status. If this is the thing keeping you from calling, ask what they require before you decide not to go.
Is this the only option in Atlanta?
No — Atlanta has other clinics of this kind, and they are listed on the page for the city. Waiting lists are held separately at each one, so the shortest wait is not reliably at the nearest address.
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.
Will they see me if I still owe them money?
Usually yes for pain and for anything urgent, though a clinic may ask you to agree a plan for the balance before booking routine work. An old balance is worth raising on the phone instead of discovering it at the desk; it is often smaller after a discount is applied than the letter suggests.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Medcura Health
Medcura Health operates one other clinic elsewhere in Georgia. 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
Straight-line distances. The nearest clinic is not reliably the one that can see you soonest, so try a couple.
- Mercy Care Decatur Street — Atlanta, about 1.4 miles away
- MedCura Whitefoord (Dental) — Atlanta, about 2.7 miles away
- THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER AT WEST END — Atlanta, about 2.9 miles away
- Healing Community Center — Atlanta, about 3.2 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call MedCura Midtown
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
MedCura Whitefoord (Dental)
35 Whitefoord Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30317-1727 2.7 miles away
Community Health Center
THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER AT WEST END
868 York Ave SW, Atlanta, GA 30310-2791 2.9 miles away
Community Health Center
Healing Community Center
1188 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW, Atlanta, GA 30310-1754 3.2 miles away
Before you call
