Stacy McKay Health & Education Center

Stacy McKay Health & Education Center is a community health center dental clinic in Portage, IN, operated by Northshore Health Centers, which runs 6 clinics in Indiana.

The health center is open about 52.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.

Access to This Clinic

This clinic is located inside a school. School-based health center sites typically serve enrolled students, and in some cases their families or the surrounding community. Access is determined jointly by the school and the health center. Contact the clinic before visiting to confirm whether patients who are not students can be seen.

Clinic Details

Costs and Coverage

Fees follow an income-based scale, so the same treatment costs different patients different amounts. Where the thresholds fall is decided by Northshore Health Centers, so what a friend paid elsewhere is not a guide. Get the assessment done first; it changes what the whole plan costs, not just the first visit. 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. Indiana decides its own adult dental benefit, which ranges from comprehensive to emergency extractions only depending on the state and the year. Children are covered everywhere. The Medicaid dental page covers how to check yours.

Dental Services

The treatments available at this clinic are not listed publicly. Health center dental programs usually cover examinations, cleanings, X-rays, fillings and extractions; root canals, dentures and oral surgery are the ones that vary, and are often referred out.

Planning Your Visit

6450 US Highway 6, Portage, IN 46368

The published number is 219-763-8112. At larger organizations it may reach central scheduling rather than the dental department, so say which clinic you are calling about and that it is for dental care.

Before making the trip, check: 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.

Size of the Dental Service

Northshore Health Centers provided 26,943 dental visits and 13,382 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 35.31 full-time dental staff. This indicates an established dental service operating regular sessions, although appointment availability still varies by clinic and time of year.

Figures describe the operating organization as a whole, across all of its clinics.

Common Questions

Other Clinics Operated by Northshore Health Centers

Northshore Health Centers operates 5 other clinics in 5 other communities in Indiana. Where an organization runs several clinics, the waits rarely match. It is worth asking which one has capacity before settling on the closest. 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.

• NorthShore Portage Health Center — Portage, less than a mile away
• NorthShore Dr. Fernando Rivera Dental Center — Lake Station, about 4.4 miles away
• NorthShore Chesterton Health Center — Chesterton, about 6.7 miles away
• HealthLinc Valparaiso — Valparaiso, about 8.5 miles away