Community Health Center
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Community Health Center
ODHC Shakopee
1617 Weston Court, Suite 200, Shakopee, MN 55379-4717
ODHC Shakopee is a community health center dental clinic in Shakopee, MN, operated by Open Door Health Center, which runs 2 clinics in Minnesota.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 1617 Weston Court, Suite 200, Shakopee, MN 55379 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 507-388-2120 |
| Operated by | Open Door Health Center |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
1617 Weston Court, Suite 200, Shakopee, MN 55379
The published number is 507-388-2120. 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 Open Door Health Center, 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 Minnesota 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 dental priced the same as medical here?
Not always. Dental is sometimes on its own fee schedule at the same clinic, and laboratory costs for a crown or denture are often billed on top of the discounted fee. Ask specifically about dental rather than assuming the medical answer applies.
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.
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.
What if I do not have a phone for them to call back on?
Tell them at the point of booking and ask how they will contact you — some clinics will use an email address, a shelter or a relative’s number. Missing a call back about an appointment is a common way to lose a slot that was already booked.
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.
What about cleanings and check-ups?
Preventive care is the cheapest thing a clinic like this does and the easiest to book, yet it is the first thing people drop when money is short. If you are already here for something else, ask to be put on the recall list while you are in the building.
Size of the Dental Service
Open Door Health Center provided 10,270 dental visits and 4,933 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 16.34 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.
Other Clinics Operated by Open Door Health Center
Open Door Health Center operates one other clinic elsewhere in Minnesota. 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. Once your discount is assessed at one of its sites, the others normally honor it without a second application. 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.
- Southside Dental, Vision, Behavioral Health, and Administration — Minneapolis, about 15.6 miles away
- Southside East Lake Clinic — Minneapolis, about 17 miles away
- INDIAN HEALTH BOARD OF MINNEAPOLIS, INC. — Minneapolis, about 17.7 miles away
- NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINIC — Minneapolis, about 17.8 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call ODHC Shakopee
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Southside East Lake Clinic
1000 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407-1617 17 miles away
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INDIAN HEALTH BOARD OF MINNEAPOLIS, INC.
1315 E 24th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404-3975 17.7 miles away
Community Health Center
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINIC
1213 E Franklin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55404-2923 17.8 miles away
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