Community Health Center
Compass Health Inc.
2475 Broadway Bluffs Dr, Suite 200, Columbia, MO 65201-8147 0.6 miles away
Community Health Center
Clarity Healthcare
1805 E Walnut St, Columbia, MO 65201-6425
Clarity Healthcare is a community health center dental clinic in Columbia, MO, operated by Preferred Family Healthcare, which runs 7 clinics across 2 states.
The health center is open about 40 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 1805 E Walnut St, Columbia, MO 65201 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 573-476-0030 |
| Operated by | Preferred Family Healthcare |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
1805 E Walnut St, Columbia, MO 65201
The published number is 573-476-0030. 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 Preferred Family Healthcare 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 Missouri 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
How soon could I be seen?
Dental waits at health centers are frequently longer than medical waits, and can run weeks for a routine appointment. Ask for the next available and also whether they hold same-day slots for pain, which is a different queue.
What happens if I miss an appointment?
Missed dental appointments are taken seriously because the chair time cannot be reused, and repeated no-shows can affect whether you keep the slot. Call to cancel even at short notice; it costs you nothing and keeps you on the books.
What if I need more work than I can afford?
Say that plainly at the start. A dentist who does not know the budget will quote the ideal plan. Told the constraint, they can usually say which item is urgent, which can wait a year, and where a cheaper option is clinically reasonable. Ask for the plan in writing so you can stage it.
Does Missouri Medicaid cover adult dental work?
That is decided at state level and has changed more than once in most states, ranging from comprehensive to emergency extractions only. Dental coverage for children enrolled in Medicaid is a required benefit everywhere. Our Medicaid dental page covers how to check where your state stands now.
When is the dental clinic open?
Dental hours are frequently shorter than the hours posted for the health center as a whole, and they are not published in a form we can confirm for this clinic. Ask for the dental schedule specifically rather than the center’s.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Preferred Family Healthcare
Preferred Family Healthcare operates 6 other clinics across 2 states, 5 of them in Missouri. 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
Straight-line distances. The nearest clinic is not reliably the one that can see you soonest, so try a couple.
- Compass Health Inc. — Columbia, less than a mile away
- Compass Health, Inc. — Columbia, about 1.1 miles away
- Compass Health, Inc. — Columbia, about 1.2 miles away
- Clarity Healthcare — Columbia, about 1.4 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Clarity Healthcare
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
Compass Health, Inc.
303 N Keene St, Suite 202, Columbia, MO 65201-8052 1.1 miles away
Community Health Center
Compass Health, Inc.
200 Portland St, Columbia, MO 65201-6525 1.2 miles away
Community Health Center
Clarity Healthcare
3407 Berrywood Dr, Suite 200, Columbia, MO 65201-6500 1.4 miles away
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