Community Health Center
St. Hope Foundation, Inc - ADMIN
6200 Savoy Dr, Ste 540, Houston, TX 77036-3338 0.5 miles away
Community Health Center
Legacy Baker Ripley
6500 Rookin St, Houston, TX 77074-5019
Legacy Baker Ripley is a community health center dental clinic in Houston, TX, operated by Legacy Community Health Services, which runs 4 clinics in Texas.
The health center is open about 45 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 6500 Rookin St, Houston, TX 77074 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 832-548-5000 |
| Operated by | Legacy Community Health Services |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
6500 Rookin St, Houston, TX 77074
The published number is 832-548-5000. 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. Legacy Community Health Services 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 Texas 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 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.
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 should I bring to the first appointment?
Photo identification, proof of address, and documentation of household income — recent pay stubs, a benefits award letter or a tax return. Take your insurance or Medicaid card if you have one, and a list of any medications you take.
Why was I billed for three things at one visit?
Because an examination, X-rays and a cleaning are separate items, priced separately, even when they happen in the same half hour. This is the most common unpleasant surprise at a first visit. Ask for the price of each before you book, and ask whether the discount applies to all three or only to some.
Can I book online?
This clinic publishes a website, linked at the top of this page, and some health centers take dental requests through a portal or a form. Calling is still usually faster for dental, because the dental schedule is often held separately from the one an online form writes into.
Does Medicare cover this?
Original Medicare does not cover routine dental care, which surprises most people who reach retirement expecting otherwise. Some Medicare Advantage plans include a limited dental benefit. The sliding scale here does not depend on Medicare, so ask about it separately.
Size of the Dental Service
Legacy Community Health Services provided 14,879 dental visits and 6,923 dental patients in 2025, with the equivalent of 21.89 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 Legacy Community Health Services
Legacy Community Health Services operates 3 other clinics in 2 other communities in Texas. 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
Measured straight-line rather than by road. Availability varies enough between them that a second call is usually worth making.
- St. Hope Foundation, Inc - ADMIN — Houston, less than a mile away
- St. Hope Community Health Clinic - Bellaire — Bellaire, about 2.3 miles away
- Legacy Montrose Clinic — Houston, about 6.7 miles away
- HACS: Main Campus — Houston, about 7.2 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call Legacy Baker Ripley
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
St. Hope Community Health Clinic - Bellaire
6800 West Loop S, Suite 560, Bellaire, TX 77401-4516 2.3 miles away
Community Health Center
Legacy Montrose Clinic
1415 California St, Houston, TX 77006-2602 6.7 miles away
Community Health Center
HACS: Main Campus
2150 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008-5200 7.3 miles away
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