Community Health Center
Community Healthcare Center - Phyllis Hiraki Dental Clinic
110 Lee St, Wichita Falls, TX 76301-1128 0.1 miles away
Community Health Center
NORTH CENTRAL TX COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC.
200 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76301-1152
NORTH CENTRAL TX COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC. is a community health center dental clinic in Wichita Falls, TX, operated by North Central Texas Community Health Car, which runs 2 clinics in Texas.
The health center is open about 43.5 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 200 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76301 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 940-766-6306 |
| Operated by | North Central Texas Community Health Car |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
| Site schedule | Full-Time |
| Operating calendar | Year-Round |
Planning Your Visit
200 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76301
The published number is 940-766-6306. 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 North Central Texas Community Health Car 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 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
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.
Do I have to pay on the day?
Commonly yes, at least the discounted portion, and some clinics ask for it before treatment rather than after. Ask what is due at the first visit, because a discount determination and the first appointment are sometimes separate visits.
What happens at a first appointment?
Usually an examination with X-rays, sometimes a cleaning, and normally no treatment beyond that — anything found is scheduled for a later visit. Those items are billed separately, which is where unexpected first-visit charges come from. Ask for a written treatment plan with itemized costs before agreeing to anything, so you can stage the work over time if you need to.
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.
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.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by North Central Texas Community Health Car
North Central Texas Community Health Car operates one other clinic elsewhere 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. 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.
- Community Healthcare Center - Phyllis Hiraki Dental Clinic — Wichita Falls, less than a mile away
- LCHC Dental — Lawton, about 47.7 miles away
- LCHC Center for Health — Lawton, about 47.7 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call NORTH CENTRAL TX COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CENTER, INC.
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
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