Community Health Center
CHAS Health Family Dental
203 E Dalke Ave, Spokane, WA 99208-8112 0.1 miles away
Community Health Center
CHAS Behavioral Health Center
5901 N Lidgerwood St, Suite 223, Spokane, WA 99208-1122
CHAS Behavioral Health Center is a community health center site in Spokane, WA where dental care is provided, operated by Community Health Association of Spokane, which runs 13 clinics across 2 states.
Dental care shares this address with the clinic's main service, which usually means a separate schedule. Ask when the dentist is in. The health center is open about 50 hours a week, though dental sessions are usually a subset of that.
Clinic Details
| Address | 5901 N Lidgerwood St, Suite 223, Spokane, WA 99208 |
|---|---|
| Phone | 509-444-8200 |
| Operated by | Community Health Association of Spokane |
| Program | Health Center Program (federally funded) |
Planning Your Visit
5901 N Lidgerwood St, Suite 223, Spokane, WA 99208
The published number is 509-444-8200. 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 scale belongs to Community Health Association of Spokane, not to a national schedule, so the only reliable figure is the one they give you. 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 Washington 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
Do I need to be a US citizen?
No. The Health Center Program does not set citizenship or immigration status as a condition of being seen, and clinics in it are not required to ask. What they do need is something to work out your fee, which is income and household size rather than status. If this is the thing keeping you from calling, ask what they require before you decide not to go.
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.
How large is the dental program?
No dental activity figures have been published for this organization in a form we can tie to it, so the size of the program here is unknown. Asking how many days a week a dentist is in gets you further than asking how big the clinic is.
How long does the discount last?
A determination usually runs for a set period, often a year, and then has to be reapplied for with current income documents. If your circumstances change in between — a job lost, a household member moving out — ask for a reassessment rather than waiting.
What if I need to be seen urgently?
If you think it might be an emergency, go to an emergency room rather than trying to book here — that is the one situation where the price of the visit is not the thing to weigh. Otherwise, call early in the day and say you are in pain, because it routes the call differently; some health centers hold same-day slots for exactly that and do not advertise them.
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.
Other Clinics Operated by Community Health Association of Spokane
Community Health Association of Spokane operates 12 other clinics across 2 states, 11 of them in Washington. 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
These are straight-line distances. Two clinics a mile apart can have very different waits, so it is worth calling both.
- CHAS Health Family Dental — Spokane, less than a mile away
- CHAS Health at Shiloh Hills Elementary — Spokane, about 1.5 miles away
- Maple Street Clinic — Spokane, about 1.8 miles away
- Unify Community Health, Northeast — Spokane, about 2 miles away
Confirmed Payment Options
Income-Based Fees
Call CHAS Behavioral Health Center
Confirm current dental services, appointment availability, costs and accepted insurance directly with the clinic.
Nearby Affordable Dental Clinics
Community Health Center
CHAS Health at Shiloh Hills Elementary
505 E Stonewall Ave, Spokane, WA 99208-5747 1.5 miles away
Community Health Center
Maple Street Clinic
3919 N Maple St, Spokane, WA 99205-1397 1.8 miles away
Community Health Center
Unify Community Health, Northeast
4001 N Cook St, Spokane, WA 99207-5879 2 miles away
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