Quick answers
- What is Pungoteague Dental Program?
- Pungoteague Dental Program is a community health center in Melfa, Virginia, run by Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Incorporated, according to Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
- Does Pungoteague Dental Program offer a sliding fee or serve people without insurance?
- It is listed by HRSA as a site of a health center in the federal Health Center Program. These health centers must offer a sliding fee discount based on income and serve patients regardless of their ability to pay. Call to ask what papers to bring.
- Where is Pungoteague Dental Program?
- 28480 Bobtown Rd, Melfa, VA 23410, in Accomack County, Virginia.
- What is the phone number of Pungoteague Dental Program?
- (757) 789-7777, as listed by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Call to confirm hours before you go.
Cost and insurance
HRSA lists this place as a site of a health center in the federal Health Center Program. Under the program’s rules, the health center must:
- offer a sliding fee discount: what you pay depends on your income and family size;
- serve patients whether or not they have insurance and regardless of their ability to pay.
Ask the health center which services and fees the discount covers at this site. Sources
What to ask when you call
- Are you taking new patients, and how soon can I be seen?
- Do you accept my insurance, Medicare or Medicaid?
- How does the sliding fee discount work, and what papers should I bring (for example proof of income)?
- What services do you offer here (for example dental, mental health, vaccines, lab tests)?
- What are your hours, and do you have interpreters or staff who speak my language?
A general checklist, not medical advice. For questions about your health or your medicines, ask your doctor or pharmacist.
Other community health centers nearby
By straight-line distance (not driving distance).
- Nandua Dental4.2 mi · Onley, VA · Community health center
- Onley Community Health Center4.4 mi · Onancock, VA · Community health center
- Express Care5.1 mi · Onley, VA · Community health center
- Occohannock Dental9.2 mi · Exmore, VA · Community health center
- Metompkin Elementary School Health12 mi · Parksley, VA · Community health center
Pharmacies nearby
- Runningers Pharmacy5.7 mi · Onancock, VA · Pharmacy
- Eastern Shore Rural Health System Incorporated6.8 mi · Onley, VA · Community/retail pharmacy
- Wal-Mart Stores East LP6.8 mi · Onley, VA · Community/retail pharmacy
Nearest emergency rooms
Hospitals that list emergency services in Medicare data, by straight-line distance.
- Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital5.1 mi · Onancock, VA
- Rappahannock General Hospital31 mi · Kilmarnock, VA
- Riverside Walter Reed Hospital44 mi · Gloucester, VA
More in Melfa
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Details from the official record
| Type | Community health center |
|---|---|
| Program | Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), funded by HRSA |
| Health center organization | Eastern Shore Rural Health System, Incorporated |
| Address | 28480 Bobtown Rd, Melfa, VA 23410 |
| County | Accomack County |
| State | Virginia |
| Phone | (757) 789‑7777 |
| Website (as listed by HRSA) | esrh.org |
| Location setting | School |
| Hours open per week | 40 |
| Schedule | Part-Time |
| Name in the official record | PUNGOTEAGUE DENTAL PROGRAM |
| HRSA site number | BPS-H80-006537 |
| National Provider Identifier (NPI) | 1881847135 |
| Corrections | Report an error or suggest an update → |
Sources
- Health Center Service Delivery and Look-Alike Sites — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), retrieved 2026-11-13
- NPI Registry record 1881847135 — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- What is a health center? — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- Health Center Program Compliance Manual, Chapter 9: Sliding Fee Discount Program — Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)