Ozarks Healthcare Encourages Preventive Care Through Low-Cost Lab Screenings and Mobile Mammography Unit

Ozarks Healthcare is making preventive care more accessible in 2026 by offering low-cost lab screenings and bringing its Mobile Mammography Unit to communities across the region throughout the year. According to Ozarks Healthcare’s latest Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), chronic disease management and cancer prevention are the top two health priorities in the region - making early detection and accessible screenings more important than ever.

Through Ozarks Healthcare’s Laboratory Services, community members can take advantage of affordable screenings designed to help individuals “know their numbers,” including indicators related to blood sugar, cholesterol, thyroid function, calcium levels, and more. These tests play a key role in early detection and prevention of common health conditions.

Available lab screenings include: Complete Blood Count (CBC), Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP), A1C (Diabetes Screening), Lipid Panel (Cholesterol Screening), PSA (Prostate Cancer Screening), TSH (Thyroid Screening), and a Vitamin D Screening.

Pricing for lab screenings begins at just $17. Screenings will be offered on scheduled dates at Ozarks Healthcare locations across the region.

In addition to lab screenings, women can access convenient breast cancer screening through Ozarks Healthcare’s Mobile Mammography Unit, which brings advanced 3D mammography technology directly to rural communities. The unit is designed to increase access to care and support early detection, which significantly improves outcomes. For Ozarks Healthcare’s full Mobile Mammography Unit schedule, visit www.ozarkshealthcare.com/services/imaging-services/mobile-mammography.

Low-cost Lab screening dates are as follows. To schedule low-cost lab screenings, contact the desired Ozarks Healthcare location near you from the following list: 

March

March 11 – Ozarks Healthcare Winona, Ozarks Healthcare Main Campus; Ozarks Healthcare Family Care; Ozarks Healthcare West Plains Family Medicine

March 12 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain Grove

March 17 – Ozarks Healthcare Alton

March 18 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain View

March 24 – Ozarks Healthcare Gainesville

March 25 – Ozarks Healthcare Thayer

June

June 10 – Ozarks Healthcare Winona, Ozarks Healthcare Main Campus; Ozarks Healthcare Family Care; Ozarks Healthcare West Plains Family Medicine

June 11 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain Grove

June 16 – Ozarks Healthcare Alton

June 17 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain View

June 23 – Ozarks Healthcare Gainesville

June 24 – Ozarks Healthcare Thayer

September

September 9 – Ozarks Healthcare Winona, Ozarks Healthcare Main Campus; Ozarks Healthcare Family Care; Ozarks Healthcare West Plains Family Medicine

September 10 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain Grove

September 15 – Ozarks Healthcare Alton

September 16 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain View

September 22 – Ozarks Healthcare Gainesville

September 23 – Ozarks Healthcare Thayer

December

December 9 – Ozarks Healthcare Winona, Ozarks Healthcare Main Campus; Ozarks Healthcare Family Care; Ozarks Healthcare West Plains Family Medicine

December 10 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain Grove

December 15 – Ozarks Healthcare Alton

December 16 – Ozarks Healthcare Mountain View

December 22 – Ozarks Healthcare Gainesville

December 23 – Ozarks Healthcare Thayer

Appointments are required for mobile mammography screenings and are limited. To schedule a mammogram at any of these locations, call 417-274-7911.

To be eligible for a screening mammogram from the Ozarks Healthcare Mobile Mammography Unit, patients must be female and 40 years or older, not had a mammogram in the past year, not currently be pregnant or breastfeeding, not have implants or breast issues, such as breast discharge, lumps, pain or discoloration, and not have never been previously diagnosed with breast cancer.

The Mobile Mammography Unit is equipped with state-of-the-art 3D mammography technology, providing comprehensive imaging. Early detection through routine mammograms can reduce the risk of death from breast cancer by 25–30% or more. Women are encouraged to begin annual mammograms at age 40, or earlier if they are at higher risk.

Ozarks Healthcare remains committed to bringing essential preventive services directly to the communities it serves, ensuring access to care close to home.

Ozarks Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system that serves more than 160,000 residents across south-central Missouri and northern Arkansas. With its main campus residing in West Plains, Missouri, the health system offers a full spectrum of healthcare for all ages through its 114-bed hospital, behavioral health, therapies, pharmacies, rehabilitation, and home care services, along with specialty and family medicine clinics. Ozarks Healthcare has rural locations across an eight-county service area and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations.