Baxter Health: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Baxter Health? You may not have to pay all of it. Nonprofit hospitals must offer financial assistance — here are this hospital's actual income limits and how to apply, taken from its own published policy.
Quick facts
Free care: Not published — call the billing department to ask. The hospital's published summary says low-income patients can receive free or discounted care, but it only publishes an income limit for reduced-cost care (see below).
Discounted care: Discounted (reduced-cost) care may be available if your family income is below 300% of the federal poverty guidelines.
How to apply: Baxter Health: Financial assistance
Phone: 870-508-1080 — Patient Financial Services (Mon-Thu, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; Fri, 8 a.m.-noon).
How to apply
- Check the income limit above - reduced-cost care goes to family income below 300% of the federal poverty guidelines.
- Call Patient Financial Services at (870) 508-1080 or download the Financial Assistance Application Form from the financial assistance page.
- Fill out the application and mail it to Baxter Health, ATTN: Patient Financial Services, 624 Hospital Drive, Mountain Home, AR 72653, or hand it to a financial services staff member.
- The hospital decides eligibility using the federal poverty guidelines and notifies you.
Good to know
- You can apply up to 240 days after your first bill — even if the bill already went to collections.
- A new bill means a new application — you can apply more than once. More in our guide You Might Not Have to Pay That Hospital Bill.
- Whatever remains after assistance can still be negotiated: How to Negotiate a Hospital Bill.
- Free help applying: Dollar For walks you through it at no cost.
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Sources
- Policy details above come from the hospital's own published materials, linked below. Policies change — if a link breaks or a number looks off, call the hospital and please tell us.
- Baxter Health financial assistance page
- Financial Assistance Policy - Plain Language Summary