Bingham Memorial Hospital: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Bingham Memorial Hospital? 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 publishes a charity care policy but does not state a fixed income cutoff - eligibility is decided from your income, expenses, ability to work, and financial obligations.
Discounted care: Not published — call the billing department to ask.
How to apply: Bingham Memorial Hospital: Financial assistance
Phone: 208-782-3969 — Patient Financial Advocate (Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.).
How to apply
- Call a Patient Financial Advocate at (208) 782-3969 (Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) to ask about the charity care application.
- Fill out the financial application and provide monthly income, tax returns, pay stubs, and information on assets and living expenses.
- The hospital looks at all factors - income, expenses, and your ability to work - and mails you a decision within 30 days of receiving your completed application.
- If approved, the write-off is applied to your hospital balance.
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.
- Bingham Memorial Hospital charity care policy
- Bingham Memorial Hospital billing