Centerpoint Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Centerpoint Medical Center? 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: Free care if your household income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Centerpoint Medical Center is part of HCA Midwest Health and follows the HCA charity discount policy.
Discounted care: Expanded financial assistance that may reduce what you owe if your documented income is between 201% and 400% of the federal poverty level and your balance is greater than $1,500.
How to apply: Centerpoint Medical Center: Financial assistance
Phone: 816-698-7000 — Main hospital line — ask for financial assistance with your bill.
How to apply
- Check the income limits above — free care goes up to 200% of the federal poverty level, with expanded help up to 400% for balances over $1,500.
- Contact the hospital about financial assistance for the non-elective care you received — staff will tell you what to submit.
- Provide proof of your total household income so the hospital can verify your federal poverty level.
- Make sure no other payer (Medicare, Medicaid, insurance) still owes on the account, since the charity discount can only be applied once all other payments are posted.
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.
- HCA Florida Healthcare: Financial Assistance (HCA charity discount policy)
- Centerpoint Medical Center (HCA Midwest)