Fairfield Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Fairfield 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 (full write-off) if your household income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level — under 100% through Ohio's Hospital Care Assurance Program, 101-200% as charity care.
Discounted care: A 60% write-off of your bill (you pay 40%) if your household income is between 201% and 400% of the federal poverty level.
How to apply: Fairfield Medical Center: Financial assistance
Phone: 855-275-7408 — Adena Health customer service (financial assistance line).
How to apply
- Check the income limits above — Fairfield Medical Center follows the Adena Health system financial assistance program.
- Fill out the financial assistance application (available on the financial assistance page or printed on the back of your billing statement).
- Gather three months of income verification and a bank statement covering your dates of service.
- Submit the completed application — call 855-275-7408 to apply or with questions (it can take 60-90 days for a decision).
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.
- Adena Health financial assistance page (system site)
- Fairfield Medical Center financial assistance page (hospital site)