Fairview Hospital: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Fairview 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. Cleveland Clinic's financial assistance program covers family income up to 400% of the federal poverty level, but it does not publish a single free-care income cutoff for its Ohio hospitals. Call 866-621-6385 to check what you qualify for.
Discounted care: Discounted care if your family income is up to 400% of the federal poverty level — for uninsured patients, and for insured patients whose coverage does not cover emergency or medically necessary care.
How to apply: Cleveland Clinic: Financial assistance
Phone: 866-621-6385 — Customer service.
How to apply
- Call 866-621-6385 — a Cleveland Clinic patient financial advocate will check what you qualify for, since no single free-care income cutoff is published.
- Discounts are available for family income up to 400% of the federal poverty level.
- Fill out the financial assistance application from the financial assistance page and gather proof of income.
- Mail the application to CCF - Financial Assistance Application, PO Box 932553, Cleveland, OH 44193, or ask a patient financial advocate at the hospital.
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.
- Cleveland Clinic Financial Assistance page
- Cleveland Clinic Cancer Financial Assistance Services