Kearney Regional Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Kearney Regional 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 family income and assets are at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Discounted care: Sliding-scale discounts if your family income and assets are between 201% and 400% of the federal poverty level. Catastrophic help is available if your bills from Bryan Health facilities exceed 30% of your total income and assets.
How to apply: Kearney Regional Medical Center: Billing, insurance & financial assistance
Phone: 855-404-5766 — Bryan Health billing department (Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.).
How to apply
- Check the income limits above — at or below 200% of the federal poverty level means a 100% discount.
- Fill out the Bryan Health financial assistance application and gather your income and asset documents.
- Send the completed application to Bryan Health Patient Financial Services.
- If your medical bills are more than 30% of your yearly income and assets, ask about catastrophic assistance instead.
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.
See what Kearney Regional Medical Center charges
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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.
- Kearney Regional Medical Center: Billing, Insurance & Financial Assistance
- Bryan Health Financial Assistance Policy (plain language summary)