Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp At Stanford: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hsp At Stanford? 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: Fully discounted care (100% charity care) for uninsured and underinsured patients with family income at or below 400% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Discounted care: Not published — call the billing department to ask.
How to apply: Stanford Medicine Children's Health: Financial assistance
Phone: 800-308-3285 — Stanford Medicine Children's Health financial assistance. Financial Assistance line: 650-736-2273.
How to apply
- Check the income limit above — it covers uninsured patients and insured patients whose plan doesn't cover the care.
- Fill out the financial assistance application and gather proof of income (two recent pay stubs and your last tax return).
- Submit the application to the Patient Financial Advocacy department — by mail, fax to 650-497-8610, or email [email protected] — or pick up a form at Patient Admitting, 725 Welch Rd, Suite G26, Palo Alto.
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.
- LPCH Financial Assistance / Charity Care Policy (PDF)
- Stanford Medicine Children's Health: Help paying your bill (PDF)