Memorial Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Memorial 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 charity care) if you do not have insurance and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level.
Discounted care: If you have insurance but your medical expenses over the past 12 months are more than 10% of your family income, and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, you may qualify for High Medical Cost charity care.
How to apply: Sutter Health: Billing and Collections Policy (Financial Assistance)
Phone: 800-478-8837 — Sutter Health patient services (800-4SUTTER). Call with questions about financial assistance.
How to apply
- Check the income limit above — if you have no insurance and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, you may get free care.
- Ask the hospital for a financial assistance application, or call 800-478-8837 for help.
- Fill out the application and attach proof of income, such as pay stubs or a tax return.
- Submit the application and wait for Sutter Health to tell you what you owe.
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.
- Sutter Health: Billing and Collections Policy for Sutter Hospitals