Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Mercyone Des Moines 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 (a 100% discount) if you are uninsured and your household income is at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
Discounted care: A partial discount if your household income is between 201% and 400% of the federal poverty level. If a state law requires a higher limit, that law applies.
How to apply: Trinity Health: Financial assistance
Phone: 866-404-9382 — Trinity Health Financial Services Department.
How to apply
- Check the income limits above - compare your household income and family size to the federal poverty level.
- Fill out the financial assistance application and gather proof of income and household size.
- Submit the application by mail, in person, or through your hospital's financial counselor.
- Trinity Health may also approve help on its own (without an application) based on a financial screening - ask a financial counselor.
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 Mercyone Des Moines 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.
- Trinity Health: Financial Assistance Policy - Finance Policy No. 1 (PDF)
- Trinity Health: Financial assistance