Montrose Regional Health: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Montrose Regional Health? 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. Montrose doesn't publish a free-care income limit of its own. Instead, it follows Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law, which limits what hospitals can charge qualifying patients.
Discounted care: Under Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law, if your gross household income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines, the hospital must limit what it charges you — and you can set up a payment plan based on your income.
How to apply: Montrose Regional Health: Hospital Discounted Care information
Phone: 970-252-2666 — Hospital Discounted Care line — call to see if you qualify and to get information about your rights.
How to apply
- Check the income limit above — at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines under Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law.
- Call 970-252-2666 or visit the hospital to ask for a Hospital Discounted Care screening — the hospital will help you see if you qualify.
- You may qualify even if you are not a citizen, are an immigrant, or have health insurance.
- If you qualify, the hospital limits your bill and can set up an income-based payment plan.
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.
- Montrose Regional Health — Hospital Discounted Care patient rights