Natividad Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Natividad 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 your household income is at or below 100% of the federal poverty level.
Discounted care: Discounted self-pay rates if your household income is up to 400% of the federal poverty level — plus a high-medical-cost discount if your total medical expenses are more than 10% of your family income.
How to apply: Natividad Medical Center: Help paying your bill
Phone: 831-755-4165 — Financial Counseling office (Mon–Fri, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.).
How to apply
- Check the income limits above — you must be uninsured (self-pay) or have high medical costs.
- Call or visit the Financial Counseling office at 1441 Constitution Blvd., Salinas, to get the application.
- Fill out the application and attach proof of income (tax return or recent pay stubs).
- Submit it — the hospital will write approved charity-care balances off in full.
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.
- Natividad Medical Center Full Charity Care, Self-Pay and High Medical Cost Financial Assistance Discount Policy (PDF)
- Natividad Medical Center help paying your bill page