Petersburg Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Petersburg 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: Not published — call the billing department to ask. Petersburg Medical Center's published page does not set a separate income limit for free care — it offers free or discounted services to patients whose annual family income is up to 175% of the Alaska poverty level.
Discounted care: If your annual family income is at or below 175% of the Alaska poverty level and you cannot afford care, are underinsured, or have no insurance, you may get free or discounted medically necessary care.
How to apply: Petersburg Medical Center: Charitable Care & Financial Assistance
Phone: 907-772-5730 — Financial assistance (the number listed on the hospital's financial assistance application; the main hospital line is 907-772-4291).
How to apply
- Check the income limit above — help is for annual family incomes up to 175% of the Alaska poverty level.
- Download the Financial Assistance (Charity Care) Application from the hospital's charitable care page.
- Fill it out and attach proof of income — you may also need to apply for Medicaid at the same time.
- Deliver it to the PMC Business Office, fax it to (907) 772-3085, email it to [email protected], or mail it to PO Box 589, Petersburg, AK 99833.
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.
- Charitable Care & Financial Assistance
- Financial Assistance Policy (PDF)