Phelps Health: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from Phelps 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: Full financial assistance (your bill written off) if your household income is at or below 225% of the federal poverty level.
Discounted care: Partial financial assistance may be available at the same income level — the hospital looks at your income, assets, and household size to decide what help you get.
How to apply: Phelps Health: Financial assistance policy
Phone: 573-458-7715 — Financial assistance — call to request an application packet or get help applying.
How to apply
- Check the income limit above — full or partial help is for households at or below 225% of the federal poverty level. (This program is for Missouri residents in the Phelps Health 11-county service area.)
- Request a financial assistance packet by calling 573-458-7715, picking one up at the cashier's office (1000 West 10th Street, Rolla), downloading it from phelpshealth.org, or asking through the patient portal.
- Fill out the application and include your most recent federal tax return and your last three pay stubs.
- Return the packet — the hospital applies assistance to current accounts and bills from the past 240 days.
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.
- Plain Language Summary - Financial Assistance/Charity Care
- Financial Assistance Policy