Piedmont Eastside Medical Center: Financial Assistance & Charity Care

Can't afford a bill from Piedmont Eastside 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

How to apply

1. Check the income limits above — Piedmont first runs an electronic check that may approve you automatically.
2. If you aren't approved automatically, fill out the application (on Piedmont's website, at any hospital registration desk, or by calling 855-788-1212) and attach proof of income.
3. Apply within 245 days of your first bill. If something is missing from your application, you have 30 days to send it in.
4. Piedmont mails you a letter saying whether you're approved. If you're denied, you have 30 days to appeal.

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.
• Piedmont Healthcare: Financial Assistance Policy (PDF)
• Piedmont Healthcare: Billing and financial resources