South Pointe Hospital: Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Can't afford a bill from South Pointe Hospital? 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 if your annual family income is at or below 250% of the federal poverty guidelines.
Discounted care: Care discounted to what the hospital generally bills insured patients if your annual family income is between 251% and 400% of the federal poverty guidelines.
How to apply: South Pointe Hospital (Cleveland Clinic): Financial assistance
Phone: 866-621-6385 — Cleveland Clinic Customer Service / Patient Financial Advocates.
How to apply
- Check the income limits above — free care up to 250% of the poverty guidelines, a discount to the insured rate up to 400%.
- Fill out Cleveland Clinic's financial assistance application (find it on the financial assistance page linked above).
- Submit the application with your income information at any point during scheduling or billing — a Patient Financial Advocate can help.
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.
See what South Pointe Hospital charges
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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.
- Cleveland Clinic Financial Assistance page — program income levels up to 400% FPG