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El Centro Regional Medical Center — financial assistance & charity care

Panel — El Centro Regional Medical Center — financial assistance & charity care
Panel — El Centro Regional Medical Center — financial assistance & charity care

Description

El Centro’s hospital. Its Financial Assistance Program provides free (charity) care or discounted payment to low-income, uninsured or underinsured patients for medically necessary care, based on federal poverty guidelines. Uninsured patients also receive a 30% prompt-pay discount and interest-free payment plans; applications are available in English and Spanish from Patient Accounting.

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What they offer: El Centro's hospital. Its Financial Assistance Program provides free (charity) care or discounted payment to low-income, uninsured or underinsured patients for medically necessary care, based on federal poverty guidelines. Uninsured...

Why this place helps: This is a place where you can get care even if you have little money.

Best for: anyone

Ask for: financial assistance, a social worker, or patient registration

When you call, say:
  • Ask for financial assistance or charity care. (California hospitals must offer free or discounted care to people with little money; ask for the application.)
  • Ask for a social worker. (They help with coverage, medicine, and a safe place to recover.)
  • Ask: Can you sign me up for Medi-Cal today?
  • Emergency? They must treat you even if you cannot pay.
  • Bill you cannot pay? Say: I need help with this bill. Please send me the financial assistance application.

What to bring

What to do

  1. Call or go in.
  2. Say: I need care, and I need financial assistance.
  3. Ask for a social worker.

Hours

Hospital and emergency room open 24/7; Patient Financial Services on weekdays — call to confirm

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