Hospital financial assistance directory

Every hospital in the United States, and what it is actually required to do for a patient who cannot pay. Federal law obliges nonprofit hospitals to run a financial assistance program, publish it, and limit what they charge people who qualify — and most patients who would qualify never find out. Look up your hospital below.

5,432hospitals

2,939bound by federal 501(r) rules

2,871with billed-vs-paid data

56states and territories

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Frequently asked questions

Which hospitals are required to offer financial assistance?

Nonprofit hospitals recognised as 501(c)(3) organisations are required by Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain a written financial assistance policy, publicise it widely, cap what they charge patients who qualify, and wait at least 120 days before extraordinary collection actions. 2,939 of the 5,432 hospitals in the federal registry are nonprofit. For-profit hospitals are not federally required to have such a policy, though most operate one voluntarily.

How much can hospital financial assistance cover?

It varies by hospital, because each one sets its own income thresholds — commonly expressed as a multiple of the federal poverty guidelines, such as free care below 200% and a sliding scale up to 400%. Many people who would qualify never apply. The only way to know your hospital's thresholds is to request its policy, which a nonprofit hospital must provide free on request.

What if I already paid or the bill is in collections?

Neither closes the door. A financial assistance application can generally still be submitted for at least 240 days after your first billing statement at a nonprofit hospital, and once an account is with a third-party collector the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act gives you the right to demand written validation of the debt before they can keep pressing you.

Where does this data come from?

Hospital records come from CMS Hospital General Information (published 2026-05-13) and the billed-versus-paid figures from the CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals datasets (2024 data). Both are free public federal datasets, linked on every page so you can verify them.

Sources: CMS Hospital General Information (Provider Data Catalog, dataset xubh-q36u) (published 2026-05-13) and CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service (2024 data). Both are public federal datasets. Read how we build these pages.