# Department of Community Health Georgia

Health center organization in Bainbridge, GA. The federal rule for health centers.

Department of Community Health Georgia charges a lower, sliding fee based on income to patients whose household has a yearly income up to $31,920 for 1 person, $43,280 for 2, $54,640 for 3, $66,000 for 4, $77,360 for 5 or $88,720 for 6. Federal health center rules require this sliding fee at or below 200% of the federal poverty level. Ask the front desk for the sliding fee application.

The hospital makes the final decision.

| Household size | Free care if yearly income is up to | Discount if yearly income is up to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | not found | $31,920 |
| 2 | not found | $43,280 |
| 3 | not found | $54,640 |
| 4 | not found | $66,000 |
| 5 | not found | $77,360 |
| 6 | not found | $88,720 |

Dollar amounts use the 2026 federal poverty guidelines.

## How to apply

- Call (229) 248-3748 and ask for financial assistance.
- [Health center website](http://www.eghc.org/Metter)

## Sites

- Decatur County Board of Health, Bainbridge Farmworker Clinic, 310 S Scott St, Bainbridge, GA 39819, (229) 248-3748
- Decatur County Board of Health, Bainbridge Farmworker Clinic, 1626 E Shotwell St, Bainbridge, GA 39819, (229) 248-3748
- Decatur County Board of Health, Decatur Clinic, 920 S West St, Bainbridge, GA 39819, (229) 248-3748
- South Central Primary Care Center - Douglas, 1309 Ocilla Rd, Suite A, Douglas, GA 31533, (912) 384-2252
- Phoebe Sumter Primary Care Clinic - Ellaville, 339 S Broad St, Ellaville, GA 31806, (229) 937-5321
- Migrant Farmworkers Clinic, Inc, 2186 J Frank Culpepper Rd, Lake Park, GA 31636, (229) 559-4552
- East Georgia Health Care Center - Metter, 34 NW Broad St, Metter, GA 30439, (912) 537-6565
- Colquitt County Board of Health, Ellenton Clinic, 185 N Baker St, Norman Park, GA 31771, (229) 324-2845
- South Central Primary Care Center - Pearson, 640 Main St N, Pearson, GA 31642, (229) 422-3131
- East Georgia Health Care Center - Reidsville, 117 Memorial Dr, Reidsville, GA 30453, (478) 237-2638
- East Georgia Health Care Center - Vidalia, 118 Alice Coleman Dr, Vidalia, GA 30474, (912) 537-6565

## State program in Georgia

### Indigent Care Trust Fund rules for disproportionate share hospitals (Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 111-3-6-.03)

Some Georgia hospitals get extra state and federal money because they treat many low-income patients. These are called disproportionate share hospitals. As a condition of that money, the hospital must give free care to people with income below 125% of the federal poverty level. Between 125% and at least 200%, it must give free care or use a sliding fee scale. This covers only hospitals in the program, and the duty can stop once the hospital's spending on this care matches the money it got. The state does not post a simple list of which hospitals take part, so this site does not show it as a floor on any hospital's page. Ask the hospital if it takes part in the Indigent Care Trust Fund program.

Income levels in the program are free up to 125%, discount up to 200% of poverty level.

Applies to Georgia hospitals that receive disproportionate share hospital payments from the Indigent Care Trust Fund, public or private.

How to apply. Ask the hospital's financial counseling or patient accounts office whether it takes part in the Indigent Care Trust Fund program and for its application for free or reduced charge care. Participating hospitals must post how to apply and who to contact with complaints.

> provide services for no charge to persons with incomes below 125 percent of the federal poverty level

Source https://rules.sos.ga.gov/gac/111-3-6-.03, checked 2026-11-11

## Sources

No source yet beyond the federal rule. The hospital's own policy is the final word.

Not checked yet.

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