Valley Healthcare System Inc
Health center with 4 sites in Columbus, GA.
The federal rule for health centers
Valley Healthcare System Inc 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.
| People in household | Free care up to | Discount 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 |
How to apply
- Call (706) 689-1331 and ask for financial assistance or the sliding fee.
- Health center website
Sites
- Fort Benning Road Health Center
1600 Fort Benning Rd, Columbus, GA 31903
(706) 689-1331 - VHcS Fortson Medical/Dental Center
94 McCrary Rd, Fortson, GA 31808
(706) 987-8216 - Stewart County School
15582 GA Highway 27, Lumpkin, GA 31815
(229) 838-4374 - Talbot County Medical/Dental Center
341 N Washington Ave, Talbotton, GA 31827
(706) 987-8348
What is covered
Ask which services the sliding fee covers, such as dental, lab work or medicines.
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.
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
Program source, checked 2026-11-11
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