Suburban Community Hospital

Nonprofit acute care hospital in Norristown, PA.

Verified from the hospital's own policy

Suburban Community Hospital likely gives free care to households with a yearly income up to $55,860 for 1 person, $75,740 for 2, $95,620 for 3, $115,500 for 4, $135,380 for 5 or $155,260 for 6. It likely gives a discount to households with a yearly income up to $71,820 for 1 person, $97,380 for 2, $122,940 for 3, $148,500 for 4, $174,060 for 5 or $199,620 for 6.

The hospital makes the final decision.

Yearly household income, before taxes, using the 2026 federal poverty guidelines (free up to 350%, discount up to 450% of poverty level).
People in householdFree care up toDiscount up to
1$55,860$71,820
2$75,740$97,380
3$95,620$122,940
4$115,500$148,500
5$135,380$174,060
6$155,260$199,620

Discount steps

  • 351% to 400% of poverty level, you pay 50% off the amount owed after the AGB discount
  • 401% to 450% of poverty level, you pay 25% off the amount owed after the AGB discount

How to apply

  1. Call (610) 278-2000 and ask for financial assistance.
  2. Application form
  3. Patient Financial Assistance Policy (Prime Healthcare, not-for-profit hospitals)
  4. Plain language summary
  5. Bring recent pay stubs or income tax returns.
  6. The policy gives 240 days to apply. Ask the billing office which date the count starts from.
Savings and property
The policy looks at income only, not savings or property.
Very large bills
Insured patients at or below 450% whose out-of-pocket medical costs exceed 10% of family income
Languages
English, Spanish

If you have insurance

Insured patients can also apply for help with deductibles and copays. Keep your insurance. Financial assistance covers bills from this one place only.

What is covered

Covered
Emergency and medically necessary care billed by the hospital
Not covered
Entirely cosmetic services; physicians who are not hospital employees may have their own programs

State program in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Medical Assistance (Medicaid)

State health coverage. Adults 19 to 64 qualify with income at or below 133% of the poverty level. Most hospital financial assistance policies in the Philadelphia area require you to apply for Medical Assistance first. This is insurance, not a hospital discount program, so it sets no hospital charity care threshold.

Applies to people, not hospitals.

Apply online through COMPASS or at your County Assistance Office. Hospital financial counselors can help you apply.

Adults ages 19-64 with incomes at or below 133 percent of the Federal Income Poverty Guidelines (FPIG)

Program source, checked 2026-11-10

Hospital Uncompensated Care Program (Tobacco Settlement Act, Act 77 of 2001, Chapter 11)

A state program that pays eligible hospitals for part of the uncompensated care they give, including charity care. It pays hospitals, not patients. The law defines charity care by each hospital's own charity care policy and sets no patient income limit. Whether the program is still funded today was not checked.

Applies to eligible hospitals (payments to hospitals).

Patients do not apply. Apply to the hospital's own financial assistance program.

provided free or at a reduced rate to patients who cannot afford to pay but who are not eligible for public programs

Program source, checked 2026-11-10

Notes

Free care (charity care) is for patients without insurance. Insured patients at or below 450% can get the discount program when out-of-pocket costs top 10% of income; they then owe at most the gap between insurance payment and AGB. Income proof is limited to pay stubs or tax returns; the policy asks for no asset information. The site now calls this hospital the Suburban Behavioral Health Campus of Roxborough Memorial Hospital (formerly Suburban Community Hospital). Posted policy last revised 02/2024. The phone is the main hospital line given in the policy.

Sources

  • Free care level
    0% - 350% 100% (Charity Care)
  • Discount level
    the patient’s Family Income does not exceed 450% of the Federal Poverty Level
  • Discount steps
    351% - 400% 50% 401% - 450% 25%
  • Insured patients
    apply to patient liability amounts, including coinsurance amounts, copayments, and
  • Asset test
    recent pay stubs or income tax returns. The financial assistance application requests
  • Very large bills
    has out-of-pocket medical expenses that exceed the lesser of: (a) ten percent (10%) of the patient’s Family Income
  • Deadline
    hundred forty (240) days following the date of the first post-discharge statement.

Last checked. 2026-11-10

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