Alta Bates Summit Medical Center: financial assistance and charity care

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland is covered by California's Hospital Fair Pricing Act. If your household earns at or below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (in 2026, $63,840 for one person or $132,000 for a family of four), it must offer you free or discounted care. We can check your eligibility and apply to Alta Bates Summit Medical Center for you, at no cost.

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Also known as Sutter Bay Hospitals.

What Alta Bates Summit Medical Center's policy says

Who qualifies: Up to 400% of the Federal Poverty Level for full or partial Charity Care

What it asks for:

  • None required to submit — Sutter may ask for proof (recent pay stubs or tax returns) but will accept other forms of proof, and documentation is not mandatory

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center follows the Sutter Health financial assistance policy, shared with 25 other California hospitals.

From the hospital's own filings, last checked September 24, 2026. Hospitals can change their policies; the hospital's current policy is what counts.

Hospital
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
350 Hawthorne Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
Alameda County

Let us apply for you — free

  1. Answer four questions to check your eligibility. It takes about a minute.
  2. Send us the bill and one proof of income. A phone photo is fine.
  3. We build the application for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and send it to the hospital for you.
  4. We follow up until you have a decision in writing.
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