Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus: financial assistance and charity care
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus in Berkeley 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-Herrick Campus for you, at no cost.
Also known as Sutter Bay Hospitals, Absmc - Herrick Campus.
What Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus'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-Herrick Campus 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.
Let us apply for you — free
- Answer four questions to check your eligibility. It takes about a minute.
- Send us the bill and one proof of income. A phone photo is fine.
- We build the application for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Herrick Campus and send it to the hospital for you.
- We follow up until you have a decision in writing.
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