Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus: financial assistance and charity care

Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus 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 - Summit Campus for you, at no cost.

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Also known as Sutter Bay Hospitals, Sutter Summit Hospital.

What Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit 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 - Summit 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.

Hospital
Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Summit Campus
3100 Summit Street
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 - Summit Campus and send it to the hospital for you.
  4. We follow up until you have a decision in writing.
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