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Children'S Hospital Colorado — Financial Assistance & Charity Care
Aurora, Adams County, CO
Under Colorado law, Children'S Hospital Colorado must offer discounted care to eligible low-income and uninsured patients. Here's what the law guarantees — and how to apply.
What Colorado law guarantees
Under Colorado Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198, C.R.S. §25.5-3-501 et seq.), Children'S Hospital Colorado must provide discounted care to uninsured patients at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level, limiting both what you are charged and your monthly payments.
This is the legal minimum — Children'S Hospital Colorado may offer more generous help. The only way to know is to apply, and applying is always free.
Even if you have a bill to pay, Colorado law limits it: for households at or below 250% of the Federal Poverty Level, your monthly payments can't be more than 4% of your monthly income on a hospital bill, 2% on each provider's bill, or 6% across a combined bill — and after 36 monthly payments, any remaining balance is treated as paid in full.
Based on Colorado Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198, C.R.S. §25.5-3-501 et seq.), checked against the official source on 2026-08-04 — an automatic check, not a review by a person. See the official source ↗
See the exact wording
(5) "Qualified patient" means an individual who attests to residing in Colorado whose household income is not more than two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level and who received an inpatient hospital service or outpatient hospital service at a health-care facility. ... (b) Collect amounts charged, not including amounts owed by third-party payers, in monthly installments such that the patient is not paying more than four percent of the patient's monthly household income on a bill from a health-care facility, not paying more than two percent of the patient's monthly household income on a bill from each licensed health-care professional, and not paying more than six percent of the patient's household income on a comprehensive bill containing all health-care facility and licensed health-care professional charges; and (c) After a cumulative thirty-six months of payments, consider the patient's bill paid in full and permanently cease any and all collection activities on any balance that remains unpaid.
How to apply
📞 (720) 777-1234When you call, say: “I'd like to apply for financial assistance (charity care) for a hospital bill. Can you send me the application and tell me which documents I need?”
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