St. Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus
Acute care hospital in Quakertown, PA.
Verified from the hospital's own policy
St. Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus likely gives free care to households with a yearly income up to $47,880 for 1 person, $64,920 for 2, $81,960 for 3, $99,000 for 4, $116,040 for 5 or $133,080 for 6. We have not found a discount for incomes above the free care level.
The hospital makes the final decision.
| People in household | Free care up to | Discount up to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $47,880 | not found |
| 2 | $64,920 | not found |
| 3 | $81,960 | not found |
| 4 | $99,000 | not found |
| 5 | $116,040 | not found |
| 6 | $133,080 | not found |
Discount steps
- 301% to % of poverty level, you pay amounts generally billed (17% of charges) or a lower PA discount, uninsured only
How to apply
- Call (484) 526-8000 and ask for financial assistance.
- Application form
- Financial Assistance Policy and Billing and Collection Policy (#111)
- Plain language summary
- The policy gives 240 days to apply. Ask the billing office which date the count starts from.
- Savings and property
- The policy counts savings or property, not only income.
- Very large bills
- Above 300% of poverty level, case-by-case discounts for catastrophic illness or medical indigence
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Arabic, Gujarati, Korean, Russian, Chinese, Vietnamese
If you have insurance
This policy does not cover bills for patients who have insurance. Keep your insurance. Financial assistance covers bills from this one place only.
What is covered
- Covered
- Emergency and medically necessary hospital care for uninsured patients
- Not covered
- Cosmetic surgery (unless needed for function); services not billed by St. Luke’s
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. We have not confirmed whether it applies to for-profit hospitals like this one. Ask the billing office.
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). We have not confirmed whether it applies to for-profit hospitals like this one. Ask the billing office.
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
This assistance is for uninsured patients. A separate St. Luke’s policy may recalculate balances left after insurance at the AGB rate. You must cooperate with Medical Assistance, CHIP and other program screening. Some minimum copays apply for specific services. CMS lists this campus as proprietary; the network policy lists it as covered.
Sources
- Free care level
Uninsured patients with family gross income less than or equal to 300% of FPL may be eligible, based upon verification, for 100% financial assistance.
- Discount steps
Uninsured patients with family gross income over 300% will be charged the AGB outlined below or any PA discount policy; whichever is lower.
- Insured patients
Eligibility for financial assistance will be considered for those individuals who are uninsured, ineligible for any government healthcare benefit program,
- Asset test
Income, assets and family size will be used to assess eligibility.
- Very large bills
may be eligible to receive discounted rates on a case-by-case basis based on their specific circumstances, such as catastrophic illness or medical indigence,
- Deadline
begins on the date the care is provided and ends on the 240th day
- What is covered
St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Campus, St. Luke’s Upper Bucks Campus
Last checked. 2026-11-10
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