Southwest Airlines Medical Transportation | Nationwide Children's
700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH 43205-2696
Eligibility
Cancer patients and/or caregivers.
Required documents
Hours
Mon-Fri 8am-6pm.
(800) 881-7385
Voice·
voice | Social Work Department
Application process
Each hospital has its own guidelines for administration of these tickets, so please contact the Social Work, Travel/Concierge Service, or Patient Assistance Department at the hospital you are working with.
- Nationwide Children's Hospital - 800-881-7385.
Fees
None.
Service area
Ohio
Southwest Airlines provides complimentary, roundtrip tickets to nonprofit hospitals and medical transportation organizations. Southwest allows participating nonprofit hospitals and medical transportation nonprofit organizations the freedom to determine how to distribute the tickets to patients and/or caregivers. In Ohio, the following hospitals have received tickets to assist cancer patients:
- Akron Children's Hospital (Akron/Canton, OH)
- Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital (Cleveland, OH)
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (Columbus, OH)
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland, OH)
- The Ohio State University--Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital (Columbus, OH).
Last assured
09/18/2025
Providing organization
Nationwide Children's
Pediatric health care provider for 37 Ohio counties.