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Prattville Baptist Hospital

124 S Memorial Dr, Prattville, AL 36067 · (334) 361-4267

General hospitalGovernment - Hospital District or AuthorityEmergency room

Prattville Baptist Hospital is a government-owned general hospital in Prattville, Alabama (Autauga County), with 49 beds. It has an emergency room and holds 3 of 5 stars in CMS's overall quality rating. In CMS's patient survey it scores 4 of 5 stars, and 71% of patients said they would definitely recommend it. Medicare patients had 401 stays here in 2024, most often for pneumonia, heart failure and sepsis. It lists $4.08 for every $1 its care costs, close to the typical Alabama hospital ($4.41).

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★★★★★CMS overall quality rating
★★★★★patients' own rating (459 surveys)
$4.08listed for every $1 its care costs Alabama typical $4.41
3 h 24 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min
401Medicare stays in 2024
49beds

Quality and patient experience

What patients say

★★★★★4 of 5 · 459 surveys

71%would definitely recommend the hospital US typical 71%
73%rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 10 US typical 72%

Rated by patients

  • Nurses communicated well★★★★★
  • Doctors communicated well★★★★★
  • Staff explained medicines★★★★★
  • Information for going home★★★★★
  • Room was clean★★★★★
  • Quiet at night★★★★★

Emergency room and urgent care

3 h 24 mintypical time in the ER before going home US typical 2 h 28 min
6%left the ER without being seen US typical 1%
60%of sepsis patients got the recommended care US typical 65%

ER volume: medium.

Deaths within 30 days of admission lower is better
Heart failure
11.8%
Pneumonia
15.7%
Stroke
12.8%
COPD
8.3%
Back in the hospital within 30 days lower is better
Heart failure
21.4%
Pneumonia
17.2%
Infections and complications lower is better
Catheter urinary tract infections
1.48
≈ Same as US
C. diff intestinal infections
0.76
≈ Same as US
Serious complications (CMS safety index)
0.94
≈ Same as US

US typical hospital. Infection figures are a ratio: 1.00 means as many infections as expected for a hospital like this one. CMS adjusts these rates for how sick the patients are; a small gap from the typical hospital can be chance, so a verdict is shown only where CMS gives one.

Source: CMS Care Compare, measurement periods ending up to September 2025.

The money

$24what care cost the hospital for every $100 it billed
−$2.8Mnet income, all sources
−11.5%margin on patient care alone
$906,169cost of charity care (1.4% of costs)
$13.1Munpaid bills written off (bad debt)
333full-time staff (equivalent)

From the hospital's Medicare cost report for the year ending June 2025.

Hospital stays

Medicare figures are 2024 averages for this hospital; the bars show how much of the bill was actually paid.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

StayMedicare staysBilledPaid
Pneumonia, with major complications 19356$41,723$8,990
Heart failure, with major complications 29153$28,052$9,197
Sepsis, with major complications 87141$46,362$12,886
Lung infection, with major complications 17727$34,401$11,328
COPD, with major complications 19023$29,344$7,659
Dehydration and electrolyte problems, with major complications 64023$26,826$9,255
Pneumonia, with complications 19422$23,215$6,074
Dehydration and electrolyte problems 64119$20,627$5,702
Urinary tract infection, with major complications 68917$33,070$7,722
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Cc 19116$26,160$6,184
Kidney failure, with complications 68315$21,604$7,607
Urinary tract infection 69015$23,028$6,846
Mini-stroke (TIA) 06914$24,782$5,847
Stomach and digestive disorders 39213$20,638$5,760
Lung infection, with complications 17812$17,581$6,898
Irregular heartbeat, with major complications 30812$26,503$8,330
Kidney failure, with major complications 68212$27,686$9,939
Heart attack, with major complications 28011$27,447$10,263
Cash and insurer prices for this hospital haven't been added yet. The hospital publishes them on its own price page.

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