Bowel surgery, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 329: Major small and large bowel procedures with mcc

$215,942typical hospital bill

$32,001typical amount paid

$27,801–$76,499range paid across 17 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $215,942 for this stay in 2024, about 6.7 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

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

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville	16	$472,692	$27,801
St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	15	$167,693	$28,493
North Alabama Medical Center	Florence	11	$215,942	$28,771
Flowers Hospital	Dothan	13	$344,284	$29,527
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham	25	$377,523	$30,540
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center	Anniston	12	$194,088	$30,599
Thomas Hospital	Fairhope	12	$82,136	$30,840
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC	Mobile	11	$133,979	$31,708
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center	Mobile	30	$92,929	$32,001
Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	41	$176,339	$32,325
Southeast Health Medical Center	Dothan	15	$222,792	$34,212
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital	Birmingham	14	$465,216	$37,421
Dch Regional Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	28	$166,556	$40,089
Baldwin Health	Foley	12	$427,826	$42,076
Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	12	$405,277	$49,158
Usa Health University Hospital	Mobile	13	$116,202	$50,462
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	34	$356,964	$76,499

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.