US Health Care Costs

Other circulation problems, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 314: Other circulatory system diagnoses with mcc

$61,888typical hospital bill
$15,179typical amount paid
$13,812–$26,555range paid across 14 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $61,888 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery11$36,148$13,812
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham14$43,233$14,001
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham26$218,152$14,309
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence18$69,104$14,431
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur11$37,092$14,596
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile16$59,966$14,985
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville55$76,419$14,999
Springhill Medical CenterMobile11$24,919$15,359
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan24$68,090$15,952
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika12$32,992$16,428
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa18$32,457$17,086
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham11$63,810$17,125
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham16$206,055$18,529
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham39$93,901$26,555

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.