US Health Care Costs

Fainting in Alabama

MS-DRG 312: Syncope and collapse

$27,068typical hospital bill
$6,656typical amount paid
$5,470–$11,189range paid across 29 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $27,068 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
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville21$89,530$5,470
Helen Keller HospitalSheffield12$16,461$5,892
Flowers HospitalDothan18$56,457$6,134
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery21$20,896$6,190
Springhill Medical CenterMobile17$20,853$6,242
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur22$14,028$6,251
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham52$79,631$6,267
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham23$25,668$6,343
Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden11$28,866$6,363
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden25$109,425$6,420
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence49$27,068$6,464
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz13$12,943$6,542
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile38$26,494$6,550
Medical West, An Affiliate of Uab Health SystemBessemer11$21,951$6,622
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile55$28,402$6,656
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville116$28,490$6,670
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston37$31,184$6,697
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman24$25,435$6,721
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika15$16,201$6,794
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper13$62,953$7,118
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan40$22,542$7,136
Baldwin HealthFoley21$69,995$7,198
Evergreen Medical CenterEvergreen15$9,838$7,302
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham32$29,529$7,308
Thomas HospitalFairhope55$24,376$7,405
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery33$23,120$8,145
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa31$28,028$8,293
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham13$87,359$9,275
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham19$47,815$11,189

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.