US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$32,621typical hospital bill
$7,630typical amount paid
$6,413–$12,465range paid across 33 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,621 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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
Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden15$52,221$6,413
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville47$97,843$6,464
Medical Center EnterpriseEnterprise13$68,953$6,603
Helen Keller HospitalSheffield23$27,276$6,727
Flowers HospitalDothan43$61,996$6,844
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur41$20,366$6,986
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile21$30,430$7,054
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden25$143,177$7,145
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence47$39,729$7,177
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery43$33,212$7,182
Springhill Medical CenterMobile28$21,772$7,293
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham35$30,616$7,395
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston43$58,162$7,481
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz23$17,382$7,499
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile47$25,650$7,557
Dekalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne12$49,936$7,558
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham17$100,274$7,630
Medical West, An Affiliate of Uab Health SystemBessemer16$26,957$7,651
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham79$96,236$7,694
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville116$36,702$7,698
Athens Limestone HospitalAthens11$22,740$7,763
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham24$34,918$7,916
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman28$23,890$8,026
Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery26$25,096$8,125
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika46$26,379$8,148
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan57$32,621$8,167
Thomas HospitalFairhope36$26,893$8,189
Baldwin HealthFoley40$105,016$8,434
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa56$24,082$9,299
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham14$90,146$10,209
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery38$29,366$10,220
Usa Health University HospitalMobile14$27,399$12,087
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham48$49,882$12,465

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.