US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$63,230typical hospital bill
$12,840typical amount paid
$11,403–$22,779range paid across 25 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,230 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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 CenterHuntsville16$134,051$11,403
Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden25$85,039$11,490
Springhill Medical CenterMobile18$43,415$11,886
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham31$57,787$11,923
Flowers HospitalDothan27$99,118$12,031
Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery16$38,022$12,079
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile19$50,165$12,163
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur17$32,070$12,235
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile22$52,363$12,344
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham39$145,598$12,632
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence26$63,230$12,730
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden19$215,519$12,784
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston38$70,117$12,840
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham17$75,073$13,237
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika11$34,310$13,305
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery16$42,037$13,449
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan39$59,865$13,614
Thomas HospitalFairhope14$31,488$13,740
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham18$203,101$13,829
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman13$43,840$14,091
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville69$63,958$14,382
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa32$64,231$16,428
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery32$60,838$17,514
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham18$128,176$18,359
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham32$100,749$22,779

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.