US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$33,923typical hospital bill
$9,532typical amount paid
$7,980–$17,263range paid across 49 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,923 for this stay in 2024, about 3.6 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
Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster50$68,775$7,980
Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden105$60,241$8,155
Helen Keller HospitalSheffield80$26,915$8,442
Medical Center EnterpriseEnterprise30$65,131$8,514
Athens Limestone HospitalAthens41$15,115$8,518
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville72$111,000$8,571
Flowers HospitalDothan89$77,111$8,640
St Vincent's St ClairPell City27$21,509$8,702
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile123$31,923$8,720
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur87$20,775$8,724
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham132$29,499$8,728
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham49$102,239$8,743
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper60$69,051$8,819
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden65$144,862$8,896
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery114$34,888$9,023
Springhill Medical CenterMobile94$22,356$9,028
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham176$88,873$9,145
Prattville Baptist HospitalPrattville53$28,052$9,197
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston88$43,942$9,297
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz48$16,851$9,332
Andalusia HealthAndalusia40$41,488$9,338
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence151$42,868$9,366
Russell Medical CenterAlexander City24$15,011$9,415
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville389$40,675$9,512
Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery119$27,359$9,532
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile168$39,617$9,587
Medical West, An Affiliate of Uab Health SystemBessemer41$21,197$9,593
Dekalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne35$57,933$9,596
Lakeland Community HospitalHaleyville23$21,773$9,678
North Mississippi Health Services - South MarionWinfield11$35,790$9,905
Coosa Valley Medical CenterSylacauga29$24,436$9,909
Mizell Memorial HospitalOpp17$11,255$9,933
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan197$38,951$10,008
Baldwin HealthFoley77$75,449$10,008
Highlands Medical CenterScottsboro17$20,355$10,058
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman158$25,498$10,083
Thomas HospitalFairhope117$28,950$10,109
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham100$38,133$10,301
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika129$30,219$10,317
North Baldwin InfirmaryBay Minette16$18,062$10,405
Citizens Baptist Medical CenterTalladega24$48,997$10,555
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway CampusSelma40$74,428$10,830
Fayette Medical CenterFayette17$15,341$11,353
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery91$33,923$11,354
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa303$29,461$11,385
Troy Regional Medical CenterTroy15$16,792$11,440
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham104$74,426$12,333
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham167$56,844$17,215
Usa Health University HospitalMobile28$27,676$17,263

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.