Infection needing surgery, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 853: Infectious and parasitic diseases with o.r. procedures with mcc

$159,497typical hospital bill

$33,852typical amount paid

$28,185–$67,644range paid across 29 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $159,497 for this stay in 2024, about 4.7 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Flowers Hospital	Dothan	27	$310,300	$28,185
Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	15	$449,354	$28,349
Helen Keller Hospital	Sheffield	15	$71,482	$28,728
Marshall Medical Centers	Boaz	12	$40,732	$28,828
Shelby Baptist Medical Center	Alabaster	31	$258,281	$30,340
St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	26	$112,824	$30,792
North Alabama Medical Center	Florence	44	$162,079	$30,985
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus	Decatur	26	$76,298	$31,371
Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville	20	$488,592	$31,583
St. Vincent's East	Birmingham	32	$160,546	$31,867
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center	Mobile	60	$118,751	$32,344
Riverview Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	33	$278,271	$32,676
Medical West, An Affiliate of Uab Health System	Bessemer	15	$137,405	$32,932
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham	62	$482,192	$33,400
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital	Birmingham	40	$478,913	$33,852
Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	114	$165,694	$33,907
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC	Mobile	18	$116,075	$34,000
Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc	Montgomery	26	$113,530	$34,019
Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	47	$316,441	$34,443
Baldwin Health	Foley	12	$315,467	$34,807
Southeast Health Medical Center	Dothan	70	$202,745	$35,730
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center	Anniston	34	$142,805	$36,634
Cullman Regional Medical Center	Cullman	16	$80,654	$38,315
Thomas Hospital	Fairhope	31	$105,246	$39,162
Dch Regional Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	66	$133,971	$40,606
Baptist Medical Center South	Montgomery	32	$140,672	$41,277
Usa Health University Hospital	Mobile	17	$140,118	$55,819
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	61	$267,228	$60,603
The East Alabama Healthcare Authority	Opelika	27	$159,497	$67,644

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.