US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 698: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with mcc

$56,530typical hospital bill
$12,200typical amount paid
$10,054–$18,787range paid across 27 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,530 for this stay in 2024, about 4.6 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
Crestwood Medical CenterHuntsville15$143,465$10,054
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham31$38,498$10,336
Helen Keller HospitalSheffield21$37,639$10,509
Flowers HospitalDothan13$80,398$10,774
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper15$95,615$10,883
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence25$56,530$10,897
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden14$170,563$10,900
Baptist Health Brookwood HospitalBirmingham12$133,802$10,940
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur13$24,463$10,969
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile12$41,090$11,232
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery29$55,517$11,488
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan38$46,905$11,881
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville91$60,248$11,983
Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster16$96,277$12,200
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham17$36,690$12,644
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile40$46,356$12,692
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman28$35,773$12,699
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway CampusSelma13$77,779$12,845
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham22$173,699$12,864
Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery22$47,418$13,054
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston16$116,819$13,640
Thomas HospitalFairhope31$41,092$13,699
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa40$36,652$14,450
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz11$17,527$14,956
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham18$111,679$15,665
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery32$58,429$18,256
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham43$58,208$18,787

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.