Lung infection, with major complications in Alabama

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$49,943typical hospital bill

$11,843typical amount paid

$10,077–$20,527range paid across 42 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,943 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Shelby Baptist Medical Center	Alabaster	15	$90,223	$10,077
Walker Baptist Medical Center	Jasper	21	$60,061	$10,186
Medical Center Enterprise	Enterprise	18	$66,000	$10,425
Crestwood Medical Center	Huntsville	55	$157,841	$10,458
Athens Limestone Hospital	Athens	19	$31,829	$10,624
Riverview Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	57	$74,418	$10,706
Helen Keller Hospital	Sheffield	31	$49,453	$10,948
St Vincent's Birmingham	Birmingham	68	$37,696	$11,051
Springhill Medical Center	Mobile	35	$32,752	$11,195
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus	Decatur	53	$26,929	$11,279
Gadsden Regional Medical Center	Gadsden	35	$213,777	$11,282
Prattville Baptist Hospital	Prattville	27	$34,401	$11,328
Medical West, An Affiliate of Uab Health System	Bessemer	21	$30,577	$11,380
Jackson Hospital & Clinic Inc	Montgomery	23	$50,734	$11,385
Grandview Medical Center	Birmingham	81	$97,204	$11,424
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLC	Mobile	41	$52,223	$11,492
St Vincent's St Clair	Pell City	30	$25,744	$11,496
Coosa Valley Medical Center	Sylacauga	11	$36,164	$11,567
Marshall Medical Centers	Boaz	50	$27,003	$11,574
Mobile Infirmary Medical Center	Mobile	69	$48,521	$11,764
Huntsville Hospital	Huntsville	200	$56,526	$11,829
Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital	Birmingham	28	$130,798	$11,856
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center	Anniston	51	$50,434	$11,857
Andalusia Health	Andalusia	14	$52,577	$11,883
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway Campus	Selma	23	$84,552	$11,933
Flowers Hospital	Dothan	46	$100,348	$11,961
North Alabama Medical Center	Florence	118	$67,200	$11,992
Dekalb Regional Medical Center	Fort Payne	14	$46,755	$12,159
Baldwin Health	Foley	38	$106,423	$12,308
Southeast Health Medical Center	Dothan	78	$54,523	$12,451
The East Alabama Healthcare Authority	Opelika	52	$43,272	$12,454
Thomas Hospital	Fairhope	59	$34,081	$12,605
St. Vincent's East	Birmingham	82	$52,683	$12,831
Whitfield Regional Hospital	Demopolis	14	$16,414	$12,903
Cullman Regional Medical Center	Cullman	47	$41,541	$12,946
Princeton Baptist Medical Center	Birmingham	15	$89,731	$12,964
Lakeland Community Hospital	Haleyville	28	$30,980	$13,114
Highlands Medical Center	Scottsboro	22	$26,366	$13,298
Dch Regional Medical Center	Tuscaloosa	116	$44,126	$13,377
Baptist Medical Center East	Montgomery	46	$45,258	$13,425
Baptist Medical Center South	Montgomery	36	$43,695	$14,265
University of Alabama Hospital	Birmingham	79	$82,548	$20,527

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.