US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Alabama

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$23,028typical hospital bill
$6,562typical amount paid
$5,459–$13,787range paid across 47 hospitals

Alabama hospitals billed Medicare a typical $23,028 for this stay in 2024, about 3.5 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 CenterHuntsville55$81,987$5,459
Flowers HospitalDothan26$46,051$5,599
St Vincent's St ClairPell City18$17,475$5,625
Helen Keller HospitalSheffield61$18,200$5,703
Athens Limestone HospitalAthens14$12,677$5,855
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur CampusDecatur32$11,789$5,860
Springhill Medical CenterMobile37$14,676$5,894
Gadsden Regional Medical CenterGadsden35$107,696$5,936
Jackson Hospital & Clinic IncMontgomery31$26,880$5,966
Grandview Medical CenterBirmingham58$60,214$5,994
Usa Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile50$21,291$6,018
Shelby Baptist Medical CenterAlabaster12$48,518$6,046
Riverview Regional Medical CenterGadsden20$35,859$6,166
Andalusia HealthAndalusia30$36,729$6,178
Baptist Medical Center EastMontgomery22$18,794$6,187
North Alabama Medical CenterFlorence46$30,049$6,235
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham37$26,128$6,241
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston52$32,451$6,363
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile95$23,742$6,409
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville95$26,230$6,479
Mizell Memorial HospitalOpp23$10,899$6,505
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman100$21,428$6,532
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika46$18,351$6,558
Marshall Medical CentersBoaz37$12,720$6,562
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper30$58,953$6,568
Thomas HospitalFairhope71$20,340$6,720
Baldwin HealthFoley37$55,506$6,726
Elmore Community HospitalWetumpka11$10,001$6,743
Medical West, An Affiliate of Uab Health SystemBessemer31$23,514$6,748
Lakeland Community HospitalHaleyville43$20,023$6,808
Evergreen Medical CenterEvergreen11$9,587$6,825
Crenshaw Community HospitalLuverne13$16,002$6,829
Coosa Valley Medical CenterSylacauga17$19,393$6,839
Prattville Baptist HospitalPrattville15$23,028$6,846
Atmore Community HospitalAtmore11$12,914$6,860
Russellville HospitalRussellville18$26,096$6,907
Highlands Medical CenterScottsboro29$14,224$6,940
North Mississippi Health Services - South MarionWinfield18$23,078$6,953
Southeast Health Medical CenterDothan45$19,378$6,958
St. Vincent's EastBirmingham31$22,896$7,165
Dch Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa87$18,984$7,606
The Health Care Authority of the City of Greenville- Lv Stabler HospitalGreenville13$39,077$7,811
Princeton Baptist Medical CenterBirmingham15$65,496$8,267
Bibb Medical CenterCentreville12$7,080$10,348
University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham72$34,336$10,964
Usa Health University HospitalMobile18$24,917$12,715
Baptist Medical Center SouthMontgomery23$30,308$13,787

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.