CostGrade

Heart Failure (severe) cost in Birmingham, AL

MS-DRG 291 · 6 hospitals in Birmingham

Charges here run from $29,499 to $102,239 — a difference of $72,740 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Alabama hospital charges $33,923.

Hospitals in Birmingham, cheapest first

Hospital Charged Actually paid Patients
C
St Vincent's Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

$29,499 13% below the state average $8,728 132
C
St. Vincent's East

Birmingham, AL

$38,133 12% above the state average $10,301 100
$56,844 68% above the state average $17,215 167
$74,426 119% above the state average $12,333 104
F
Grandview Medical Center

Birmingham, AL

$88,873 162% above the state average $9,145 176
$102,239 201% above the state average $8,743 49

These are the averages each hospital reported to Medicare, not a quote for you. Before treatment, ask each hospital for a written good-faith estimate — you are entitled to one if you are uninsured or paying yourself.