Infection Needing Surgery (severe) cost in Birmingham, AL

MS-DRG 853 · 6 hospitals in Birmingham

Charges here run from $112,824 to $482,192 — a difference of $369,368 for the same coded procedure, in the same city.

The typical Alabama hospital charges $159,497.

Hospitals in Birmingham, cheapest first

Hospital	Charged	Actually paid	Patients
C St Vincent's Birmingham Birmingham, AL	$112,824 29% below the state average	$30,792	26
C St. Vincent's East Birmingham, AL	$160,546	$31,867	32
D University Of Alabama Hospital Birmingham, AL	$267,228 68% above the state average	$60,603	61
F Princeton Baptist Medical Center Birmingham, AL	$316,441 98% above the state average	$34,443	47
F Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital Birmingham, AL	$478,913 200% above the state average	$33,852	40
F Grandview Medical Center Birmingham, AL	$482,192 202% above the state average	$33,400	62

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.