DRG 303 · Cardiovascular

Atherosclerosis Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

Plaque buildup that narrows the arteries, including the arteries that supply the heart, often evaluated after chest pain. The stay usually involves heart monitoring, imaging tests, and medication adjustments.

State average
$18,645
gross charge · DRG 303
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$4,792 – $45,250
low to high
Lowest $4,792 Highest $45,250

Alabama hospitals price atherosclerosis (Medicare DRG 303) anywhere from $4,792 to $45,250 — a $40,458 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $18,645.

Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists atherosclerosis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent atherosclerosis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Alabama hospitals missing from the list either don't perform atherosclerosis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 303 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Data notes for Alabama

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $4,792
  2. 2

    D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital

    Brewton, AL

    Gross charge $5,220
    Cash pay $3,132
  3. 3

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    Gross charge $5,220
    Cash pay $3,132
  4. 4

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $9,493
  5. 5

    North Baldwin Infirmary

    Bay Minette, AL

    Gross charge $11,096
    Cash pay $7,353
  6. 6

    Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)

    Fairhope, AL

    Gross charge $12,512
    Cash pay $7,353
  7. 7

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $21,965
    Cash pay $4,173
  8. 8

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $22,148
  9. 9

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $22,148
  10. 10

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,250
    Cash pay $15,838
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,297
  11. 11

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $45,250
    Cash pay $15,838
  12. 12

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

    Gross charge —
  13. 13

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge —
  14. 14

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge —
  15. 15

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

    Gross charge —
  16. 16

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

    Gross charge —
  17. 17

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge —
  18. 18

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $6,010
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,071
  19. 19

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

    Gross charge —
  20. 20

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

    Gross charge —
  21. 21

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

    Gross charge —
  22. 22

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

    Gross charge —
  23. 23

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge —
  24. 24

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge —
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,913
  25. 25

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

    Gross charge —
  26. 26

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge —
  27. 27

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

    Gross charge —
  28. 28
    Gross charge —
  29. 29

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

    Gross charge —
  30. 30
    Gross charge —
  31. 31
    Gross charge —
  32. 32

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    Gross charge —
  33. 33

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

    Gross charge —
  34. 34

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

    Gross charge —
  35. 35

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

    Gross charge —
  36. 36

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge —
  37. 37

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge —
  38. 38

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

    Gross charge —

Compare atherosclerosis pricing in nearby states