Back & Neck Surgery (Non-Fusion) Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery on the back or neck other than spinal fusion, such as removing a herniated disc or relieving pressure on spinal nerves. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$74,210
gross charge · DRG 519
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$55,833 – $83,669
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $55,833Cash pay $19,541 - 2
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $55,833Cash pay $19,541 - 3
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $73,130Cash pay $13,895 - 4
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $83,669 - 5
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $83,669 - 6
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $83,669 - 7
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $83,669 - 8
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 9
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 10
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 12
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,281 - 17
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 19
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 22
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 23
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 24
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,155 - 33
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 35
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 36
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,120 - 38
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (Medicare DRG 519) anywhere from $55,833 to $83,669 — a $27,836 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is North Alabama Medical Center in Florence; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $74,210.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 back & neck surgery (non-fusion) at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in Alabama, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 back & neck surgery (non-fusion) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 519 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.