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
$64,502
gross charge · DRG 519
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$34,880 – $83,669
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $34,880Cash pay $19,380 - 2
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $55,833Cash pay $19,541 - 3
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $55,833Cash pay $19,541 - 4
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $73,130Cash pay $13,895 - 5
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $83,669 - 6
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $83,669 - 7
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 8
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 9
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 10
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 11
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 12
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,281 - 14
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 18
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 19
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,155 - 25
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 26
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 27
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,120 - 29
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price back & neck surgery (non-fusion) (Medicare DRG 519) anywhere from $34,880 to $83,669 — a $48,789 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Thomas Hospital (Acute Care) in Fairhope; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $64,502.
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.