Back Problems Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$42,292
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$5,758 – $92,609
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $5,758Cash pay $3,455 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $5,758Cash pay $3,455 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $5,801 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $17,646 - 5
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $21,316Cash pay $16,443 - 6
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $29,597Cash pay $7,399 - 7
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $39,265Cash pay $11,380 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $59,017 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $59,017 - 10
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $79,112Cash pay $15,031 - 11
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $92,609Cash pay $32,413 - 12
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $92,609Cash pay $32,413 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 14
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 16
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,183 - 20
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 24
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,379 - 25
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,610 - 28
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 31
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,505 - 34
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price back problems (Medicare DRG 551) anywhere from $5,758 to $92,609 — a $86,851 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $42,292.
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 problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems 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 problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 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.