Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection of the brain or spinal cord caused by bacteria or tuberculosis, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess. Treatment involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$109,685
gross charge · DRG 094
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$6,432 – $254,178
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,432 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,432 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $14,155 - 4
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $73,023Cash pay $13,874 - 5
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $122,113 - 6
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $122,113 - 7
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $122,113 - 8
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $122,113 - 9
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $254,178Cash pay $88,962 - 10
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $254,178Cash pay $88,962 - 11
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 12
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 13
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 15
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 21
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, 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 — - 25
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 26
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 36
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 37
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 39
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price bacterial meningitis & brain infections (Medicare DRG 094) anywhere from $6,432 to $254,178 — a $247,746 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 $109,685.
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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections 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 bacterial meningitis & brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 094 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.