Bacterial Meningitis & Brain Infections Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A serious bacterial infection of the brain or spinal cord, such as bacterial meningitis or a brain abscess, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, close monitoring, and tests such as brain imaging or a spinal tap.
State average
$85,571
gross charge · DRG 095
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$11,113 – $122,938
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $11,113 - 2
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $86,319 - 3
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $86,319 - 4
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $86,319 - 5
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $86,319 - 6
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $102,621Cash pay $35,917 - 7
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $102,621Cash pay $35,917 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $122,938Cash pay $30,734 - 9
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 10
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 11
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 12
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 13
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,643 - 18
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 20
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 23
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 24
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 25
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 31
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 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 — - 38
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price bacterial meningitis & brain infections (Medicare DRG 095) anywhere from $11,113 to $122,938 — a $111,824 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $85,571.
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 095 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.