Bone Disease & Arthritis Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for bone diseases and joint problems, such as a severe arthritis flare or a bone-thinning disorder, in patients who also have major complicating conditions. Care typically involves pain control, medicines, imaging, and help with mobility.
State average
$39,890
gross charge · DRG 553
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$3,549 – $75,445
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,549 at Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $3,549 - 2
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $14,489 - 3
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $29,176Cash pay $7,294 - 4
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $35,218Cash pay $12,326 - 5
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $35,218Cash pay $12,326 - 6
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $40,601Cash pay $7,714 - 7
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $47,697 - 8
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $47,697 - 9
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $69,812Cash pay $13,001 - 10
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $75,445Cash pay $67,900 - 11
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 12
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 14
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,018 - 18
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, 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
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 29
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 36
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 37
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price bone disease & arthritis (Medicare DRG 553) anywhere from $3,549 to $75,445 — a $71,896 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Mizell Memorial Hospital in Opp. The state average sits at $39,890.
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 bone disease & arthritis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone disease & arthritis 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 bone disease & arthritis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 553 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.