DRG 055 · Nervous System

Brain & Nervous System Tumors Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for a tumor of the brain, spinal cord, or nerves that is managed with medicine and monitoring rather than surgery. Care typically includes imaging, controlling symptoms like swelling or seizures, and planning next steps in treatment.

State average
$30,202
gross charge · DRG 055
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$7,946 – $76,415
low to high
Lowest $7,946 Highest $76,415

Alabama hospitals price brain & nervous system tumors (Medicare DRG 055) anywhere from $7,946 to $76,415 — a $68,469 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is Thomas Hospital (Acute Care) in Fairhope. The state average sits at $30,202.

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 brain & nervous system tumors 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 brain & nervous system tumors 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 brain & nervous system tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 055 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital

    Brewton, AL

    Gross charge $7,946
    Cash pay $4,767
  2. 2

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    Gross charge $7,946
    Cash pay $4,767
  3. 3

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $12,794
  4. 4

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $15,003
  5. 5

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $16,933
    Cash pay $3,217
  6. 6

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $32,991
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    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $32,991
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    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $49,500
    Cash pay $17,325
  9. 9

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $49,500
    Cash pay $17,325
  10. 10

    Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)

    Fairhope, AL

    Gross charge $76,415
    Cash pay $26,803
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    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

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    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

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    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

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    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

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    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

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    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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    Cash pay $9,319
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    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

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    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

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    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

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    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

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    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

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    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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