C-Section Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$23,724
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$8,744 – $37,416
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $8,744 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $12,387Cash pay $7,432 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $12,387Cash pay $7,432 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $16,933 - 5
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $19,765Cash pay $4,941 - 6
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $21,912Cash pay $16,202 - 7
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $24,140Cash pay $16,202 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $31,080 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $31,080 - 10
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $31,433Cash pay $5,972 - 11
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $37,416Cash pay $13,096 - 12
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $37,416Cash pay $13,096 - 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 $13,467 - 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 — - 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 — - 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 — - 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 c-section (Medicare DRG 786) anywhere from $8,744 to $37,416 — a $28,672 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $23,724.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Alabama, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 786 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.