Cardiac Arrhythmia Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
An irregular or abnormal heart rhythm, such as atrial fibrillation. The hospital stay typically involves continuous heart monitoring and medicines to bring the heart's rate and rhythm under control.
State average
$17,543
gross charge · DRG 309
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$3,349 – $35,801
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,349 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 $3,349Medicare pays (avg) $4,104 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $5,789Cash pay $3,473 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $5,789Cash pay $3,473 - 4
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $5,845 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,021 - 6
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $15,267Cash pay $13,740 - 7
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $18,391Cash pay $7,920 - 8
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $18,834Cash pay $7,920Medicare pays (avg) $4,173 - 9
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $21,029Cash pay $5,257 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $25,636 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $25,636 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $27,111Cash pay $9,489Medicare pays (avg) $4,084 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $27,111Cash pay $9,489 - 14
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $35,801Cash pay $6,802Medicare pays (avg) $3,532 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,585 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,795 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,379 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,038 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,326 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,172 - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,539Medicare pays (avg) $3,426 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,478 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,336 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,174 - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,868 - 30
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,175 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,737 - 37
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,171 - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price cardiac arrhythmia (Medicare DRG 309) anywhere from $3,349 to $35,801 — a $32,452 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $17,543.
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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia 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 cardiac arrhythmia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 309 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.