Cardiac Catheterization Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a heart problem other than a heart attack, during which doctors thread a thin tube into the heart's arteries to look for blockages or other issues. Most patients are monitored briefly and go home soon after the test.
State average
$40,027
gross charge · DRG 287
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$27,842 – $51,883
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $27,842Cash pay $6,960 - 2
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $34,271 - 3
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $34,271 - 4
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $38,846Cash pay $10,950Medicare pays (avg) $7,006 - 5
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $41,192Cash pay $7,827Medicare pays (avg) $5,665 - 6
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $51,883Cash pay $18,159Medicare pays (avg) $6,002 - 7
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $51,883Cash pay $18,159 - 8
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,481 - 9
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,439 - 10
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 11
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,097 - 12
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,962 - 13
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,308Medicare pays (avg) $5,489 - 15
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,179 - 19
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 20
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,053 - 21
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,094 - 23
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $4,173Medicare pays (avg) $5,663 - 26
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 27
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 28
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,419 - 30
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,717 - 31
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,165 - 35
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price cardiac catheterization (Medicare DRG 287) anywhere from $27,842 to $51,883 — a $24,041 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $40,027.
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 catheterization 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 catheterization 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 catheterization in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 287 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.