DRG 602 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.

State average
$38,181
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,666 – $80,039
low to high
Lowest $10,666 Highest $80,039

Alabama hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 602) anywhere from $10,666 to $80,039 — a $69,373 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $38,181.

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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 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 $10,666
    Cash pay $6,400
  2. 2

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    Gross charge $10,666
    Cash pay $6,400
  3. 3

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $13,018
  4. 4

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $15,776
  5. 5

    Mizell Memorial Hospital

    Opp, AL

    Gross charge $16,088
    Cash pay $14,479
  6. 6

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $17,925
  7. 7
    Gross charge $35,250
    Cash pay $8,813
  8. 8

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $46,729
    Cash pay $8,879
  9. 9

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $52,084
  10. 10

    Athens Limestone Hospital

    Athens, AL

    Gross charge $52,084
  11. 11

    Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus

    Decatur, AL

    Gross charge $52,084
  12. 12

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $52,084
  13. 13

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $80,039
    Cash pay $28,014
  14. 14

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $80,039
    Cash pay $28,014
  15. 15

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

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  16. 16

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

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  18. 18

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

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  19. 19

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

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  20. 20

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

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  21. 21

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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  22. 22

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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  23. 23

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $12,308
  24. 24

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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  25. 25

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

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  26. 26

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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  27. 27

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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  28. 28

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

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  29. 29

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  30. 30

    USA Health Providence Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  31. 31

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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  32. 32

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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  33. 33

    Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham, AL

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  34. 34

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

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  35. 35

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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  36. 36

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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  37. 37

    Monroe County Hospital

    Monroeville, AL

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  38. 38

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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  39. 39
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  40. 40

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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  41. 41

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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  42. 42
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  44. 44

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,444
  45. 45

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

    Gross charge

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