COPD Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. Hospital care typically includes inhaled breathing treatments, steroids, oxygen if needed, and monitoring until breathing improves.
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($2,979 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 $2,979 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $5,113Cash pay $3,068 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $5,113Cash pay $3,068 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $9,295 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $10,142Cash pay $9,128 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $10,159 - 7
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $17,976Cash pay $4,494 - 8
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $19,225Cash pay $7,070 - 9
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $20,534Cash pay $7,070 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $23,623 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $23,623 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $26,140Cash pay $9,149 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $26,140Cash pay $9,149 - 14
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $33,233Cash pay $6,314 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,811 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 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 — - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 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 — - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price copd (Medicare DRG 192) anywhere from $2,979 to $33,233 — a $30,254 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 $16,664.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 192 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.