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. A hospital stay usually involves oxygen, inhaled breathing treatments, and steroid or antibiotic medicines until breathing improves.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,347Cash pay $3,808 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,347Cash pay $3,808 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $6,925 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,966 - 5
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $13,867 - 6
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $16,960Cash pay $8,892 - 7
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $18,699Cash pay $16,829 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $28,620Medicare pays (avg) $5,079 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $28,620 - 10
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $30,143Cash pay $8,892 - 11
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $30,937Cash pay $7,734 - 12
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $37,857Cash pay $7,193 - 13
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $39,332Cash pay $13,766Medicare pays (avg) $5,034 - 14
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $39,332Cash pay $13,766 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,352 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,626 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,486 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $6,581 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $4,656 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,654 - 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 191) anywhere from $6,347 to $39,332 — a $32,985 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 $22,497.
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 191 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.