Depression Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for depression when symptoms become severe enough to need round-the-clock support. The stay involves a safe, supervised setting, medication management, and therapy.
State average
$21,326
gross charge · DRG 881
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$2,119 – $109,574
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($2,119 at North Baldwin Infirmary) 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
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $2,119Cash pay $1,800 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,851Cash pay $4,111 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,851Cash pay $4,111 - 4
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $9,302Cash pay $3,256 - 5
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $9,302Cash pay $3,256 - 6
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $11,399 - 7
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $17,084 - 8
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $17,084 - 9
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $20,683Cash pay $18,614 - 10
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $24,340Cash pay $6,085 - 11
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $109,574Cash pay $20,819 - 12
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 13
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 15
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,921 - 19
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 23
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 24
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 31
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 37
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price depression (Medicare DRG 881) anywhere from $2,119 to $109,574 — a $107,455 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $21,326.
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 depression 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 depression 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 depression in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 881 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.