Diabetes Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$20,548
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$5,003 – $42,173
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $5,003 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,804Cash pay $4,083 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,804Cash pay $4,083 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $11,424 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $12,246Cash pay $11,021 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $12,365 - 7
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $17,473Cash pay $9,374 - 8
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $19,594Cash pay $9,374Medicare pays (avg) $5,801 - 9
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $29,332 - 10
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $29,332 - 11
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $29,730Cash pay $7,432 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $32,697Cash pay $11,444 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $32,697Cash pay $11,444 - 14
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $42,173Cash pay $8,013Medicare pays (avg) $3,954 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,946 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,391 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,527 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,785 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,747 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,071 - 25
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 26
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,249 - 27
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,636 - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,089 - 35
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,581 - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,198 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 638) anywhere from $5,003 to $42,173 — a $37,170 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 $20,548.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.