Diabetes Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes admitted for blood sugar that is out of control. The hospital stay involves adjusting insulin or other medicines, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and help planning day-to-day management of the condition.
State average
$15,813
gross charge · DRG 639
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$4,986 – $29,294
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($4,986 at D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital) 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
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $4,986Cash pay $2,992 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $4,986Cash pay $2,992 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $6,161 - 4
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $7,246Cash pay $6,521 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $9,132 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $12,530 - 7
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $14,766Cash pay $6,882 - 8
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $16,314Cash pay $6,882 - 9
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $18,908 - 10
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $18,908 - 11
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $21,654Cash pay $5,414 - 12
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $27,209Cash pay $5,170 - 13
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $29,294Cash pay $10,253 - 14
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $29,294Cash pay $10,253 - 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 $5,648 - 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 diabetes (Medicare DRG 639) anywhere from $4,986 to $29,294 — a $24,308 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 $15,813.
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 639 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.