Diabetes Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes that has become dangerously out of control, with very high or very low blood sugar or serious related problems. Care involves insulin and intravenous fluids, frequent blood sugar checks, and treatment of the complications that made the stay necessary.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $9,620 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $10,416Cash pay $6,249 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $10,416Cash pay $6,249 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $15,674 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $18,221Cash pay $16,399 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $22,837 - 7
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $47,377Cash pay $9,002Medicare pays (avg) $8,612 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $52,644 - 9
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $52,644 - 10
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $52,644Medicare pays (avg) $6,935 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $52,644 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $53,989Cash pay $18,896Medicare pays (avg) $8,288 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $53,989Cash pay $18,896 - 14
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $60,560Cash pay $15,140 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,326 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 17
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,018 - 19
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,103 - 20
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,206Medicare pays (avg) $8,218 - 24
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,448 - 26
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 29
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 30
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 31
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,305 - 32
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,797 - 35
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Monroe County Hospital
Monroeville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 39
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 40
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 41
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 42
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 43
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 44
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,448 - 45
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,578
Alabama hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 637) anywhere from $9,620 to $60,560 — a $50,940 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $36,691.
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 637 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.