Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital treatment for a middle ear infection or an upper respiratory infection, such as a severe sinus or throat infection. The stay typically involves antibiotics, fluids, and monitoring of breathing and other symptoms.
State average
$31,444
gross charge · DRG 152
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$11,394 – $80,021
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $11,394 - 2
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $11,400Cash pay $10,260 - 3
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $29,323 - 4
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $29,323 - 5
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $29,323 - 6
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $29,323 - 7
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $80,021Cash pay $20,005 - 8
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 9
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 10
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 12
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,665 - 17
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 19
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 22
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 23
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 24
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 35
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 152) anywhere from $11,394 to $80,021 — a $68,626 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 $31,444.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 152 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.