Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
State average
$16,202
gross charge · DRG 153
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$4,841 – $30,877
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($4,841 at Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)) 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
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $4,841 - 2
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $5,624Cash pay $5,062 - 3
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $9,803 - 4
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $12,058Cash pay $7,942 - 5
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $13,786 - 6
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $13,786 - 7
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $14,900Cash pay $7,942 - 8
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $22,080Cash pay $7,728 - 9
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $22,080Cash pay $7,728 - 10
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $28,389Cash pay $5,394 - 11
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $30,877Cash pay $7,719 - 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 $6,321 - 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 ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 153) anywhere from $4,841 to $30,877 — a $26,036 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 $16,202.
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 153 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.