Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
State average
$27,441
gross charge · DRG 187
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$3,962 – $41,011
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,962 at Monroe County 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
Monroe County Hospital
Monroeville, AL
Gross charge $3,962Cash pay $1,585 - 2
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $12,108 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $14,296 - 4
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $15,099Cash pay $3,775 - 5
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $33,146Cash pay $6,298 - 6
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $35,305 - 7
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $35,305 - 8
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $35,305 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $35,305 - 10
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $41,011Cash pay $14,354 - 11
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $41,011Cash pay $14,354 - 12
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 13
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 14
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 16
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,631 - 21
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 23
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, 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
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 28
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 40
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 41
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price fluid around the lungs (Medicare DRG 187) anywhere from $3,962 to $41,011 — a $37,048 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Monroe County Hospital in Monroeville; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $27,441.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.