Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$46,294
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$12,957 – $78,906
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $12,957Cash pay $11,661 - 2
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $15,155 - 3
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $16,650 - 4
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $39,580Cash pay $9,895 - 5
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $48,077 - 6
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $52,608 - 7
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $52,608 - 8
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $52,608 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $52,608 - 10
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $54,872Cash pay $10,426 - 11
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $78,906Cash pay $27,617 - 12
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $78,906Cash pay $27,617 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 14
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 17
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $13,184 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 24
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 27
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 28
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 29
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Monroe County Hospital
Monroeville, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,110 - 36
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 39
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 42
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 43
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price fluid around the lung (Medicare DRG 186) anywhere from $12,957 to $78,906 — a $65,949 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mizell Memorial Hospital in Opp; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $46,294.
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 lung 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 lung 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 lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.