DRG 444 · Digestive

Gallbladder & Bile Duct Disorders Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

Problems with the gallbladder or bile ducts, such as gallstones blocking a duct or bile duct inflammation, managed without major surgery. The stay typically involves imaging tests, IV fluids and antibiotics, and sometimes a procedure to relieve a blockage.

State average
$46,138
gross charge · DRG 444
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$5,081 – $70,797
low to high
Lowest $5,081 Highest $70,797

Alabama hospitals price gallbladder & bile duct disorders (Medicare DRG 444) anywhere from $5,081 to $70,797 — a $65,716 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $46,138.

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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders 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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders 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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 444 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $5,081
  2. 2

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $14,770
  3. 3

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $17,473
  4. 4
    Gross charge $29,272
    Cash pay $7,318
  5. 5

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $52,560
    Cash pay $18,396
  6. 6

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $52,560
    Cash pay $18,396
  7. 7

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $52,612
    Cash pay $9,996
  8. 8

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $70,797
  9. 9

    Athens Limestone Hospital

    Athens, AL

    Gross charge $70,797
  10. 10

    Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus

    Decatur, AL

    Gross charge $70,797
  11. 11

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $70,797
  12. 12

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

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  13. 13

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

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  14. 14
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  15. 15

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

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  16. 16

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

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  17. 17

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

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  18. 18

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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  19. 19

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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  20. 20

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $14,009
  21. 21

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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  22. 22

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,807
  23. 23

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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  25. 25

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  27. 27

    USA Health Providence Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  28. 28

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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  29. 29

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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  30. 30

    Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,726
  32. 32

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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  33. 33

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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  34. 34

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

    Gross charge
  35. 35
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  36. 36

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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  38. 38
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  39. 39
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  40. 40

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,846
  41. 41

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

    Gross charge

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