Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.
State average
$34,534
gross charge · DRG 419
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$9,522 – $57,688
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $9,522Cash pay $5,713 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $9,522Cash pay $5,713 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $11,258 - 4
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $20,835Cash pay $18,751 - 5
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $30,243Cash pay $7,561 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $34,887 - 7
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $42,569Cash pay $8,088 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $43,682 - 9
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $43,682 - 10
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $43,682 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $43,682 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $57,688Cash pay $20,191 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $57,688Cash pay $20,191 - 14
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 15
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 16
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,110 - 23
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 25
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 28
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 29
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 30
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,342 - 34
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 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 gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) (Medicare DRG 419) anywhere from $9,522 to $57,688 — a $48,166 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $34,534.
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 removal (laparoscopic) 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 removal (laparoscopic) 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 removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 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.