Heart Failure Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$27,278
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$9,329 – $52,480
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $9,329Cash pay $5,598 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $9,329Cash pay $5,598 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $10,761Medicare pays (avg) $7,720 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $14,480 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $14,767Cash pay $13,291Medicare pays (avg) $8,973 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $16,003 - 7
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $18,994Cash pay $7,376Medicare pays (avg) $9,283 - 8
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $26,117Cash pay $12,887Medicare pays (avg) $8,393 - 9
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $30,133Cash pay $7,533Medicare pays (avg) $7,720 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $42,118Medicare pays (avg) $6,954 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $42,118 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $47,632Cash pay $16,671Medicare pays (avg) $7,809 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $47,632Cash pay $16,671 - 14
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $52,480Cash pay $9,971Medicare pays (avg) $6,874 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,229 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,536 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,399 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,943 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,717 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,223 - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,009Medicare pays (avg) $7,141 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,317 - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,641 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,191 - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,389 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,585 - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,539 - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,968 - 30
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,931 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,286 - 37
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,393 - 38
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,387 - 39
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,087 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,626 - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,689
Alabama hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 291) anywhere from $9,329 to $52,480 — a $43,151 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $27,278.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.