Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$103,606
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$30,740 – $198,463
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $30,740Cash pay $27,666 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $30,743Cash pay $18,446 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $30,743Cash pay $18,446 - 4
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $33,604 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $43,626 - 6
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $55,857Cash pay $46,012 - 7
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $98,669Cash pay $39,754Medicare pays (avg) $31,347 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $99,261Cash pay $24,815Medicare pays (avg) $31,572 - 9
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $161,221Cash pay $30,632Medicare pays (avg) $25,690 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $182,741Medicare pays (avg) $27,096 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $182,741 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $198,463Cash pay $69,462Medicare pays (avg) $28,755 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $198,463Cash pay $69,462 - 14
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,617 - 15
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,773 - 16
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,300 - 17
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $49,359 - 18
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,377 - 19
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,460 - 20
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $40,225Medicare pays (avg) $31,565 - 21
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,574 - 23
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,498 - 25
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,841 - 26
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,334 - 27
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,782 - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,419 - 35
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,235 - 36
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,163 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price infection requiring surgery (Medicare DRG 853) anywhere from $30,740 to $198,463 — a $167,724 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 $103,606.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.