DRG 868 · Infection & Sepsis

Infectious Diseases Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

Covers bacterial, viral, or parasitic infections that don't fall into a more specific category. A stay typically involves IV medications, fluids, and monitoring while the infection is treated.

State average
$34,134
gross charge · DRG 868
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$11,010 – $68,174
low to high
Lowest $11,010 Highest $68,174

Alabama hospitals price infectious diseases (Medicare DRG 868) anywhere from $11,010 to $68,174 — a $57,164 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Clay County Hospital in Ashland; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $34,134.

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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases 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 infectious diseases in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 868 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

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $11,010
  2. 2

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $12,472
  3. 3

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $37,381
  4. 4

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $37,381
  5. 5

    Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)

    Fairhope, AL

    Gross charge $38,383
    Cash pay $10,597
  6. 6

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $68,174
    Cash pay $12,953
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    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

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    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

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    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

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    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

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    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

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    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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    Cash pay $8,995
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    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

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    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

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    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

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    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

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    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

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    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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