DRG 196 · Respiratory

Interstitial Lung Disease Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

A group of lung diseases that inflame or scar the deep lung tissue, making breathing difficult. Hospital care typically involves oxygen, medication to reduce inflammation, and breathing support as needed.

State average
$54,875
gross charge · DRG 196
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$11,906 – $109,314
low to high
Lowest $11,906 Highest $109,314

Alabama hospitals price interstitial lung disease (Medicare DRG 196) anywhere from $11,906 to $109,314 — a $97,407 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $54,875.

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 interstitial lung disease 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 interstitial lung disease 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 interstitial lung disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 196 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 $11,906
  2. 2

    D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital

    Brewton, AL

    Gross charge $13,345
    Cash pay $8,007
  3. 3

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    Gross charge $13,345
    Cash pay $8,007
  4. 4

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $19,048
  5. 5
    Gross charge $46,245
    Cash pay $11,561
  6. 6

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $66,566
    Cash pay $12,648
  7. 7

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $67,353
  8. 8

    Athens Limestone Hospital

    Athens, AL

    Gross charge $67,353
  9. 9

    Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus

    Decatur, AL

    Gross charge $67,353
  10. 10

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $67,353
  11. 11

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $109,314
    Cash pay $38,260
  12. 12

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $109,314
    Cash pay $38,260
  13. 13

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

    Gross charge
  14. 14

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  15. 15
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  16. 16

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $15,587
  22. 22

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    USA Health Providence Hospital

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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  31. 31

    Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

    Gross charge
  36. 36
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  37. 37

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,168
  38. 38

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

    Gross charge
  39. 39
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  40. 40
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  41. 41

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,958
  42. 42

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

    Gross charge

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