DRG 694 · Kidney & Urinary

Kidney Stones Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

Stones in the kidney or urinary tract causing pain, blockage, or infection, managed without major surgery during this stay. Care typically involves pain control, IV fluids, and imaging to track the stone.

State average
$19,667
gross charge · DRG 694
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$5,783 – $37,040
low to high
Lowest $5,783 Highest $37,040

Alabama hospitals price kidney stones (Medicare DRG 694) anywhere from $5,783 to $37,040 — a $31,258 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $19,667.

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 kidney stones 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 kidney stones 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 kidney stones in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 694 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 $5,783
  2. 2

    D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital

    Brewton, AL

    Gross charge $6,038
    Cash pay $3,623
  3. 3

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    Gross charge $6,038
    Cash pay $3,623
  4. 4

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $6,467
  5. 5

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $10,353
  6. 6

    North Baldwin Infirmary

    Bay Minette, AL

    Gross charge $12,850
    Cash pay $8,337
  7. 7

    Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)

    Fairhope, AL

    Gross charge $21,968
    Cash pay $8,337
  8. 8

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $23,838
    Cash pay $8,343
  9. 9

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $23,838
    Cash pay $8,343
  10. 10

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $31,372
    Cash pay $5,961
  11. 11

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $35,041
  12. 12

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $35,041
  13. 13
    Gross charge $37,040
    Cash pay $9,260
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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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  20. 20

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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    Cash pay $6,872
  21. 21

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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  22. 22

    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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  25. 25

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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  27. 27

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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  28. 28

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

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  29. 29

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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  31. 31

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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  34. 34

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

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  35. 35

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

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  36. 36

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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  37. 37

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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  38. 38

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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  39. 39

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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  40. 40

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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