DRG 181 · Respiratory

Lung Cancer & Chest Tumors Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for cancer or tumors of the lung or airways, often to manage symptoms like breathing trouble, fluid buildup, or infection. Care can include oxygen, medications, and procedures to ease breathing.

State average
$34,216
gross charge · DRG 181
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$10,883 – $53,742
low to high
Lowest $10,883 Highest $53,742

Alabama hospitals price lung cancer & chest tumors (Medicare DRG 181) anywhere from $10,883 to $53,742 — a $42,859 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Clay County Hospital in Ashland; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $34,216.

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 lung cancer & chest tumors 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 lung cancer & chest tumors 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 lung cancer & chest tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 181 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 $10,883
  2. 2

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $12,946
  3. 3

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $13,536
  4. 4

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $22,065
    Cash pay $7,723
  5. 5

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $22,065
    Cash pay $7,723
  6. 6

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $31,560
    Cash pay $5,996
  7. 7
    Gross charge $48,356
    Cash pay $12,089
  8. 8

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $53,742
  9. 9

    Athens Limestone Hospital

    Athens, AL

    Gross charge $53,742
  10. 10

    Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus

    Decatur, AL

    Gross charge $53,742
  11. 11

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $53,742
  12. 12

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

    Gross charge
  13. 13

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  14. 14
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  15. 15

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge
  16. 16

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

    Gross charge
  17. 17

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

    Gross charge
  18. 18

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $9,471
  21. 21

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  24. 24

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    USA Health Providence Hospital

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Monroe County Hospital

    Monroeville, 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

    Gross charge
  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

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $6,920
  42. 42

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

    Gross charge

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