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
$27,205
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 $27,205.

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

    Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)

    Fairhope, AL

    Gross charge $12,225
    Cash pay $10,959
  3. 3

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $12,946
  4. 4

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $13,536
  5. 5

    North Baldwin Infirmary

    Bay Minette, AL

    Gross charge $18,140
    Cash pay $10,959
  6. 6

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

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

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $22,065
    Cash pay $7,723
  8. 8

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $31,560
    Cash pay $5,996
  9. 9
    Gross charge $48,356
    Cash pay $12,089
  10. 10

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, 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

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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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  18. 18

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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    Cash pay $9,471
  19. 19

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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  20. 20

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

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  21. 21

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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  22. 22

    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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  26. 26

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

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  27. 27

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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  32. 32

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $6,920
  33. 33

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

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  34. 34

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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  35. 35

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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  36. 36

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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  37. 37

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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  38. 38

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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