Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $16,439 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $16,475Cash pay $9,885 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $16,475Cash pay $9,885 - 4
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $57,480 - 5
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $70,912Cash pay $17,728 - 6
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $80,316Cash pay $15,260Medicare pays (avg) $13,839 - 7
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $96,512Cash pay $33,779Medicare pays (avg) $13,991 - 8
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $96,512Cash pay $33,779 - 9
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $102,321 - 10
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $102,321 - 11
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $102,321Medicare pays (avg) $13,607 - 12
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $102,321 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,333 - 14
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 17
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,486 - 18
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $19,378 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 24
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,278 - 25
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,040 - 27
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,764 - 28
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 29
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,223 - 30
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,065 - 33
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 35
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,394 - 38
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 41
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,264 - 42
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 330) anywhere from $16,439 to $102,321 — a $85,882 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $71,701.
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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 330 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.