Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.
State average
$116,637
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$24,267 – $178,842
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $24,267 - 2
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $28,481Cash pay $25,633 - 3
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $37,251Cash pay $22,350 - 4
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $37,251Cash pay $22,350 - 5
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $132,372Cash pay $33,093 - 6
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $139,595Cash pay $48,858Medicare pays (avg) $23,419 - 7
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $139,595Cash pay $48,858 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $170,499 - 9
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $170,499 - 10
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $170,499 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $170,499 - 12
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $178,842Cash pay $33,980 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $31,283 - 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 — - 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
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,400 - 23
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,172 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,473 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $39,184 - 27
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,742 - 28
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $33,329 - 29
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $35,012 - 31
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,519 - 32
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 40
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,127 - 41
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,239
Alabama hospitals price major bowel surgery (Medicare DRG 329) anywhere from $24,267 to $178,842 — a $154,575 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $116,637.
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 329 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.