Major Chest Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.
State average
$112,231
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$29,437 – $212,695
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $29,437 - 2
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $29,983Cash pay $20,595 - 3
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $39,483 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $40,535 - 5
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $84,785Cash pay $21,196 - 6
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $123,507Cash pay $23,466 - 7
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $174,593 - 8
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $174,593 - 9
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $212,695Cash pay $74,443 - 10
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $212,695Cash pay $74,443 - 11
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,186 - 12
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 14
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $37,126 - 18
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 22
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 23
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,377 - 26
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 29
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,224 - 32
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 36
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,087 - 37
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price major chest surgery (Medicare DRG 163) anywhere from $29,437 to $212,695 — a $183,258 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $112,231.
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 chest 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 chest 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 chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 163 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.