Major Heart & Blood Vessel Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery on the heart or blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm or implanting a device, that does not fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$110,674
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$12,475 – $162,094
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $12,475 - 2
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $47,682Cash pay $33,484 - 3
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $47,692Cash pay $11,923 - 4
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $132,119Cash pay $25,103 - 5
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $160,616Cash pay $56,216 - 6
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $160,616Cash pay $56,216 - 7
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $162,094 - 8
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $162,094 - 9
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 10
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 12
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $27,919 - 16
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 20
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 21
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,103 - 22
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,462 - 24
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 27
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 28
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,006 - 30
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 35
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price major heart & blood vessel surgery (Medicare DRG 271) anywhere from $12,475 to $162,094 — a $149,619 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 $110,674.
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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 271 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.