Multiple Sclerosis & Ataxia Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for multiple sclerosis or cerebellar ataxia, conditions that affect movement, balance, and coordination, without other complicating conditions. Care typically involves medicines such as steroids for a flare-up, testing, and evaluation for therapy.
State average
$31,070
gross charge · DRG 060
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$4,024 – $42,301
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($4,024 at Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $4,024 - 2
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $24,005Cash pay $9,588 - 3
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $31,840Cash pay $6,050 - 4
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $41,945Cash pay $10,486 - 5
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $42,301 - 6
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $42,301 - 7
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 8
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 9
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 10
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 11
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 12
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,749 - 14
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 18
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 19
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 25
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 26
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price multiple sclerosis & ataxia (Medicare DRG 060) anywhere from $4,024 to $42,301 — a $38,277 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 $31,070.
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 multiple sclerosis & ataxia 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 multiple sclerosis & ataxia 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 multiple sclerosis & ataxia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 060 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.