Neck Fusion & Other Back Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to join (fuse) bones in the neck, or other operations on the back or neck, not including disc removal or nerve decompression. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$147,977
gross charge · DRG 321
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$100,617 – $248,369
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $100,617 - 2
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $100,617 - 3
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $122,913Cash pay $23,353Medicare pays (avg) $13,007 - 4
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $137,872Cash pay $25,911Medicare pays (avg) $18,523 - 5
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $162,724Cash pay $56,953Medicare pays (avg) $16,443 - 6
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $162,724Cash pay $56,953 - 7
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $248,369Cash pay $62,092 - 8
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,062 - 9
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,480 - 10
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,198 - 11
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,235 - 12
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,196Medicare pays (avg) $15,875 - 14
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,176 - 16
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,356 - 18
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 19
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,478 - 20
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,403 - 22
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,471 - 25
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 26
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 27
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,229 - 29
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,986 - 30
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,063 - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price neck fusion & other back surgery (Medicare DRG 321) anywhere from $100,617 to $248,369 — a $147,752 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $147,977.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 neck fusion & other back surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling neck fusion & other back surgery in Alabama, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 neck fusion & other back surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 321 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.