Pneumonia Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,263 at Monroe County Hospital) 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
Monroe County Hospital
Monroeville, AL
Gross charge $3,263Cash pay $1,305Medicare pays (avg) $5,886 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,297Cash pay $3,778 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,297Cash pay $3,778 - 4
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $9,951Medicare pays (avg) $4,816 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,657Medicare pays (avg) $9,214 - 6
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $14,119Cash pay $12,707Medicare pays (avg) $5,595 - 7
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $24,176 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $26,025Medicare pays (avg) $4,277 - 9
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $26,025Medicare pays (avg) $4,696 - 10
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $26,025Medicare pays (avg) $3,835 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $26,025 - 12
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $31,678Cash pay $7,919Medicare pays (avg) $4,421 - 13
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $34,090Cash pay $11,931Medicare pays (avg) $4,690 - 14
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $34,090Cash pay $11,931 - 15
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $38,525Cash pay $7,320Medicare pays (avg) $4,233 - 16
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,085 - 17
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,252 - 18
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,014 - 20
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,722 - 21
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,820 - 22
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,560 - 24
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,177 - 25
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 27
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,662 - 30
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 31
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,673 - 32
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,161 - 33
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,538 - 36
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,244 - 37
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,444 - 39
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 40
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,419 - 41
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,825 - 42
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 43
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 44
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,599 - 45
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,679
Alabama hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 194) anywhere from $3,263 to $38,525 — a $35,262 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Monroe County Hospital in Monroeville; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $21,150.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.