Pregnancy Complications Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for problems that arise during pregnancy, before delivery, that don't require surgery — such as severe nausea, bleeding, or preterm labor concerns. The stay involves monitoring mother and baby and treating the problem, often with the pregnancy continuing after discharge.
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($4,046 at North Baldwin Infirmary) 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
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $4,046 - 2
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $4,767 - 3
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $5,743Cash pay $3,446 - 4
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $5,743Cash pay $3,446 - 5
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $9,129Cash pay $7,722 - 6
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,085 - 7
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $13,365Cash pay $2,539 - 8
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $14,603Cash pay $5,111 - 9
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $14,603Cash pay $5,111 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $22,915 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $22,915 - 12
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $29,694Cash pay $7,424 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 14
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 16
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,603 - 20
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 24
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 25
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 31
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price pregnancy complications (Medicare DRG 832) anywhere from $4,046 to $29,694 — a $25,648 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is North Baldwin Infirmary in Bay Minette; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $13,134.
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 pregnancy complications at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For pregnancy complications in Alabama, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 pregnancy complications in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 832 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.