Premature Newborn Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$42,856
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$650 – $91,654
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($650 at Coosa Valley Medical Center) 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
Coosa Valley Medical Center
Sylacauga, AL
Gross charge $650Cash pay $156 - 2
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $5,139 - 3
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $10,385Cash pay $3,635 - 4
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $10,385Cash pay $3,635 - 5
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $18,486Cash pay $3,512 - 6
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $27,807Cash pay $16,684 - 7
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $27,807Cash pay $16,684 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $46,995Cash pay $11,749 - 9
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $91,654 - 10
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $91,654 - 11
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $91,654 - 12
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $91,654 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 14
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 17
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 23
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 27
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 28
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 40
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 41
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price premature newborn (Medicare DRG 791) anywhere from $650 to $91,654 — a $91,004 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $42,856.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn 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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.