Premature Newborn Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
State average
$18,589
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$5,191 – $42,452
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $5,191 - 2
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $8,696Cash pay $2,174 - 3
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $11,377Cash pay $3,982 - 4
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $11,377Cash pay $3,982 - 5
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $12,068 - 6
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $14,459Cash pay $2,747 - 7
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $17,135Cash pay $10,281 - 8
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $17,135Cash pay $10,281 - 9
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $17,214 - 10
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $23,507 - 11
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $42,452 - 12
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $42,452 - 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 $20,057 - 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 premature newborn (Medicare DRG 792) anywhere from $5,191 to $42,452 — a $37,261 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 $18,589.
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 792 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.