Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, straining the heart and making it hard to breathe. Care involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen, and close monitoring of the heart and lungs, sometimes in an intensive care unit.
State average
$37,485
gross charge · DRG 175
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$3,791 – $76,921
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,791 at Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)) 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
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $3,791 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $10,111Cash pay $6,067 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $10,111Cash pay $6,067 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $15,302 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $15,996Cash pay $14,396 - 6
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $24,516Cash pay $13,701 - 7
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $37,038Cash pay $13,701 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $52,268 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $52,268 - 10
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $54,618Cash pay $10,377 - 11
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $57,440Cash pay $14,360 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $76,921Cash pay $26,922Medicare pays (avg) $7,747 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $76,921Cash pay $26,922 - 14
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,003 - 15
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,358 - 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
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,833Medicare pays (avg) $7,109 - 21
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 25
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 26
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,563 - 27
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,131 - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,503 - 35
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,356 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price pulmonary embolism (Medicare DRG 175) anywhere from $3,791 to $76,921 — a $73,130 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $37,485.
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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism 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 pulmonary embolism in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 175 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.