DRG 176 · Respiratory

Pulmonary Embolism Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

A blood clot that has traveled to the lungs, causing chest pain and shortness of breath. The hospital stay involves blood-thinning medicines, oxygen if needed, and monitoring while the clot stabilizes.

State average
$21,345
gross charge · DRG 176
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$5,283 – $50,749
low to high
Lowest $5,283 Highest $50,749

Alabama hospitals price pulmonary embolism (Medicare DRG 176) anywhere from $5,283 to $50,749 — a $45,466 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 $21,345.

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 176 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Monroe County Hospital

    Monroeville, AL

    Gross charge $5,283
    Cash pay $2,113
  2. 2

    D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital

    Brewton, AL

    Gross charge $6,254
    Cash pay $3,752
  3. 3

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    Gross charge $6,254
    Cash pay $3,752
  4. 4

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $6,456
  5. 5

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $7,617
  6. 6

    Mizell Memorial Hospital

    Opp, AL

    Gross charge $9,051
    Cash pay $8,145
  7. 7

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    Gross charge $10,614
  8. 8

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $28,417
  9. 9

    Athens Limestone Hospital

    Athens, AL

    Gross charge $28,417
  10. 10

    Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus

    Decatur, AL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,417
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,472
  11. 11

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $28,417
  12. 12
    Gross charge $29,301
    Cash pay $7,325
  13. 13

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    Gross charge $37,461
    Cash pay $13,111
  14. 14

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $37,461
    Cash pay $13,111
  15. 15

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $50,749
    Cash pay $9,642
  16. 16

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

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  17. 17

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

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  19. 19

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

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  20. 20

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

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  21. 21

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,242
  22. 22

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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  23. 23

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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  24. 24

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,133
  25. 25

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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  26. 26

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

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  27. 27

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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  28. 28

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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  29. 29

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

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  30. 30

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  31. 31

    USA Health Providence Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  32. 32

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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  33. 33

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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  34. 34

    Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham, AL

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  35. 35

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,929
  36. 36

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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  37. 37

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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  38. 38

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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  39. 39
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  40. 40

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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  41. 41

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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  42. 42
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  43. 43
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  44. 44

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,569
  45. 45

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

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