Respiratory Failure Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$38,784
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$8,074 – $85,295
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $8,074Medicare pays (avg) $7,522 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $8,989Cash pay $5,393 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $8,989Cash pay $5,393 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $13,948 - 5
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $28,922 - 6
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $36,544Cash pay $12,449Medicare pays (avg) $8,015 - 7
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $42,325Medicare pays (avg) $6,867 - 8
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $42,325 - 9
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $45,920Cash pay $12,449 - 10
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $48,649Cash pay $12,162Medicare pays (avg) $7,932 - 11
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $54,808Cash pay $10,413Medicare pays (avg) $7,622 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $59,093Cash pay $20,682Medicare pays (avg) $7,359 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $59,093Cash pay $20,682 - 14
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $85,295Cash pay $76,766 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,012 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,595 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,905 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,124 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,200 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,829 - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,476Medicare pays (avg) $6,481 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,371 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,099 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,543 - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,774 - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,383 - 30
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,253 - 31
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,527 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,170 - 37
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 39
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,118 - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price respiratory failure (Medicare DRG 189) anywhere from $8,074 to $85,295 — a $77,222 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Mizell Memorial Hospital in Opp. The state average sits at $38,784.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.