Respiratory Symptoms Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for breathing-related symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, or wheezing when the exact cause is still being determined. Care usually involves monitoring, oxygen if needed, and tests like chest imaging and breathing studies.
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($4,463 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 $4,463 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,302Cash pay $3,781 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,302Cash pay $3,781 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,586 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $14,671Cash pay $13,204 - 6
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $20,812Cash pay $8,570 - 7
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $21,194 - 8
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $26,332Cash pay $8,570 - 9
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $29,038 - 10
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $29,038 - 11
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $40,884Cash pay $7,768 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $67,047Cash pay $23,466 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $67,047Cash pay $23,466 - 14
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $225,048Cash pay $56,262 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,106 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, 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
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 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 — - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 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 — - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price respiratory symptoms (Medicare DRG 204) anywhere from $4,463 to $225,048 — a $220,585 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $40,626.
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 symptoms 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 symptoms 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 symptoms in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 204 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.