Sepsis Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$47,681
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$13,918 – $77,881
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $13,918Cash pay $8,351 - 2
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $13,918Cash pay $8,351 - 3
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $19,663 - 4
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $22,326Cash pay $20,093Medicare pays (avg) $13,934 - 5
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $30,658Medicare pays (avg) $11,628 - 6
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $37,746Cash pay $18,857Medicare pays (avg) $12,905 - 7
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $44,015Cash pay $18,857Medicare pays (avg) $12,660 - 8
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $44,253 - 9
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $63,355Cash pay $15,839Medicare pays (avg) $11,802 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $72,633Medicare pays (avg) $10,987 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $72,633 - 12
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $76,658Cash pay $14,565Medicare pays (avg) $12,048 - 13
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $77,881Cash pay $27,258Medicare pays (avg) $12,089 - 14
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $77,881Cash pay $27,258 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,557 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,152 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,223 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,991 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,958 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,498 - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,204Medicare pays (avg) $10,702 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,535 - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,124 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,723 - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,917 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,202 - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,725 - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,843 - 30
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,117 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $17,020 - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,854 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,491 - 37
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,936 - 38
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,330 - 39
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,389 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,389 - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,688
Alabama hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $13,918 to $77,881 — a $63,963 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $47,681.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.