Sepsis Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) without major complications.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for sepsis. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 5–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and sepsis workup
- Inpatient room and continuous monitoring
- IV antibiotics and fluids (often broad-spectrum until culture results return)
- Blood cultures, lactate, and serial labs
- Source-control procedures if needed (drainage, etc.)
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist, infectious-disease, and any specialty consultant fees
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Home health for any IV antibiotic continuation
- Long-term rehab if sepsis caused weakness
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does sepsis best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Sepsis Care Bundle (SEP-1)
The headline sepsis metric — measures how often hospitals deliver evidence-based sepsis care within strict time windows (antibiotics, fluids, repeat lactate).
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle
For the sickest sepsis patients, faster bundle completion saves lives.
Hospital-wide Mortality
Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death. A hospital with strong overall mortality numbers is usually doing the right things for sepsis.
C. diff Infection Ratio
Sepsis treatment requires broad-spectrum antibiotics, which raises C. diff risk. Hospitals with low SIR control this better.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For sepsis, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Sepsis admissions aren't shoppable in real time — the nearest hospital is typically the right call during an acute episode. This page is more useful for chronic-condition planning or evaluating where care was delivered.
- For elderly patients or those with chronic disease, the hospital with the best SEP-1 compliance score may be worth additional travel time when distances are comparable.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During acute illness: skip this list and call 911. Sepsis worsens by the hour.
- After discharge: what outpatient antibiotic continuation is needed? Is it covered?
- Is post-sepsis rehab or follow-up recommended? Where will it happen?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $6,606 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $7,661Cash pay $4,597 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $7,661Cash pay $4,597 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $12,321 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $16,126Cash pay $14,514 - 6
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $16,725Medicare pays (avg) $7,439 - 7
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $25,760Cash pay $9,436Medicare pays (avg) $5,958 - 8
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $26,127Cash pay $10,526 - 9
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $33,285Cash pay $8,321Medicare pays (avg) $6,168 - 10
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $37,875Medicare pays (avg) $5,404 - 11
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $37,875 - 12
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $43,410Cash pay $15,193Medicare pays (avg) $5,797 - 13
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $43,410Cash pay $15,193 - 14
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $52,032Cash pay $9,886Medicare pays (avg) $5,085 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,770 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,917 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,478 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,054 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,480 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,873 - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,845Medicare pays (avg) $5,127 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,836 - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,315 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,612 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,555 - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,175 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,986 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,513 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $5,790 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,895 - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,288
Alabama hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 872) anywhere from $6,606 to $52,032 — a $45,427 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $26,205.
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 872 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.