DRG 512 · Musculoskeletal

Shoulder, Elbow & Forearm Surgery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery on the shoulder, elbow, or forearm — such as fracture repair or tendon and ligament procedures — not including full joint replacement. The stay typically involves the operation, pain control, and early guidance on using the arm safely.

State average
$46,434
gross charge · DRG 512
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$10,069 – $58,220
low to high
Lowest $10,069 Highest $58,220

Alabama hospitals price shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery (Medicare DRG 512) anywhere from $10,069 to $58,220 — a $48,151 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Red Bay Hospital in Red Bay. The state average sits at $46,434.

Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery in Alabama, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 shoulder, elbow & forearm surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 512 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

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    Gross charge $10,069
  2. 2

    Mizell Memorial Hospital

    Opp, AL

    Gross charge $30,001
    Cash pay $27,000
  3. 3

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    Gross charge $52,086
    Cash pay $9,896
  4. 4

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    Gross charge $58,220
  5. 5

    Athens Limestone Hospital

    Athens, AL

    Gross charge $58,220
  6. 6

    Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus

    Decatur, AL

    Gross charge $58,220
  7. 7

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $58,220
  8. 8

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

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  9. 9

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

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  10. 10
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  11. 11

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

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  12. 12

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

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  13. 13

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

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  14. 14

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

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  15. 15

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

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  16. 16

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $13,403
  17. 17

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

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  18. 18

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

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  19. 19

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

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  20. 20

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

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  21. 21

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

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  22. 22

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  23. 23

    USA Health Providence Hospital

    Mobile, AL

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  24. 24

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

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  25. 25

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

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  26. 26

    Baptist Health Princeton Hospital

    Birmingham, AL

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  27. 27

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

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  28. 28

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

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  29. 29

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

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  30. 30

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

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  32. 32

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

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  33. 33

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

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  36. 36

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

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  37. 37

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

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