Shoulder & Elbow Replacement Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A planned operation to replace a damaged shoulder or elbow joint with an artificial one, usually because of severe arthritis or injury. The stay covers the surgery, pain control, and the start of physical therapy.
State average
$75,853
gross charge · DRG 322
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$12,624 – $109,924
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $12,624Medicare pays (avg) $9,941 - 2
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $70,162 - 3
Athens Limestone Hospital
Athens, AL
Gross charge $70,162 - 4
Decatur Morgan Hospital - Decatur Campus
Decatur, AL
Gross charge $70,162 - 5
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $70,162 - 6
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $93,705Cash pay $17,804Medicare pays (avg) $9,206 - 7
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $109,924Cash pay $38,473Medicare pays (avg) $10,342 - 8
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $109,924Cash pay $38,473 - 9
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,456 - 10
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,592 - 11
UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 12
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,755 - 13
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,799 - 14
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,899 - 15
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,995Medicare pays (avg) $9,277 - 17
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,199 - 19
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,416 - 20
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,346 - 22
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 23
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,503 - 24
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,237 - 25
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,611 - 27
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,692 - 28
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 34
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 35
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,154 - 37
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,974
Alabama hospitals price shoulder & elbow replacement (Medicare DRG 322) anywhere from $12,624 to $109,924 — a $97,300 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $75,853.
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 replacement 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 replacement 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 replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 322 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.