Stroke Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $6,148Medicare pays (avg) $5,584 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $7,573Cash pay $4,544 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $7,573Cash pay $4,544 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,758 - 5
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $15,999 - 6
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $24,399Cash pay $7,540 - 7
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $29,509Cash pay $7,377 - 8
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $31,737Cash pay $10,408Medicare pays (avg) $6,274 - 9
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $43,530Cash pay $15,235Medicare pays (avg) $5,139 - 10
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $43,530Cash pay $15,235 - 11
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $43,744Cash pay $39,369 - 12
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $50,743Medicare pays (avg) $5,126 - 13
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $50,743 - 14
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $51,080Cash pay $9,705Medicare pays (avg) $5,133 - 15
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,010 - 16
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,544 - 17
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,653 - 18
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,993 - 19
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,546 - 20
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,146 - 21
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,733Medicare pays (avg) $5,220 - 22
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,956 - 24
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,515 - 26
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,657 - 27
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,620 - 28
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,191 - 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) $5,899 - 36
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,444 - 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) $4,842 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,975 - 41
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
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Alabama hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 065) anywhere from $6,148 to $51,080 — a $44,931 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 $29,790.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.