Stroke Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $10,631 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $14,052Cash pay $8,431 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $14,052Cash pay $8,431 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $19,876 - 5
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $31,146Cash pay $19,478 - 6
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $43,487Cash pay $19,478 - 7
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $49,271 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $54,381Cash pay $13,595 - 9
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $60,039Cash pay $11,407 - 10
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $75,393Cash pay $26,388Medicare pays (avg) $11,937 - 11
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $75,393Cash pay $26,388 - 12
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $92,473 - 13
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $92,473 - 14
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,332 - 15
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,006 - 16
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,117 - 17
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,839 - 18
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,044 - 19
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,634 - 20
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,418Medicare pays (avg) $10,796 - 21
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,019 - 23
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 25
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,118 - 26
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,873 - 27
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,978 - 29
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 31
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 33
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,263 - 35
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,872 - 36
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,908 - 40
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price stroke (Medicare DRG 064) anywhere from $10,631 to $92,473 — a $81,842 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 $48,667.
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 064 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.