DRG 690 · Kidney & Urinary

Urinary Tract Infection Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for kidney and urinary tract infections without major complications.

State average
$18,523
gross charge · DRG 690
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$6,197 – $44,200
low to high
Lowest $6,197 Highest $44,200

Alabama hospitals price urinary tract infection (Medicare DRG 690) anywhere from $6,197 to $44,200 — a $38,003 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital in Brewton; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $18,523.

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 urinary tract infection 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 urinary tract infection 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 urinary tract infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 690 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

    D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital

    Brewton, AL

    Gross charge $6,197
    Cash pay $3,718
  2. 2

    Atmore Community Hospital

    Atmore, AL

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $6,197
    Cash pay $3,718
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,524
  3. 3

    Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Mobile, AL

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $7,791
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,749
  4. 4

    Bibb Medical Center

    Centreville, AL

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $10,520
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,262
  5. 5

    Mizell Memorial Hospital

    Opp, AL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $12,428
    Cash pay $11,185
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,373
  6. 6

    Clay County Hospital

    Ashland, AL

    Gross charge $13,398
  7. 7

    North Baldwin Infirmary

    Bay Minette, AL

    Gross charge $16,656
    Cash pay $8,589
  8. 8

    Helen Keller Hospital

    Sheffield, AL

    61 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,883
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,053
  9. 9

    Red Bay Hospital

    Red Bay, AL

    Gross charge $17,883
  10. 10

    Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)

    Fairhope, AL

    71 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $19,394
    Cash pay $8,589
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,848
  11. 11

    North Alabama Medical Center

    Florence, AL

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,414
    Cash pay $9,945
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,265
  12. 12

    North Alabama Shoals Hospital

    Muscle Shoals, AL

    Gross charge $28,414
    Cash pay $9,945
  13. 13

    Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System

    Bessemer, AL

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $29,944
    Cash pay $7,486
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,735
  14. 14

    Jackson Hospital

    Montgomery, AL

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $44,200
    Cash pay $8,398
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,400
  15. 15

    Southeast Health Medical Center

    Dothan, AL

    45 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,718
  16. 16

    St. Vincent's East

    Birmingham, AL

    31 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,372
  17. 17

    Baptist Medical Center South

    Montgomery, AL

    23 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,211
  18. 18

    East Alabama Medical Center

    Opelika, AL

    46 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,518
  19. 19

    Cullman Regional Medical Center

    Cullman, AL

    100 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,105
  20. 20

    Gadsden Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    35 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,572
  21. 21

    Riverview Regional Medical Center

    Gadsden, AL

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Cash pay $7,039
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,916
  22. 22

    Medical Center Enterprise

    Enterprise, AL

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Flowers Hospital

    Dothan, AL

    26 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,345
  24. 24

    Russell Medical

    Alexander City, AL

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Baldwin Health

    Foley, AL

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,972
  26. 26

    USA Health University Hospital

    Mobile, AL

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,298
  27. 27

    DCH Regional Medical Center

    Tuscaloosa, AL

    87 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,990
  28. 28

    Hale County Hospital

    Greensboro, AL

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Birmingham, AL

    58 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,956
  30. 30

    Whitfield Regional Hospital

    Demopolis, AL

    Gross charge
  31. 31
    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Russellville Hospital

    Russellville, AL

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,819
  33. 33
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  34. 34
    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Huntsville Hospital

    Huntsville, AL

    95 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,544
  36. 36

    Regional Medical Center

    Anniston, AL

    52 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,111
  37. 37

    Fayette Medical Center

    Fayette, AL

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    Prattville Baptist Hospital

    Prattville, AL

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $3,981
  39. 39

    Baptist Medical Center East

    Montgomery, AL

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,926
  40. 40

    UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham

    Birmingham, AL

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,955
  41. 41

    UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair

    Pell City, AL

    18 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $4,537

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