Vaginal Delivery Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Vaginal delivery without sterilization, dilatation, or curettage — the most common inpatient procedure in the United States.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for vaginal delivery. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–2 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Labor and delivery room
- Nursing and routine medications during labor and recovery
- Postpartum mother and baby room
- Routine newborn care (Apgar, vitamin K, eye prophylaxis, hearing screen)
- Standard lab work for mother and baby
Usually billed separately
- Obstetrician, midwife, and any anesthesiologist (epidural) professional fees
- Neonatologist or pediatrician fees
- Lactation consultant (sometimes included, sometimes not)
- Postpartum follow-up visits
- Circumcision (often a separate facility fee)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does vaginal delivery best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication during labor, nursing responsiveness, and discharge planning shape the whole birth experience.
Birthing-Friendly Hospital designation
CMS marks hospitals committed to evidence-based maternal care and support of physiologic birth.
C-Section Rate (NTSV)
For low-risk first-time mothers, an unusually high C-section rate may signal a hospital quick to escalate to surgical delivery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For vaginal delivery, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For high-risk pregnancies (multiples, prior C-section, preeclampsia, diabetes), a hospital with a Level III or IV NICU is generally the safer setting regardless of price.
- For a specific birth plan (water birth, midwife-led, doula support), matching the hospital's protocols and amenities is usually more important than the price gap.
- When an obstetrician only delivers at certain hospitals, provider continuity usually matters more than price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Are both my obstetrician and the anesthesiologist (if I want an epidural) in-network?
- Is the pediatrician/neonatologist who will see my baby in-network?
- Is there a separate facility fee for the labor room versus the postpartum room?
- Does this estimate include a lactation consultant visit?
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,672 at Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $3,672 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $5,195Cash pay $3,117 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $5,195Cash pay $3,117 - 4
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $7,953Cash pay $1,988 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $9,217 - 6
Thomas Hospital (Acute Care)
Fairhope, AL
Gross charge $12,903Cash pay $7,362 - 7
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $13,999Cash pay $2,660 - 8
Helen Keller Hospital
Sheffield, AL
Gross charge $15,633 - 9
Red Bay Hospital
Red Bay, AL
Gross charge $15,633 - 10
North Baldwin Infirmary
Bay Minette, AL
Gross charge $15,637Cash pay $7,362 - 11
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $23,913Cash pay $8,370 - 12
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $23,913Cash pay $8,370 - 13
Southeast Health Medical Center
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 14
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 16
East Alabama Medical Center
Opelika, AL
Gross charge — - 17
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Gadsden Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,733 - 20
Medical Center Enterprise
Enterprise, AL
Gross charge — - 21
Flowers Hospital
Dothan, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Baldwin Health
Foley, AL
Gross charge — - 24
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 25
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Grandview Medical Center (Acute Care)
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 30
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 31
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 32
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge — - 33
Huntsville Hospital
Huntsville, AL
Gross charge — - 34
Regional Medical Center
Anniston, AL
Gross charge — - 35
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 36
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 38
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 39
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 807) anywhere from $3,672 to $23,913 — a $20,241 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 $12,738.
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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery in Alabama, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 807 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.