Diabetes Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$17,753
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$3,343 – $42,173
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,343 at Monroe County Hospital) 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
Monroe County Hospital
Monroeville, AL
Gross charge $3,343Cash pay $1,337 - 2
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $5,003 - 3
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,804Cash pay $4,083 - 4
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,804Cash pay $4,083 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $11,424 - 6
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $12,246Cash pay $11,021 - 7
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $12,365 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $29,730Cash pay $7,432 - 9
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $32,697Cash pay $11,444 - 10
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $32,697Cash pay $11,444 - 11
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $42,173Cash pay $8,013 - 12
St. Vincent's East
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 13
Callahan Eye Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Medical Center South
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 15
Cullman Regional Medical Center
Cullman, AL
Gross charge — - 16
Fayette Medical Center
Fayette, AL
Gross charge — - 17
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 18
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 19
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 20
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 21
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 22
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 26
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 27
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Russellville Hospital
Russellville, AL
Gross charge — - 30
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton
Clanton, AL
Gross charge — - 31
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount
Oneonta, AL
Gross charge —
Alabama hospitals price diabetes (Medicare DRG 638) anywhere from $3,343 to $42,173 — a $38,831 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Monroe County Hospital in Monroeville; the most expensive is Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. The state average sits at $17,753.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.