Heart Failure Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$23,283
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$3,570 – $52,480
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($3,570 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 $3,570Cash pay $1,428 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $9,329Cash pay $5,598 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $9,329Cash pay $5,598 - 4
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $10,761 - 5
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $14,480 - 6
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $14,767Cash pay $13,291 - 7
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $16,003 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $30,133Cash pay $7,533 - 9
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $47,632Cash pay $16,671 - 10
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $47,632Cash pay $16,671 - 11
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $52,480Cash pay $9,971 - 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
Riverview Regional Medical Center
Gadsden, AL
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,009 - 18
UAB St. Vincent’s Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 19
Russell Medical
Alexander City, AL
Gross charge — - 20
USA Health University Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 21
USA Health Providence Hospital
Mobile, AL
Gross charge — - 22
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
Gross charge — - 23
Hale County Hospital
Greensboro, AL
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Health Princeton Hospital
Birmingham, AL
Gross charge — - 25
Prattville Baptist Hospital
Prattville, AL
Gross charge — - 26
Whitfield Regional Hospital
Demopolis, AL
Gross charge — - 27
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair
Pell City, AL
Gross charge — - 28
Hill Hospital of Sumter County
York, AL
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Medical Center East
Montgomery, 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 —
Alabama hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 291) anywhere from $3,570 to $52,480 — a $48,910 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 $23,283.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.