Heart Failure Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with complications, the most common cardiology admission in the U.S.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for heart failure. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–6 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient cardiac monitoring
- IV diuretics and other heart-failure medications during admission
- Echocardiogram and other cardiac imaging
- Routine labs (BNP, electrolytes, kidney function)
Usually billed separately
- Cardiologist and hospitalist professional fees (billed separately)
- Outpatient cardiology follow-up after discharge
- Cardiac rehab program (if indicated)
- Long-term medications (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, SGLT2 inhibitors)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does heart failure 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:
Heart-Failure Mortality (30-day)
How often patients admitted for heart failure survive 30 days. The headline outcome.
Heart-Failure Readmissions
Heart failure is the most-readmitted condition in U.S. hospitals. Lower means better discharge planning and outpatient care coordination.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Clear discharge communication on weight monitoring, fluid limits, and medication timing prevents many readmissions.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For heart failure, 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.
- If you have advanced heart failure (low ejection fraction, prior hospitalizations), an advanced heart-failure program may be worth additional cost.
- If you're being considered for an LVAD or heart transplant, an academic medical center with a transplant program is typically the right setting.
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:
- Will any of my physicians (cardiologist, hospitalist) be out-of-network?
- What outpatient cardiology follow-up is scheduled? Is it in-network?
- Is there a heart-failure transitions-of-care program at this hospital?
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($2,104 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 $2,104 - 2
Monroe County Hospital
Monroeville, AL
Gross charge $3,661Cash pay $1,464 - 3
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $6,523Cash pay $3,914 - 4
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $6,523Cash pay $3,914 - 5
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $10,301 - 6
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $10,982 - 7
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $12,935Cash pay $11,641 - 8
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $19,462Cash pay $6,812 - 9
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $19,462Cash pay $6,812 - 10
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $41,980Cash pay $7,976 - 11
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $43,823Cash pay $10,956 - 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 $7,502 - 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 292) anywhere from $2,104 to $43,823 — a $41,719 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) in Mobile; the most expensive is Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System in Bessemer. The state average sits at $16,160.
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 292 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.