Sepsis Cost in Alabama — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$40,420
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$4,114 – $77,881
low to high
Data notes for Alabama
- The lowest published charge ($4,114 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 $4,114Cash pay $1,645 - 2
D W Mcmillan Memorial Hospital
Brewton, AL
Gross charge $13,918Cash pay $8,351 - 3
Atmore Community Hospital
Atmore, AL
Gross charge $13,918Cash pay $8,351 - 4
Bibb Medical Center
Centreville, AL
Gross charge $19,663 - 5
Mizell Memorial Hospital
Opp, AL
Gross charge $22,326Cash pay $20,093 - 6
Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care)
Mobile, AL
Gross charge $30,658 - 7
Clay County Hospital
Ashland, AL
Gross charge $44,253 - 8
Medical West, an Affiliate of UAB Health System
Bessemer, AL
Gross charge $63,355Cash pay $15,839 - 9
Jackson Hospital
Montgomery, AL
Gross charge $76,658Cash pay $14,565 - 10
North Alabama Medical Center
Florence, AL
Gross charge $77,881Cash pay $27,258 - 11
North Alabama Shoals Hospital
Muscle Shoals, AL
Gross charge $77,881Cash pay $27,258 - 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 $16,204 - 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 sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $4,114 to $77,881 — a $73,767 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Monroe County Hospital in Monroeville; the most expensive is North Alabama Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals. The state average sits at $40,420.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.