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Alabama Hospital Price Report

What hospitals charge for shoppable care across Alabama — drawn from 42 hospitals' machine-readable files. Figures are medians with robust 10th–90th-percentile ranges across hospitals in the state.

The same procedure, wildly different prices

Even within Alabama, the negotiated price at a pricier hospital can be many times what a cheaper one charges — for the same service.

ProcedureTypical range (10th–90th pct)MedianHospitals
IUD Insertion$117 – $20,799$28723
Allergy Skin Testing$9 – $929$85613
Abdominal Hysterectomy$933 – $50,402$4,18715
Prostate Biopsy$761 – $27,787$1,92423
Sinus Surgery (Endoscopic, with Tissue Removal)$280 – $7,037$6,31316
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (Age 12 and Over)$286 – $3,415$3,06021
Hemodialysis Treatment$89 – $1,043$3746
Holter Monitor (24-48 Hour Heart Monitor)$54 – $603$888

Cash can beat the list price

The “gross” charge is the hospital's list price; the cash price is what many will accept from a self-pay patient. For these procedures in Alabama, the cash price is a fraction of the list price.

ProcedureCash (median)Gross / list (median)
Sinus Surgery (Endoscopic, with Tissue Removal)$8,035$53,507
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (Age 12 and Over)$3,425$17,426
Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy (Under Age 12)$4,887$17,747
Home Sleep Study$356$1,268
Group Therapy Session$104$320
Lumpectomy (Partial Mastectomy)$2,558$7,308

The most expensive shoppable procedures in Alabama

ProcedureMedian negotiatedHospitals
Cardiac Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation$25,13722
Lumbar Spinal Fusion (Posterior)$16,15718
Total Hip Replacement$12,24224
Cervical Spinal Fusion (Anterior)$11,97719
Total Knee Replacement$11,79824
Coronary Angioplasty with Stent$11,38924

Medians and percentiles are computed across each hospital's representative facility price, from its latest machine-readable file. See methodology for how prices are derived.

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