Birth control implant insertion cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $52.20 to $51,908.57, with a median of $312.01. The lowest price is at Grandview Medical Center (Birmingham). The highest price is 994.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $312.01, is 15% above the US median of $271.23.
- That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- Alabama ranks 33rd of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11981. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$52.20Grandview Medical Center
Median$312.01half of hospitals charge less
Highest$51,908.57in Alabama
Lowest saves$259.81vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grandview Medical Center lowest Birmingham · Birmingham, AL S-INS DRG IMPT INMCD | $52.20 | $348.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monroe County Hospital Monroeville · Monroeville, AL INSERT NONBIODEGRD NEXPLANON | $80.00 | $200.00 | Mar 2, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Insertion drug dlvr implant | $118.00 | $18,166.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Insert Contraceptive Cap | $175.50 | $234.00 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL 11981 Insert Drug Implant Device | $279.95 | $509.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Insertion, Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant | $344.07 | $800.16 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Flowers Hospital Dothan · Dothan, AL INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT | $9,152.33 | $61,015.55 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT | $20,442.98 | $170,358.18 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT | $46,638.15 | $259,100.81 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT | $51,908.57 | $288,380.96 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 3 | $52.20 | $175.50 |
| Gadsden, AL | 2 | $118.00 | $10,280.49 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $279.95 | $279.95 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $46,638.15 | $46,638.15 |
| Dothan, AL | 1 | $9,152.33 | $9,152.33 |
| Huntsville, AL | 1 | $51,908.57 | $51,908.57 |
| Monroeville, AL | 1 | $80.00 | $80.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What birth control implant insertion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Birth control implant insertion explained.
Insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant in other states
- Alaska$306.54
- Arizona$163.27
- Arkansas$319.25
- California$284.26
- Colorado$338.41
- Connecticut$407.76
- Delaware$522.48
- District of Columbia$170.85, 2 hospitals
- Florida$314.60
- Georgia$545.00
- Hawaii$238.70
- Idaho$188.30
- Illinois$232.50
- Indiana$1,880.50
- Iowa$297.00
- Kansas$178.50
- Kentucky$136.50
- Louisiana$96.36
- Maine$126.13
- Maryland$235.94, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$549.00
- Michigan$166.60
- Minnesota$271.46
- Mississippi$132.00
- Missouri$184.00
- Montana$286.90
- Nebraska$263.00
- Nevada$1,271.00, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$87.32
- New Jersey$172.00
- New Mexico$227.81, 4 hospitals
- New York$281.71
- North Carolina$129.32
- North Dakota$244.80
- Ohio$377.25
- Oklahoma$221.85
- Oregon$255.78
- Pennsylvania$254.40
- Rhode Island$399.05, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$325.18
- South Dakota$308.00
- Tennessee$171.39
- Texas$249.58
- Utah$122.52, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$186.34
- Virginia$564.50
- Washington$276.13
- West Virginia$165.52
- Wisconsin$280.23
- Wyoming$182.25, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.