Broken ankle treatment cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 12 hospitals publish a cash price for broken ankle (outer ankle bone) treatment without surgery or setting: from $102.00 to $1,284.50, with a median of $272.03. The lowest price is at Coosa Valley Medical Center (Sylacauga). The highest price is 12.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $272.03, is 43% below the US median of $474.00.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($252.01).
- Alabama ranks 9th of 46 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 27786. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$102.00Coosa Valley Medical Center
Median$272.03half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,284.50in Alabama
Lowest saves$170.03vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa Valley Medical Center lowest Sylacauga · Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Closed Treatment Of Distal Fibular Fracu | $102.00 | $426.00 | — source file |
| Tanner Medical Center - East Alabama Wedowee · Wedowee, AL TREATMENT OF ANKLE FRACTURE | $216.40 | $541.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Hc Clsd Treat Dist Fibula Fx Wo Manip | $220.00 | $998.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Evergreen Medical Center Evergreen · Evergreen, AL CLOSED TR DISTAL FIBULA FRACTURE | $239.85 | $369.00 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Dch Regional Medical Center one side Tuscaloosa · Tuscaloosa, AL CL TX DSTL FIB FX WO MANIP RT | $241.13 | $482.25 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Fayette Medical Center one side Fayette · Fayette, AL CL TX DSTL FIB FX WO MANIP LT | $241.13 | $482.25 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL TREATMENT OF ANKLE FRACTURE | $302.92 | $757.29 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Whitfield Regional Hospital Demopolis · Demopolis, AL ClosedTrmt Ankle Fx W/O Manip | $366.00 | $610.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Clos Tmt Distal Fibular Fx | $378.75 | $505.00 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL 27786 Clsd tx/dis fibular fx w/o manip | $555.50 | $1,010.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Closed Rx Dist Fibula Fx | $934.87 | $2,174.11 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre · Centre, AL HC ER CLOSED TX DISTAL FIB FX W/O MAN | $1,284.50 | $2,569.00 | Oct 30, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 2 | $378.75 | $656.81 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $555.50 | $555.50 |
| Centre, AL | 1 | $1,284.50 | $1,284.50 |
| Demopolis, AL | 1 | $366.00 | $366.00 |
| Dothan, AL | 1 | $302.92 | $302.92 |
| Evergreen, AL | 1 | $239.85 | $239.85 |
| Fayette, AL | 1 | $241.13 | $241.13 |
| Gadsden, AL | 1 | $220.00 | $220.00 |
| Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 1 | $102.00 | $102.00 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 1 | $241.13 | $241.13 |
| Wedowee, AL | 1 | $216.40 | $216.40 |
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 broken ankle treatment is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Broken ankle treatment explained.
Broken ankle (outer ankle bone) treatment without surgery or setting in other states
- Alaska$799.40
- Arizona$1,277.00
- Arkansas$330.13
- California$535.60
- Colorado$510.60
- Connecticut$259.80, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$621.60, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$512.00, 3 hospitals
- Florida$735.20
- Georgia$554.50
- Hawaii$700.30
- Idaho$386.00
- Illinois$441.70
- Indiana$391.20
- Iowa$446.76
- Kansas$674.80
- Kentucky$265.32
- Louisiana$209.15
- Maine$268.82
- Maryland$576.59, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$970.00
- Michigan$370.00
- Minnesota$448.00
- Mississippi$188.30
- Missouri$438.38
- Montana$485.06
- Nebraska$408.50
- Nevada$448.00
- New Hampshire$252.50
- New Jersey$1,288.35
- New Mexico$851.64
- New York$526.88
- North Carolina$361.20
- North Dakota$398.40
- Ohio$378.00
- Oklahoma$255.21
- Oregon$577.15
- Pennsylvania$662.95
- Rhode Island$606.90
- South Carolina$302.00
- South Dakota$654.40
- Tennessee$241.50
- Texas$465.96
- Utah$444.69, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$467.00
- Virginia$241.50
- Washington$650.90
- West Virginia$304.55
- Wisconsin$527.19
- Wyoming$566.64
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.