Arm cast cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 14 hospitals publish a cash price for short arm cast (elbow to hand): from $99.00 to $573.50, with a median of $254.30. The lowest price is at Crenshaw Community Hospital (Luverne). The highest price is 5.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $254.30, is 15% below the US median of $300.75.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($285.75).
- Alabama ranks 17th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 29075. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$99.00Crenshaw Community Hospital
Median$254.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$573.50in Alabama
Lowest saves$155.30vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crenshaw Community Hospital lowest Luverne · Luverne, AL CAST APPLICATON ELBOW TO FINGERS | $99.00 | $198.00 | Oct 13, 2025 source file |
| Floyd Cherokee Medical Center Centre · Centre, AL HC ER APPLICATION SHORT ARM CAST | $156.00 | $312.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Bibb Medical Center Centreville · Birmingham, AL CAST, SHORT ARM | $172.12 | $172.12 | Nov 1, 2025 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Applicat Elbow To Finger Cast | $192.82 | $257.09 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center South Montgomery · Montgomery, AL APPL CAST-SHORT ARM | $209.31 | $348.85 | Dec 30, 2025 source file |
| Highlands Medical Center Scottsboro · Scottsboro, AL APPLICATION OF FOREARM CAST | $220.50 | $315.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Hc Apply Elbow To Finger Cast | $249.00 | $457.05 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| East Alabama Medical Center Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL 29075 Apply figure 8 cast/elbow/finger | $259.60 | $472.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Application, Cast; Elbow to Finger (Short Arm) | $330.09 | $767.64 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Application, Cast; Elbow to Finger (Short Arm) | $330.09 | $767.64 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Springhill Memorial Hospital Mobile · Mobile, AL CAST SHORT ARM CHILD | $385.36 | $453.36 | Apr 2, 2026 source file |
| Hale County Hospital Greensboro · Tuscaloosa, AL APPLICATION SHT ARM CAST | $509.60 | $637.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Choctaw General Butler · Butler, AL HC APPLICATION, CAST, SHORT ARM | $544.92 | $717.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL APPLICATION OF FOREARM CAST | $573.50 | $3,186.09 | 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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. 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 | 4 | $172.12 | $261.46 |
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $259.60 | $259.60 |
| Butler, AL | 1 | $544.92 | $544.92 |
| Centre, AL | 1 | $156.00 | $156.00 |
| Gadsden, AL | 1 | $249.00 | $249.00 |
| Huntsville, AL | 1 | $573.50 | $573.50 |
| Luverne, AL | 1 | $99.00 | $99.00 |
| Mobile, AL | 1 | $385.36 | $385.36 |
| Montgomery, AL | 1 | $209.31 | $209.31 |
| Scottsboro, AL | 1 | $220.50 | $220.50 |
| Tuscaloosa, AL | 1 | $509.60 | $509.60 |
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 arm cast is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Arm cast explained.
Short arm cast (elbow to hand) in other states
- Alaska$431.73
- Arizona$1,822.00
- Arkansas$120.22
- California$499.20
- Colorado$261.91
- Connecticut$523.60
- Delaware$918.96, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$607.96, 3 hospitals
- Florida$621.50
- Georgia$887.00
- Hawaii$570.05
- Idaho$218.40
- Illinois$300.00
- Indiana$360.75
- Iowa$232.90
- Kansas$267.50
- Kentucky$166.64
- Louisiana$179.39
- Maine$187.25
- Maryland$226.00, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$643.61
- Michigan$247.00
- Minnesota$260.10
- Mississippi$157.50
- Missouri$267.93
- Montana$213.60
- Nebraska$207.84
- Nevada$304.00
- New Hampshire$130.93
- New Jersey$879.00
- New Mexico$225.00
- New York$427.00
- North Carolina$331.50
- North Dakota$309.50
- Ohio$300.75
- Oklahoma$246.62
- Oregon$263.78
- Pennsylvania$415.87
- Puerto Rico$67.81, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$405.00
- South Carolina$441.62
- South Dakota$306.75
- Tennessee$160.16
- Texas$294.90
- Utah$434.92, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$403.50
- Virginia$273.00
- Washington$439.45
- West Virginia$288.00
- Wisconsin$240.80
- Wyoming$167.63
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.