Prostatectomy cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for prostate removal (prostatectomy), laparoscopic: from $10,476.95 to $34,787.95, with a median of $28,726.74. The lowest price is at East Alabama Medical Center (Opelika). The highest price is 3.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $28,726.74, is 108% above the US median of $13,781.22.
- Alabama ranks 15th of 22 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 55866. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$10,476.95East Alabama Medical Center
Median$28,726.74half of hospitals charge less
Highest$34,787.95in Alabama
Lowest saves$18,249.79vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Alabama Medical Center lowest Opelika · Auburn-Opelika, AL 55866 LAPS PROSTECT RETROPUBIC RAD W/NRV SPARING ROBOT | $10,476.95 | $19,049.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Crestwood Medical Center Huntsville · Huntsville, AL LAPS SURG PRST8ECT RPBIC RAD | $21,734.30 | $120,746.11 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Gadsden Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL LAPS SURG PRST8ECT RPBIC RAD | $27,092.81 | $225,773.38 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL LAPS SURG PRST8ECT RPBIC RAD | $30,360.67 | $168,670.40 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Grandview Medical Center Birmingham · Birmingham, AL LAPS SURG PRST8ECT RPBIC RAD | $32,125.98 | $214,173.19 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PROSTATE AND SURROUNDING LYMPH NODES USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $34,787.95 | $86,969.88 | Nov 4, 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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn-Opelika, AL | 1 | $10,476.95 | $10,476.95 |
| Birmingham, AL | 1 | $32,125.98 | $32,125.98 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $30,360.67 | $30,360.67 |
| Dothan, AL | 1 | $34,787.95 | $34,787.95 |
| Gadsden, AL | 1 | $27,092.81 | $27,092.81 |
| Huntsville, AL | 1 | $21,734.30 | $21,734.30 |
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 prostatectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Prostatectomy explained.
Prostate removal (prostatectomy), laparoscopic in other states
- Alaska$25,535.47, 1 hospital
- Arizona$19,546.39, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$12,613.20
- California$38,337.60
- Colorado$11,237.63, 2 hospitals
- Connecticut$6,487.50, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$12,307.57, 1 hospital
- Florida$31,246.16
- Georgia$12,866.00
- Hawaii$18,811.09, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$26,271.00
- Illinois$84,657.59
- Indiana$30,479.51
- Iowa$3,455.05, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$6,124.80, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$29,648.28, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$6,222.29
- Massachusetts$15,000.00, 1 hospital
- Michigan$15,410.09
- Minnesota$15,376.31, 1 hospital
- Mississippi$8,779.77
- Missouri$26,842.93
- Montana$5,204.80, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$9,368.03, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$11,821.80, 2 hospitals
- New Jersey$11,523.76
- New Mexico$9,523.80, 1 hospital
- New York$12,320.22
- North Carolina$11,369.38, 2 hospitals
- North Dakota$10,098.55, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$53,167.09
- Oklahoma$20,914.60, 4 hospitals
- Oregon$21,444.10, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$20,457.55
- Rhode Island$10,148.83, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$64,523.09, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$22,904.68, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$9,352.58
- Texas$10,885.00
- Virginia$33,343.98
- Washington$52,904.80
- West Virginia$18,743.67
- Wisconsin$6,062.39
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.