Shelby Baptist Medical Center
Alabaster, Alabama 35007 · (205) 620-8100
Acute Care Hospitals · Voluntary non-profit - Private
Data last updated: 2026-02-20
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Your Insurance Plan
Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster, Alabama receives a BillKarma billing grade of F based on an average markup of 38.3x Medicare rates across 17 procedures in their published price transparency file. This places it among the 10 most expensive hospitals in Alabama by markup ratio. The highest individual markups are for Lap ing hernia repair init (96.1x Medicare) and Total Knee Replacement (72.8x Medicare). Patients with scheduled procedures at this hospital should review costs and compare nearby alternatives before confirming — charges at D and F grade hospitals are significantly above the national average.
Billing Profile
Last updated: 2026-02-20
Cash discount data sourced from hospital price transparency files. "Not reported" means the hospital did not include this in their posted file.
Billing Grade Position
This hospital is currently graded F based on markup vs Medicare.
Common Procedure Prices
Last updated: 2026-02-20
| CPT | Description | Hospital | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49650 | Lap ing hernia repair init | $40780.96 | $424.19 | 96.1x |
| 27447 | Total Knee Replacement | $84430.25 | $1159.35 | 72.8x |
| 44970 | Laparoscopy appendectomy | $41703.49 | $578.17 | 72.1x |
| 27130 | Total Hip Replacement | $82329.40 | $1162.02 | 70.9x |
| 43239 | Egd biopsy single/multiple | $7509.61 | $123.58 | 60.8x |
| 29881 | Knee Arthroscopy | $25479.72 | $515.71 | 49.4x |
| 49505 | Prp i/hern init reduc >5 yr | $25014.58 | $508.03 | 49.2x |
| 45378 | Diagnostic colonoscopy | $7420.79 | $164.67 | 45.1x |
| 45385 | Colonoscopy w/lesion removal | $8364.83 | $223.45 | 37.4x |
| 47562 | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy | $22930.61 | $631.95 | 36.3x |
| 10060 | Abscess Drainage | $3308.82 | $100.54 | 32.9x |
| 72141 | Mri neck spine w/o dye | $3881.25 | $190.72 | 20.4x |
| 72148 | Mri lumbar spine w/o dye | $3835.50 | $191.72 | 20.0x |
| 70551 | Mri brain stem w/o dye | $3858.00 | $195.40 | 19.7x |
| 11042 | Wound Debridement | $1073.25 | $55.78 | 19.2x |
| 71046 | X-ray exam chest 2 views | $628.50 | $33.07 | 19.0x |
| 70553 | Mri brain stem w/o & w/dye | $4281.75 | $316.97 | 13.5x |
| 71045 | X-ray exam chest 1 view | $312.88 | $25.38 | 12.3x |
Color key: green <2x · yellow 2–5x · red >5x Medicare
Location
Map shows Shelby Baptist Medical Center at 1000 FIRST STREET NORTH, Alabaster, Alabama, 35007. Nearby hospitals within 50 miles include No nearby hospitals with comparable billing data..
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Last updated: 2026-02-20
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How we grade this hospital
BillKarma calculates billing grades by comparing each hospital's gross charges to the 2026 Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) rate for the same CPT codes. We download and parse each hospital's CMS-mandated price transparency file, match procedure codes to Medicare benchmarks, calculate a markup ratio for each matched procedure, and average those ratios across all matched procedures to produce the hospital's overall markup.
Grade thresholds: A = 2.0x Medicare or less · B = 2.1x–3.0x · C = 3.1x–5.0x · D = 5.1x–8.0x · F = More than 8.0x Medicare
Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files (updated annually), CMS OPPS 2026 Final Rule, CMS Hospital Compare (star ratings). Grades are recalculated when hospitals post updated price files. Last file parse date is shown above.