Alabama has 105 open hospitals across 75 cities. By type: 71 acute care hospitals, 9 critical access hospitals, 9 psychiatric hospitals, 3 rehabilitation hospitals, 3 VA acute care hospitals, 3 rural emergency hospitals and 2 children's hospitals (type not recorded for 5).
Alabama's largest hospital cities
- Median ER
- 2 hr 49 min
- Top rated
- Birmingham VA Medical Center (4★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 40 min
- Top rated
- Baptist Medical Center East (4★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 57 min
- Top rated
- D C H Regional Medical Center (2★)
- Median ER
- 3 hr 40 min
- Top rated
- Southeast Alabama Medical Center (4★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 58 min
- Top rated
- Riverview Regional Medical Center (3★)
- Median ER
- 2 hr 32 min
- Top rated
- Cullman Regional Medical Center (2★)
Top-rated hospitals and shortest ER visits
- Russellville HospitalRussellville
- Troy Regional Medical CenterTroy
- Fayette Medical CenterFayette
- Jack Hughston Memorial HospitalPhenix City
- North Mississippi Health Services - South MarionWinfield
- South Baldwin Regional Medical CenterFoley
- Medical Center EnterpriseEnterprise
- Southeast Alabama Medical CenterDothan
- Wiregrass Medical CenterGeneva 59 min
- Clay County HospitalAshland 1 hr 31 min
- Tanner Medical Center-East AlabamaWedowee 1 hr 36 min
- Hale County HospitalGreensboro 1 hr 40 min
- Russellville HospitalRussellville 1 hr 41 min
- Shoals HospitalMuscle Shoals 1 hr 43 min
- Community HospitalTallassee 1 hr 44 min
- Marion Regional Medical CenterHamilton 1 hr 44 min
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All Alabama cities with hospitals
All 75 Alabama cities A–Z
- Bay Minette (1)
- Bessemer (1)
- Birmingham (10)
- Boaz (1)
- Brewton (1)
- Butler (1)
- Enterprise (1)
- Eufaula (1)
- Eutaw (1)
- Evergreen (1)
- Fairhope (1)
- Fayette (1)
- Florence (1)
- Foley (1)
- Fort Payne (1)
- Fort Rucker (1)
- Gadsden (3)
- Geneva (1)
- Greensboro (1)
- Greenville (1)
- Grove Hill (1)
- Haleyville (1)
- Hamilton (1)
- Huntsville (4)
- Luverne (2)
- Madison (1)
- Mobile (6)
- Monroeville (1)
- Montgomery (5)
- Muscle Shoals (1)
- Pelham (1)
- Pell City (1)
- Phenix City (1)
- Prattville (1)
- Red Bay (1)
- Russellville (1)
- Scottsboro (1)
- Selma (1)
- Sheffield (1)
- Sylacauga (1)
- Talladega (1)
- Tallassee (1)
- Troy (1)
- Tuscaloosa (4)
- Union Springs (1)
- Valley (1)
- York (1)
Largest hospitals in Alabama
Ranked by beds reported on each hospital's latest Medicare cost report. Largest doesn't mean best, and campuses filing one report are counted together.
- University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham 1,166 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Huntsville HospitalHuntsville 905 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- D C H Regional Medical CenterTuscaloosa 472 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
- Mobile InfirmaryMobile 462 beds(Medicare cost report FY2025)
- Brookwood Medical CenterBirmingham 429 beds(Medicare cost report FY2024)
Health insurance in Alabama
Alabama uses HealthCare.gov for 2027 individual plans. Insurers whose 2027 Marketplace networks list the most Alabama hospitals (provider files loaded November 4, 2026):
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama2027 Marketplace plans 92 hospitalsin network
- Oscar2027 Marketplace plans 68 hospitalsin network
- Ambetter2027 Marketplace plans 64 hospitalsin network
People and health care in Alabama
From the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (2020–2024).
What nurses earn in Alabama
Healthcare jobs and pay in Alabama
Pay for the healthcare jobs with the most workers in Alabama, from Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data (May 2025).
Questions about hospitals in Alabama
How many hospitals are in Alabama?
There are 105 open hospitals in Alabama across 75 cities. 88 of them have an emergency department.
Which Alabama city has the most hospitals?
Birmingham, with 10 hospitals. Mobile is next with 6.
How long is the ER wait in Alabama?
The median emergency room visit in Alabama lasts 2 hr 28 min, the same as the US median. That is a 12-month median from CMS, not a live wait time.
How many Alabama hospitals have 5 stars?
0 of the 57 Alabama hospitals with a Medicare overall star rating have 5 stars, and 11 have 4 or 5 stars. The average rating is 2.7 out of 5.
Hospitals in neighboring states
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Source: hospital listings from CMS and public records; emergency room wait times (measure OP-18b) and overall star ratings from CMS Care Compare. Wait times are 12-month medians, not live. Where these figures come from.
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