Strep throat test Cost in Birmingham, AL (2026)

Prices at 5 hospitals in Birmingham, AL, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $30 — 48% below the US median ($58), roughly 1.8× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
The Children's Hospital of Alabama	Birmingham, AL	$30	$59	—	—	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated August 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$82

Cash / self-pay

$30

Insurer-negotiated

$26

Medicare pays

$17

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $30 — about 1.8× the Medicare rate ($17). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($33).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $82 list price could save about $52 (63%).

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Doctors who perform this in Birmingham

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Joneice Toney Morgan, M.D.	Internal Medicine	Birmingham, AL	89
Faith Gosa, CRNP	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	59
Amy Weldon, RN, BSN	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	52
Rachna Gupta	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	47
Gloria Esoimeme, MD, PHD	Internal Medicine	Birmingham, AL	44
David Harrison Brandt, NURSE PRACTITIONER	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	42
Holly Strauss, CRNP	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	42
Bhavik Patel	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	34
Melanie Maddox, FNP-BC	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	31
Melinda Mcmorris	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	28
Christopher Coston, CRNP	Nurse Practitioner	Birmingham, AL	25
Jian Fong, MD	Family Practice	Birmingham, AL	24

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