UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority: charges and Medicare payments

UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority reported 15 Medicare inpatient stays across 1 DRGs in 2024. Across them it charged 1.37 times what it was paid. Its most frequent stay was DRG 115, Extraocular Procedures except Orbit: 15 stays at an average charge of $45,207, 45% below the national average. It also billed 3,022 outpatient services, charging 5.56 times what Medicare paid.

1Medicare inpatient stays 15
2Charge ÷ paid, inpatient 1.37×
3Rank in AL (highest ratio = 1) –
4CMS price-transparency actions 0

Average charge per stay at UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority, its 10 most frequent DRGs, bars to scale. Source: CMS DY2024.

Inpatient stays

For the 1 DRGs that can be compared with the national average, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority charged more than the national average in 0 (0%). Payments follow Medicare's rates, so they usually vary far less than charges.

DRG	Stays	Avg charge	vs US	Avg paid
115 Extraocular Procedures except Orbit	15	$45,207	-45%	$32,996

Outpatient services

Service (APC)	Services	Avg charge	Medicare allowed
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures	1,304	$10,067	$1,920
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures	731	$18,817	$3,361
Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures	425	$8,408	$1,934
Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	114	$57,295	$17,849
Level 4 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures	76	$11,554	$3,095
Level 1 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures	69	$11,999	$3,035
Level 5 ENT Procedures	54	$14,620	$4,889
Level 3 Intraocular Procedures	49	$22,119	$4,154
Level 2 Breast/Lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures	43	$14,711	$5,343
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures	39	$10,095	$1,314
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	18	$9,710	$1,353
Level 1 Nerve Procedures	18	$12,778	$1,612
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures	15	$16,148	$2,558
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage	14	$11,783	$2,372
Level 3 Vascular Procedures	14	$9,807	$2,518
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services	14	$13,043	$4,543
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	14	$84,886	$24,119
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures	11	$14,217	$5,709

Against the Alabama average

For Extraocular Procedures except Orbit (DRG 115), UAB Callahan Eye Hospital Authority charged $45,207 on average, 14% less than the Alabama average of $52,679, and was paid $32,996 against a state average of $31,235. For Level 1 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5491), its average charge of $10,067 was 3% below the state average of $10,352. For Level 2 Intraocular Procedures (outpatient APC 5492), its average charge of $18,817 was 5% below the state average of $19,889. For Level 3 Extraocular, Repair, and Plastic Eye Procedures (outpatient APC 5503), its average charge of $8,408 was 10% below the state average of $9,377. For Level 4 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures (outpatient APC 5464), its average charge of $57,295 was 33% below the state average of $85,221.

Price-transparency record

No action in CMS's price-transparency enforcement list (July 2026) matches this hospital's exact name, city and state. That can mean CMS has not reviewed it, or that it is listed under a different name.

Charges are the hospital's list prices averaged over its 2024 Medicare cases; payments are what those cases actually brought in. Neither is what you will pay. For a planned procedure, ask the hospital for its price estimate or, if you are uninsured or self-paying, a good-faith estimate.

Sources: CMS Medicare Inpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals — by Provider and Service / by Geography and Service, data year 2024; CMS Hospital Price Transparency Enforcement Activities and Outcomes, July 2026. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.