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Hospice Care in Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham, AL has 6 licensed hospice providers listed on ElderCareCosts. Compare providers below, or request a personalized shortlist to start your search.

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How hospice costs work in Birmingham

For people enrolled in the Medicare hospice benefit, covered hospice services are generally about $0 out of pocket: nursing, aides, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, and grief support. That is a benefit design fact, not a local price quote for Birmingham, AL.

  • Room and board is separate. If your parent is in a nursing home or assisted living while on hospice, Medicare hospice does not pay the facility rent. The family, Medicaid, or long-term care insurance usually covers that.
  • When families do pay: care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, private-duty extras the hospice does not cover, or hospice outside Medicare (rare private-pay arrangements). Always ask what is billed to whom.
  • Official overview: Medicare.gov hospice care.
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Every licensed hospice provider: 6

A note on counting: we show 6 licensed hospice providers listed for Birmingham proper. Other sites show bigger numbers when they count a wide radius. Nearby options are linked below, labeled by city.

How we rank these: we don't. Listed by verification date, newest first.

Providers appear with their government data: license status, capacity, inspection history, and a CMS star rating where the service has one. The order is the date we last verified each record, newest first. Nobody pays to appear, and nobody pays to move up. If a listing says "Sponsored," a provider paid for that placement and the label says so.

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Also serving Birmingham

Hospice care comes to the home, so agencies based one town over often serve Birmingham; their licensed office is simply in a different city. These 5 are based nearby, listed by office location, nearest first. They are separate from the licensed-in-Birmingham count above. Always confirm they cover your address.

Ordered by distance from Birmingham, never by who pays. Office location is shown on every card. How we make money →

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Birmingham has an estimated population of 198,173. About 32,486 residents (16%) are age 65 or older. Birmingham is located in Jefferson County, Alabama. The median household income is $46,051. Our directory currently lists 6 licensed hospice providers in Birmingham.

Source: US Census Bureau (ACS) · Updated Jul 2026.GOV

These services are public and free. We list them before anything we could earn from.

  • United Way Area Agency on Aging of Jefferson County205-458-3330uwaaa.org

    Jefferson County AAA (Older Americans Act). Contact from Alabama ADSS Help & Services directory.

    State aging agency
  • Alabama Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programltcombudsman.org

    State Long-Term Care Ombudsman program.

    State LTC Ombudsman
  • Alabama State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)shiphelp.org

    State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP).

    Medicare counseling (SHIP)
  • Alabama Ageline1-800-243-5463alabamaageline.gov

    Aging & Disability Resource Center hub for this state.

    State aging agency
  • Birmingham VA Medical Centerva.gov

    VA Medical Center in Birmingham.

    VA open data
  • Home and Community-Based Waiver for the Elderly and DisabledOfficial program page

    Can help pay for care if your parent qualifies. Rules change. Confirm on the official page.

    State Medicaid program

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Veterans & surviving spouses: VA Aid & Attendance can help wartime veterans who qualify. Official info only. How Aid & Attendance works →

Questions families ask

How many hospice providers are listed in Birmingham, AL?

We currently list 6 licensed hospice providers in Birmingham, AL.

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How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospice providers in Birmingham, AL are listed with government-sourced data. City median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospice Care in Birmingham, AL. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/alabama/birmingham/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospice Care in Birmingham, AL." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/alabama/birmingham/.

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