Hospice market for funeral homes in Alabama
85 hospices have an office in Alabama and cared for 38,722 people with Medicare in 2024. See the hospices near your funeral home, ranked as partners:
The Alabama market
By ownership
- For-profit: 55
- Nonprofit: 7
- Government and nonprofit: 3
- Government: 1
- Other ownership: 19
Medicare patients per year
All hospices here together, by CMS year.
CMS data, released August 2026. How we use it
Where the hospices are
Each dot is a hospice office, colored by ownership and sized by Medicare patients in 2024.
- For-profit
- Nonprofit
- Government
- Other ownership
Larger dot, more Medicare patients
Largest hospices in 2024
By Medicare patients, the CMS count of people each hospice cared for. Size is not a measure of quality.
- 1Enhabit Hospice BirminghamHoover · For-profit2,826
- 2Southerncare GreenvilleGreenville · Other ownership2,153
- 3Gentiva BirminghamBirmingham · For-profit1,516
- 4Amedisys Hospice of BirminghamHomewood · For-profit1,393
- 5Compassus Hospice and Palliative Care-BirminghamBirmingham · For-profit1,377
- 6Hospice of North AlabamaHuntsville · Other ownership1,302
- 7Southerncare New Beacon N BirminghamBirmingham · For-profit1,272
- 8Gentiva MobileMobile · For-profit1,254
- 9Southerncare New Beacon ScottsboroScottsboro · For-profit1,077
- 10Saad Hospice ServicesMobile · For-profit1,014
Fastest-growing hospices
Compound annual growth in Medicare patients over three CMS years, for hospices with at least 30 patients in both years.
| Hospice | Ownership | 2021 | 2024 | Growth per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Hospice Care of BirminghamTrussville | Other ownership | 71 | 209 | +43.3% |
| Prohealth Hospice-GadsdenBirmingham | For-profit | 343 | 869 | +36.3% |
| Acg Hospice-GardendaleGardendale | For-profit | 219 | 484 | +30.3% |
| Southeast Hospice NetworkJasper | Other ownership | 230 | 496 | +29.2% |
| Compassus Southern AlabamaPell City | For-profit | 112 | 233 | +27.7% |
| Expect Care HospiceHoover | For-profit | 315 | 549 | +20.3% |
| Springhill Home Health and HospiceMobile | For-profit | 444 | 745 | +18.8% |
| Acg Hospice-BirminghamBirmingham | For-profit | 202 | 337 | +18.6% |
| Community Hospice CareTallassee | Nonprofit | 80 | 130 | +17.6% |
| Affinity Hospice MadisonMadison | For-profit | 538 | 867 | +17.2% |
CMS Post-Acute Care utilization data. CMS does not publish counts below 11. How we use it
Your local market, ranked
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