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Medical billing and coding programs in Alabama on the federal training list, by published cost
12 programs in Alabama’s Training Provider Results index carry one of the occupation codes for Medical billing and coding (29-2072). Published costs run from $1,799 to $15,877; 0 programs report no cost and sit at the end. Sorted by the cost each provider reported — “cheapest” here means the lowest published figure on the federal list on the snapshot date, not a verdict on quality, and never a price you are promised. Snapshot taken 2026-09-02.
| # | Published cost basis | Program (provider’s page) · credential · code | Provider · city | Length | Exited | Completed | Employed Q2 after exit | Median earnings, Q2 (one quarter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,799 | Medical Billing & Coding (CONTINUING EDUCATION-NON-CREDIT) | Trenholm State Community College | competency-based | 19 | 79% | 39% | $10,898 |
| 2 | $1,799 | Medical Billing & Coding | Calhoun Community College | competency-based | 65 | 83% | 36% | $5,376 |
| 3 | $2,050 | Professional Medical Coding - Certificate | George C Wallace Community College - Dothan | 40 wk · 3 hrs | 17 | 100% | 100% | $5,940 |
| 4 | $2,194 | Medical Billing | Chattahoochee Valley State Community College | 16 wk · 8 hrs | 13 | 100% | — | — |
| 5 | $2,500 | Certified Electronic Health Record Specialist | Phlebotomy Ink Training and Staffing Agency, LLC | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | $2,500 | Billing and Coding Specialist | Phlebotomy Ink Training and Staffing Agency, LLC | competency-based | 23 | 91% | 18% | $5,689 |
| 7 | $3,555 | Medical Billing and Coding | University of South Alabama | 25 wk · 10 hrs | 45 | 87% | 31% | $6,997 |
| 8 | $4,500 | Medical Administrative Assistant (Skills Training) Certificate | Gadsden State Community College | competency-based | 57 | 74% | 21% | $5,493 |
| 9 | $6,802 | Medical Billing And Coding | Alabama Health & Wellness Education | competency-based | 17 | 94% | — | — |
| 10 | $9,696 | Health Information Technology-Long Certificate | Shelton State Community College | competency-based | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | $12,850 | Medical Assistant Technology | Southern Union Community College | 65 wk · 20 hrs | 46 | 61% | 14% | $4,099 |
| 12 | $15,877 | Health Information Technology-AAS | Shelton State Community College | competency-based | 16 | 75% | 38% | $6,701 |
Source and date: U.S. Department of Labor, Training Provider Results — the open program index behind trainingproviderresults.gov, snapshot taken 2026-09-02 (449 programs for Alabama in the index that day); the site states the data cover programs approved as of June 30, 2025 and outcomes for July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2025. Cost is Out-of-Pocket Cost for a Non-WIOA Participant: Tuition and Requested Fees (DE111) where the provider reported it, otherwise Average number of dollars the training program received from each WIOA participant Individual Training Account (ITA) during the time period (DE138/DE135) — the basis is printed under each figure; books and supplies are added only when reported separately. “Completed” = Percent of All Students who completed the program (DE122/DE121); “Employed Q2” = Percent of All Students Exiters who were employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE123/DE129); “Median earnings” = Median Earnings in the 2nd Quarter after Exit of All Students that are Employed in the 2nd Quarter after Exit (DE125) — one calendar quarter, not a year. A dash means the federal file prints −1: Values displayed as "-1" indicate data that have been suppressed to protect confidentiality. Your local job center decides eligibility — this shows what is on the list and what it cost and produced, not whether you will be approved.
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This page sorts medical billing and coding programs in Alabama by the cost their providers published. The Retraining ROI report takes one target occupation and one state, ranks every listed program by the employment its completers reported, and — if you give your current pay — prints a payback estimate per program with its basis. Built on order from the same federal record; free sample on that page.
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