Lipid (cholesterol) panel cost in Mississippi

Prices at 33 hospitals in Mississippi, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $80 — 11% below the US median ($89), roughly 6.0× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Marion General Hospital Columbia, MS $15 $13 ★ 1/5 126 min —
Ochsner Laird Hospital Union, MS $21 $21 — 102 min —
Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS $22 $18 — 82 min —
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock Bay Saint Louis, MS $23 $14 ★ 3/5 147 min —
Singing River Health System Pascagoula, MS $23 $14 ★ 1/5 176 min —
Singing River Gulfport Gulfport, MS $23 $14 ★ 2/5 165 min —
Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS $23 $20 — 90 min —
Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital De Kalb, MS $24 $19 — 90 min —
Methodist Healthcare-Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS $40 $13 ★ 4/5 222 min —
Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley, MS $45 $13 — — —
George Regional Health System Lucedale, MS $53 — ★ 1/5 132 min —
Greene County Hospital Leakesville, MS $53 — — — —
Noxubee General Critical Access Hosp Macon, MS $75 $100 — — —
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County New Albany, MS $80 $20 ★ 4/5 144 min —
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Ms Oxford, MS $80 $20 ★ 4/5 157 min —
Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville Booneville, MS $80 $20 ★ 3/5 99 min —
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS $80 $20 ★ 2/5 211 min —
Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto Southaven, MS $80 $20 ★ 3/5 259 min —
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS $80 $20 — 82 min —
Baptist Medical Center-Leake Carthage, MS $80 $20 ★ 2/5 94 min —
Baptist Medical Center Attala Kosciusko, MS $80 $20 — 77 min —
Smith County Emergency Hospital Raleigh, MS $88 $12 — — —
Covington County Hospital CAH Collins, MS $88 $12 — 74 min —
Bmh-Golden Triangle Columbus, MS $98 $24 ★ 3/5 138 min —
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven Brookhaven, MS $100 $18 ★ 3/5 140 min —

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 October 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)
$180
Cash / self-pay
$80
Insurer-negotiated
$20
Medicare pays
$13
$23$109
Median cash $80  ·  Medicare $13  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
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1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $80 — about 6.0× the Medicare rate ($13). High vs Medicare. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($27).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $180 list price could save about $100 (56%).

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