Total cholesterol test cost in Meridian, MS
In Meridian, MS, 4 hospitals list a cash price for total cholesterol blood test: from $6.00 to $35.86, with a median of $22.07. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South — $16.07 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $27.20 at 53 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 82465, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 25, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Meridian, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South lowest Meridian, MS · (601) 484-3590 CHOLESTEROL | $6.00 | $15.00 | $4.35–$11.25 | 60% | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 HC CHOLESTEROL | $12.64 | $40.79 | $3.31–$32.63 | 69% | — source file |
| Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian, MS · (601) 483-0011 PR ASSAY, BLD/SERUM CHOLESTEROL | $17.05 | $55.00 | $3.31–$44.00 | 69% | — source file |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 HC CHOLESTEROL | $31.49 | $47.00 | $3.92–$38.54 | 33% | — source file |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian, MS · (601) 553-6000 CHOLESTEROL BODY FLUID | $35.86 | $163.00 | $4.31–$130.40 | 78% | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman, MS · (601) 776-6925 PR ASSAY, BLD/SERUM CHOLESTEROL | $36.85 | $55.00 | $3.92–$45.10 | 33% | — source file |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian, MS · (601) 484-3590 CHOLESTEROL BODY FLUID | $65.20 | $163.00 | $4.35–$122.25 | 60% | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $6.00, median $22.07, highest $35.86 — a 6.0× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $12.64. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 4 of 4 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
A total cholesterol test measures all the cholesterol in the blood. It is part of a lipid panel, which also gives HDL, LDL and triglycerides.
What the price covers
The price usually covers running the test. The blood draw (36415) is often billed as a separate line.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 82465 ($38.78). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian, MSCHOLESTEROL | $3.30 | file |