Lyme disease test cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 11 hospitals list a cash price for Lyme disease antibody test: from $15.66 to $163.52, with a median of $58.00. The lowest listed price is at River Oaks Hospital — $42.34 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $52.50 at 55 hospitals.
- The median here, $58.00, is 18% below the US median of $70.40.
- That is 3.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($17.03).
- 2 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 9 cities for code 86618, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 30, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Jackson, MS.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Oaks Hospital lowest Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 86618 L139825 LYME DIS AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $15.66 | $87.00 | $8.79–$87.00 | 82% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 BORRELIA BURGDORFERI IGM CSF File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $18.48 | $88.00 | $10.00–$70.40 | 79% |
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Lexington, MS · (662) 834-1321 HC LYME DISEASE ANTIBODY File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $44.80 | $112.00 | $15.79–$112.00 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 86618 ANALYSIS FOR ANTIBODY BORRELIA BURGDORFERI LYME DISEASE BACTERIA File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $49.20 | $123.00 | $15.79–$110.70 | 60% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 86618 ANALYSIS FOR ANTIBODY BORRELIA BURGDORFERI LYME DISEASE BACTERIA File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $49.20 | $123.00 | $15.33–$47.85 | 60% |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Analysis for antibody Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease bacteria) File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $58.00 | $58.00 | $9.88–$100.00 | — |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 Lyme Disease Total Ab Rfx Immunoassay LC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $67.20 | $448.00 | $14.48–$500.00 | 85% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 BORRELIA BURGDORFERI IGG CSF+1 more line at this price File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $68.04 | $324.00 | $10.00–$259.20 | 79% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 BORRELIA BURGDORFERI IGG CSF+1 more line at this price File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $107.42 | $262.00 | $17.03–$235.80 | 59% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 BORRELIA BURGDORFERI IGM CSF File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $132.84 | $324.00 | $17.03–$291.60 | 59% |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MS · (601) 825-2811 86618 L139825 LYME DIS AB+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $135.15 | $901.00 | $15.33–$901.00 | 85% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Lyme Disease Antibody - POCT Lyme Disease Antibodies (Borrelia Burg)+1 more line at this price File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $147.00 | $147.00 | $17.03–$147.00 | — |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Analysis for antibody Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease bacteria) File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $163.52 | $233.60 | $14.56–$198.56 | 30% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 Lyme Disease Total Ab Rfx Immunoassay LC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $313.02 | $1,739.00 | $15.33–$1,739.00 | 82% |
Outpatient: lowest $15.66, median $58.00, highest $163.52 — a 10.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $120.91. 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 9 of 11 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 Lyme disease test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lyme disease test explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 86618 ($57.60). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MSBorrelia burgdorferi Antibody Total EIA (CQ) | $4.32 | file |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MSBorrelia burgdorferi Antibody IgM Early Test w/Ref | $4.32 | file |