Herpes (HSV-2) blood test cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for herpes blood test, HSV-2 antibody: from $9.00 to $139.00, with a median of $35.70. The lowest listed price is at River Oaks Hospital — $26.70 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $38.40 at 53 hospitals.
- The median here, $35.70, is 46% below the US median of $66.08.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($19.35).
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 8 cities for code 86696, 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 .Herpes Simplex Virus 2 IgM Titer - Send Out CQ+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $9.00 | $50.00 | $5.05–$50.00 | 82% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 HSV IGG TYPE 2 File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $12.18 | $58.00 | $11.36–$54.18 | 79% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 HSV TYPE 2 File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $15.33 | $73.00 | $11.36–$58.40 | 79% |
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Lexington, MS · (662) 834-1321 HC HERPES SIMPLEX TYPE 2 File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $19.60 | $49.00 | $17.94–$49.00 | 60% |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 .HSV2 IgG Supplemental (LC)+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $21.00 | $140.00 | $14.42–$500.00 | 85% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 HSV IGG TYPE 2 File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $24.60 | $60.00 | $19.35–$54.00 | 59% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 HSV TYPE 2 File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $29.93 | $73.00 | $19.35–$65.70 | 59% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 HSV Type 2, Type-specific Antibodies, IgG LC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $41.22 | $229.00 | $17.42–$229.00 | 82% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 86696 ANALYSIS FOR ANTIBODY TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $117.00 | $17.42–$54.37 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 86696 ANALYSIS FOR ANTIBODY TO HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $46.80 | $117.00 | $17.94–$105.30 | 60% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC HERPES SIMPLEX TEST, TYPE 2 File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $80.01 | $127.00 | $17.42–$101.60 | 37% |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Analysis for antibody to Herpes simplex virus, type 2 File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $93.10 | $133.00 | $16.55–$113.05 | 30% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 86696 L164922 HSV2+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $132.12 | $734.00 | $17.42–$734.00 | 82% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Herpes Simplex Test, Type 2 - Hsv 2 Igg Antibody+1 more line at this price File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $139.00 | $139.00 | $19.35–$139.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $9.00, median $35.70, highest $139.00 — a 15.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $33.30. 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 10 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.
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