HIV test (4th generation) cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for HIV-1/2 antigen and antibody combination blood test (4th generation): from $26.25 to $134.00, with a median of $40.16. The lowest listed price is at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center — $13.91 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $40.16 at 50 hospitals.
- The median here, $40.16, is 52% below the US median of $83.85.
- That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($24.08).
- 2 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 87389, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center lowest Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 HIV ANTIGENS W/HIV 1 & 2 AB File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $26.25 | $125.00 | $14.33–$100.00 | 79% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC HIV-1 AG W/ HIV1 AB & HIV2 AB File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $30.87 | $49.00 | $17.93–$42.84 | 37% |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 HIV Ab/p24 Ag w/Reflex (LC) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $32.25 | $215.00 | $20.47–$500.00 | 85% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 87389 DETECTION TEST BY IMMUNOASSAY FOR HIV1 ANTIGEN HIV1 HIV2 ANTIBODIES File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $40.00 | $100.00 | $21.67–$67.66 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 87389 DETECTION TEST BY IMMUNOASSAY FOR HIV1 ANTIGEN HIV1 HIV2 ANTIBODIES File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $40.00 | $100.00 | $22.32–$90.00 | 60% |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood, MS HIV 1 2 Ab Ag 4th Generation Auto w/Rfx File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $40.32 | $192.00 | $21.67–$192.00 | 79% |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 HIV ANTIGENS W/HIV 1 & 2 AB File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $51.25 | $125.00 | $24.08–$112.50 | 59% |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Detection test by immunoassay technique for HIV-1 antigen and HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $85.00 | $85.00 | $20.47–$100.00 | — |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Detection test by immunoassay technique for HIV-1 antigen and HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $115.50 | $165.00 | $20.59–$140.25 | 30% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Hiv-1 Ag W/Hiv-1&-2 Ab Ag Ia Sgl+1 more line at this price File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $134.00 | $134.00 | $24.08–$134.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $26.25, median $40.16, highest $134.00 — a 5.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $48.67. 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.
What HIV test (4th generation) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: HIV test (4th generation) explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 87389 ($79.98). 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, MSHIV 1 2 Ab Ag 4th Generation Auto w/Rfx | $4.33 | file |