Rapid strep test cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 10 hospitals list a cash price for rapid strep A antigen test from a throat swab, read visually: from $14.00 to $115.08, with a median of $54.92. The lowest listed price is at Holmes County Hospital and Clinics — $40.92 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $34.50 at 52 hospitals.
- The median here, $54.92, is 7% below the US median of $59.00.
- That is 3.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($16.53).
- 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 87880, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics lowest Lexington, MS · (662) 834-1321 HC STREP A ASSAY W/OPTIC File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $14.00 | $35.00 | $15.33–$35.00 | 60% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 87880 DETECTION TEST BY IMMUNOASSAY VISUALSTREPTOCOCCUS File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $20.00 | $50.00 | $14.88–$46.45 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 87880 DETECTION TEST BY IMMUNOASSAY VISUALSTREPTOCOCCUS File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $20.00 | $50.00 | $15.33–$46.45 | 60% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 STREP A SCREEN File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $34.23 | $163.00 | $7.04–$130.40 | 79% |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for Streptococcus, group A (strep) File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $43.00 | $43.00 | $7.11–$100.00 | — |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 STREP A SCREEN File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $66.83 | $163.00 | $16.53–$146.70 | 59% |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 Rapid Strep A FIA File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $73.20 | $488.00 | $14.05–$500.00 | 85% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 *HC POC STREP A SCREEN File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $85.68 | $136.00 | $14.88–$108.80 | 37% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Strep a Assay W/Optic - Rapid Strep a Screen+3 more lines at this price File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $86.00 | $86.00 | $16.53–$86.00 | — |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall, MS · (601) 847-2221 Detection test by immunoassay with direct visual observation for Streptococcus, group A (strep) File of Apr 30, 2025 · source file | $115.08 | $164.40 | $14.14–$139.74 | 30% |
Outpatient: lowest $14.00, median $54.92, highest $115.08 — a 8.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $85.68. 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 1 it is 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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