Critical care (first hour) cost in Jackson, MS
In Jackson, MS, 11 hospitals list a cash price for critical care, first 30 to 74 minutes: from $504.71 to $2,304.00, with a median of $1,484.00. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo — $979.29 less than the median here. Across Mississippi, the median is $1,064.57 at 56 hospitals.
- The median here, $1,484.00, is 26% below the US median of $2,018.81.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($843.92).
- 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 99291, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo lowest Yazoo City, MS · (662) 746-2261 HC ED CRITICAL CARE FIRST 30-74 MINS File of Feb 17, 2026 · source file | $504.71 | $1,231.00 | $397.61–$2,400.20 | 59% |
| Holmes County Hospital and Clinics Lexington, MS · (662) 834-1321 HC CRITICAL CARE 30-74 MINUTES File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $514.40 | $1,286.00 | $646.12–$1,286.00 | 60% |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 968-1000 HC ED CRITICAL CARE FIRST 30-74 MINS File of Feb 25, 2026 · source file | $607.95 | $2,895.00 | $764.96–$2,316.00 | 79% |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon, MS · (601) 825-2811 99291 - Critical Care File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $713.55 | $4,757.00 | $246.61–$4,757.00 | 85% |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton, MS · (601) 732-6301 HC CRITICAL CARE (30-74 MINUTES) File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,038.24 | $1,648.00 | $603.07–$2,559.23 | 37% |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest, MS · (601) 469-4151 Critical care, first 30-74 minutes File of May 27, 2026 · source file | $1,484.00 | $1,484.00 | $500.00–$1,591.00 | — |
| Merit Health Central Jackson, MS · (601) 376-1000 99291 - Critical Care File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $1,583.70 | $10,558.00 | $246.61–$9,502.20 | 85% |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood, MS · (601) 932-1030 99291 - Critical Care File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $2,011.86 | $11,177.00 | $246.61–$10,059.30 | 82% |
| UMMC Madison Canton, MS · (601) 855-4000 99291 CRITICAL CARE File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $2,063.60 | $5,159.00 | $646.12–$3,057.00 | 60% |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS · (601) 984-4100 99291 CRITICAL CARE File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $2,063.60 | $5,159.00 | $646.12–$5,159.00 | 60% |
| Magee general hospital Magee, MS · (601) 849-5070 HC Critical Care, E/M 30-74 Minutes+1 more line at this price File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file | $2,304.00 | $2,304.00 | $730.87–$2,304.00 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $504.71, median $1,484.00, highest $2,304.00 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $1,574.48. 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 10 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 2 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.
What critical care (first hour) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Critical care (first hour) explained.