Precancerous spot removal cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 38 hospitals publish a cash price for destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion: from $38.50 to $240.00, with a median of $125.70. The lowest price is at Choctaw Regional Medical Center (Ackerman). The highest price is 6.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $125.70, is 32% below the US median of $184.50.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($204.98).
- Mississippi ranks 12th of 46 states by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 38 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 17000. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$38.50Choctaw Regional Medical Center
Median$125.70half of hospitals charge less
Highest$240.00in Mississippi
Lowest saves$87.20vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Choctaw Regional Medical Center lowest Ackerman · Ackerman, MS CRYO/ELECTRODES(1 LESION) | $38.50 | $55.00 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian · Meridian, MS PR DESTRUCTION(LASER SURGERY,CRYOSURGERY,CHEMOSURGERY),PREMALIGNANT LESIONS,FIRST LESION | $52.15 | $149.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tallahatchie General Hospital Charleston · Charleston, MS CRYO/ELECTRODES(1 LESION) | $55.00 | $55.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Tippah County Hospital Ripley · Ripley, MS Destroy Benign/pre Lesion | $56.00 | $74.00 | — source file |
| Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital Winona · Grenada, MS Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $72.75 | $97.00 | Jul 28, 2026 source file |
| North Sunflower Medical Center Ruleville · Ruleville, MS Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $77.00 | $154.00 | Oct 19, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County Starkville · Starkville, MS 17000 DESTRUCT PREMALIG 1ST LESION | $81.92 | $128.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $84.21 | $401.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $86.80 | $434.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Neshoba County General Hospital Philadelphia · Philadelphia, MS Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $88.90 | $127.00 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus · Columbus, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $100.25 | $401.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City · Jackson, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $107.42 | $262.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Winston County Medical Foundation Louisville · Louisville, MS Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $113.39 | $145.00 | Sep 18, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Attala Kosciusko · Kosciusko, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $115.28 | $262.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake Carthage · Carthage, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $117.90 | $262.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $121.50 | $405.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $121.50 | $405.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $122.54 | $557.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Franklin County Memorial Hospital Meadville · Meadville, MS DESTR BEN OR PREMAL LESIO | $125.00 | $125.00 | May 10, 2026 source file |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center- Grenada Grenada · Grenada, MS HC DESTRUCT PREMALG LESION | $126.40 | $316.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Regional Hospital Aberdeen · Aberdeen, MS PF DESTR BEN PREMAL 1 LESION | $126.50 | $126.50 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian · Meridian, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $132.00 | $600.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Field Memorial Community Hospital Centreville · Centreville, MS DESTRUCTION ELECTROSURGICAL SKIN LESION | $137.25 | $183.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest · Jackson, MS Destruction of precancer skin growth, 1 growth | $141.00 | $141.00 | May 27, 2026 source file |
| UMMC Madison Canton · Jackson, MS 17000 DESTRUCTION OF PRECANCER SKIN GROWTH | $183.60 | $459.00 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS 17000 DESTRUCTION OF PRECANCER SKIN GROWTH | $183.60 | $459.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman · Meridian, MS HC DESTRUCTION ANY METHOD, INCLD LASER FOR LESIONS | $188.25 | $280.97 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Laird Hospital Union · Union, MS HC DESTRUCTION ANY METHOD, INCLD LASER FOR LESIONS | $197.03 | $323.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton · Jackson, MS HC DESTRUCTION ANY METHOD, INCLD LASER FOR LESIONS | $203.49 | $323.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital DeKalb · DeKalb, MS HC DESTRUCTION ANY METHOD, INCLD LASER FOR LESIONS | $222.87 | $323.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| South central regional medical center Laurel · Laurel, MS HC Destruc Benign/Premal,First Lesion | $228.00 | $228.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Clay County Medical West Point · West Point, MS HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $237.36 | $552.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo · Tupelo, MS HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $237.36 | $552.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory Amory · Amory, MS HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $237.36 | $552.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pontotoc Health Service INC Cah Pontotoc · Pontotoc, MS HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $237.36 | $552.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tishomingo Health Services Iuka · Iuka, MS HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $237.36 | $552.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed Eupora · Starkville, MS HC DESTRUCTION PREMALIGNANT LESION 1ST | $237.36 | $552.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian · Meridian, MS HC WD DESTRUCT PREMALIGNANT LESION FIRST | $240.00 | $600.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson, MS | 6 | $84.21 | $162.30 |
| Meridian, MS | 4 | $52.15 | $160.12 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 3 | $86.80 | $121.50 |
| Grenada, MS | 2 | $72.75 | $99.58 |
| Starkville, MS | 2 | $81.92 | $159.64 |
| Aberdeen, MS | 1 | $126.50 | $126.50 |
| Ackerman, MS | 1 | $38.50 | $38.50 |
| Amory, MS | 1 | $237.36 | $237.36 |
| Carthage, MS | 1 | $117.90 | $117.90 |
| Centreville, MS | 1 | $137.25 | $137.25 |
| Charleston, MS | 1 | $55.00 | $55.00 |
| Columbus, MS | 1 | $100.25 | $100.25 |
| DeKalb, MS | 1 | $222.87 | $222.87 |
| Iuka, MS | 1 | $237.36 | $237.36 |
| Kosciusko, MS | 1 | $115.28 | $115.28 |
| Louisville, MS | 1 | $113.39 | $113.39 |
| Laurel, MS | 1 | $228.00 | $228.00 |
| Meadville, MS | 1 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $122.54 | $122.54 |
| Philadelphia, MS | 1 | $88.90 | $88.90 |
| Pontotoc, MS | 1 | $237.36 | $237.36 |
| Ripley, MS | 1 | $56.00 | $56.00 |
| Ruleville, MS | 1 | $77.00 | $77.00 |
| Tupelo, MS | 1 | $237.36 | $237.36 |
| Union, MS | 1 | $197.03 | $197.03 |
| West Point, MS | 1 | $237.36 | $237.36 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What precancerous spot removal is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Precancerous spot removal explained.
Destruction of a precancerous skin lesion (actinic keratosis), first lesion in other states
- Alabama$237.36
- Alaska$203.42
- Arizona$191.38, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$147.55
- California$320.00
- Colorado$168.00
- Connecticut$229.50
- Delaware$362.48, 2 hospitals
- District of Columbia$294.76, 3 hospitals
- Florida$284.25
- Georgia$142.20
- Hawaii$380.10
- Idaho$114.19
- Illinois$164.21
- Indiana$186.60
- Iowa$148.20
- Kansas$116.45
- Kentucky$104.00
- Louisiana$97.30
- Maine$101.40
- Maryland$261.98, 4 hospitals
- Massachusetts$273.00
- Michigan$191.83
- Minnesota$180.84
- Missouri$137.80
- Montana$172.14
- Nebraska$130.72
- Nevada$218.00
- New Hampshire$72.92
- New Jersey$424.00
- New Mexico$128.40
- New York$290.00
- North Carolina$247.80
- North Dakota$198.50
- Ohio$202.40
- Oklahoma$100.00
- Oregon$164.35
- Pennsylvania$428.04
- Puerto Rico$2,500.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$191.80
- South Carolina$154.00
- South Dakota$242.40
- Tennessee$99.60
- Texas$198.33
- Utah$191.83, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$82.97
- Virginia$120.00
- Washington$185.30
- West Virginia$207.25
- Wisconsin$180.06
- Wyoming$64.98
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.