Tonsillectomy, child cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12: from $1,415.40 to $10,933.29, with a median of $2,968.35. The lowest price is at Kings Daughters Medical Center (Brookhaven). The highest price is 7.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,968.35, is 47% below the US median of $5,589.78.
- Mississippi ranks 5th of 31 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 42820. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 7, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,415.40Kings Daughters Medical Center
Median$2,968.35half of hospitals charge less
Highest$10,933.29in Mississippi
Lowest saves$1,552.95vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Daughters Medical Center lowest Brookhaven · Brookhaven, MS REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $1,415.40 | $4,718.00 | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Field Memorial Community Hospital Centreville · Centreville, MS T&A UNDER 12 | $1,932.00 | $2,576.00 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Rush Hospital Meridian · Meridian, MS REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS | $2,109.01 | $6,803.25 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS | $2,760.99 | $7,265.76 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $2,817.90 | $9,393.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS REMOVAL OF TONSILS AND ADENOID GLANDS (YOUNGER THAN 12 YEARS) | $3,118.80 | $15,594.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy <Age 12 | $4,333.59 | $19,698.12 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg, MS REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS | $4,576.66 | $21,793.62 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health River Region Vicksburg · Vicksburg, MS REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS | $4,980.65 | $27,670.27 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS REMOVE TONSILS AND ADENOIDS | $10,933.29 | $60,740.48 | Apr 1, 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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 3 | $2,760.99 | $2,817.90 |
| Brookhaven, MS | 1 | $1,415.40 | $1,415.40 |
| Centreville, MS | 1 | $1,932.00 | $1,932.00 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 1 | $4,576.66 | $4,576.66 |
| Jackson, MS | 1 | $10,933.29 | $10,933.29 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $4,333.59 | $4,333.59 |
| Meridian, MS | 1 | $2,109.01 | $2,109.01 |
| Vicksburg, MS | 1 | $4,980.65 | $4,980.65 |
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 tonsillectomy, child is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Tonsillectomy, child explained.
Tonsil and adenoid removal, child under 12 in other states
- Alabama$5,628.00
- Alaska$6,343.49, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$9,200.19, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$2,741.24
- California$10,634.40
- Colorado$15,563.00
- Delaware$5,566.65, 1 hospital
- Florida$8,813.18
- Georgia$7,906.00
- Hawaii$3,995.60, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$8,208.00
- Illinois$7,118.75
- Indiana$6,196.96
- Iowa$4,269.00
- Kansas$5,577.00
- Kentucky$6,498.11
- Louisiana$2,877.31
- Maine$6,262.26, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$5,285.26, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$14,601.63, 3 hospitals
- Michigan$3,265.21
- Minnesota$843.70
- Missouri$5,327.34
- Montana$780.00, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$6,218.25
- Nevada$6,651.95, 4 hospitals
- New Hampshire$3,591.94, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$6,547.81
- New Mexico$9,129.84, 4 hospitals
- New York$7,000.36
- North Carolina$5,060.00
- North Dakota$4,793.99
- Ohio$8,397.85
- Oklahoma$4,767.86
- Oregon$3,943.58, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$10,001.37
- Puerto Rico$1,500.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$6,264.81, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$4,577.45, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$4,333.59
- Texas$4,783.52
- Utah$3,690.00, 3 hospitals
- Vermont$2,604.31, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$11,042.72
- Washington$6,898.46
- West Virginia$5,253.00
- Wisconsin$1,902.26
- Wyoming$2,754.24, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.