Lumbar discectomy cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level: from $5,721.00 to $26,204.00, with a median of $11,573.92. The lowest price is at Ochsner Rush Hospital (Meridian). The highest price is 4.6× the lowest.
- The median here, $11,573.92, is 19% above the US median of $9,692.39.
- Mississippi ranks 17th of 28 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 63030. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$5,721.00Ochsner Rush Hospital
Median$11,573.92half of hospitals charge less
Highest$26,204.00in Mississippi
Lowest saves$5,852.92vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Rush Hospital lowest Meridian · Meridian, MS LOW BACK DISK SURGERY | $5,721.00 | $18,454.83 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Laminotomy Dcmprn Nrv Root 1 Ntrspc Lumbar | $10,321.42 | $46,915.55 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg, MS LOW BACK DISK SURGERY | $11,573.92 | $55,113.91 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health River Region Vicksburg · Vicksburg, MS LOW BACK DISK SURGERY | $14,509.86 | $80,610.32 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS LOW BACK DISK SURGERY | $26,204.00 | $145,577.76 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hattiesburg, MS | 1 | $11,573.92 | $11,573.92 |
| Jackson, MS | 1 | $26,204.00 | $26,204.00 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $10,321.42 | $10,321.42 |
| Meridian, MS | 1 | $5,721.00 | $5,721.00 |
| Vicksburg, MS | 1 | $14,509.86 | $14,509.86 |
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 lumbar discectomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Lumbar discectomy explained.
Lumbar discectomy or laminotomy to free a nerve root, one level in other states
- Alabama$14,981.93
- Alaska$15,570.86, 1 hospital
- Arizona$20,335.62, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$5,559.92
- California$9,286.00
- Colorado$12,042.96
- Connecticut$6,115.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$12,485.65, 1 hospital
- Florida$13,864.04
- Georgia$8,747.20
- Hawaii$16,251.20, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$14,738.00
- Illinois$8,572.26
- Indiana$13,860.80
- Iowa$5,751.50, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$9,600.00
- Kentucky$19,507.40, 3 hospitals
- Louisiana$7,740.00
- Massachusetts$8,278.68, 2 hospitals
- Michigan$10,332.61
- Minnesota$5,660.16
- Missouri$13,367.05
- Montana$4,006.90
- Nebraska$6,057.51, 4 hospitals
- Nevada$7,892.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$8,351.42, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$5,580.00
- New Mexico$17,143.91
- New York$8,453.60
- North Carolina$8,434.82, 2 hospitals
- North Dakota$8,681.52, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$25,220.41
- Oklahoma$9,637.75
- Oregon$15,808.55, 4 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$13,891.49
- Rhode Island$10,402.88, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$23,595.92, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$8,576.17, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$10,321.42
- Texas$8,789.82
- Vermont$15,262.91, 1 hospital
- Virginia$26,354.77
- Washington$10,148.13
- West Virginia$5,721.75
- Wisconsin$14,654.55
- Wyoming$4,269.87, 2 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.