Sed rate (ESR) cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 39 hospitals publish a cash price for sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate): from $6.82 to $106.00, with a median of $38.55. The lowest price is at Ochsner Rush Hospital (Meridian). The highest price is 15.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $38.55, is about the same as the US median of $38.00.
- That is 14.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($2.70).
- Mississippi ranks 28th of 49 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 39 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 85652. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$6.82Ochsner Rush Hospital
Median$38.55half of hospitals charge less
Highest$106.00in Mississippi
Lowest saves$31.73vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Rush Hospital lowest Meridian · Meridian, MS PR RBC SED RATE, AUTO | $6.82 | $22.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tippah County Hospital Ripley · Ripley, MS Rbc Sed Rate Automated | $8.00 | $10.00 | — source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC RBC Sed Rate, Auto - Sedimentation Rate, Automated | $8.14 | $37.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Clay County Medical West Point · West Point, MS HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center Tupelo · Tupelo, MS HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory Amory · Amory, MS HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pontotoc Health Service INC Cah Pontotoc · Pontotoc, MS HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tishomingo Health Services Iuka · Iuka, MS HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed Eupora · Starkville, MS HC RBC SED RATE AUTO - SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTOMATED | $9.03 | $21.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Regional Hospital Aberdeen · Aberdeen, MS SED RATE | $10.75 | $10.75 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Calhoun Calhoun City · Calhoun City, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $14.56 | $28.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| UMMC Madison Canton · Jackson, MS 85652 RED BLOOD CELL SEDIMENTATION RATE | $24.00 | $60.00 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS 85652 RED BLOOD CELL SEDIMENTATION RATE | $24.00 | $60.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| Noxubee General Hospital Macon · Columbus, MS SED RATE | $26.25 | $35.00 | Nov 1, 2024 source file |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $29.19 | $139.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus · Columbus, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $34.00 | $136.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Oxford · Oxford, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $35.19 | $153.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS RBC SED RATE AUTOMATED | $35.80 | $179.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven · Memphis, TN-MS-AR SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $38.20 | $191.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Central Jackson · Jackson, MS ESRA | $38.55 | $257.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville Booneville · Tupelo, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $39.12 | $163.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County New Albany · New Albany, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $39.12 | $163.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Laird Hospital Union · Union, MS HC SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $46.36 | $76.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton · Jackson, MS HC SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $47.88 | $76.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS RBC SED RATE AUTOMATED | $50.40 | $168.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS RED BLOOD CELL SEDIMENTATION RATE; TO DETECT INFLAMMATION; AUTOMATED | $50.40 | $168.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman · Meridian, MS HC SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $50.92 | $76.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon · Jackson, MS ESRA | $51.15 | $341.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital DeKalb · DeKalb, MS HC SED RATE,AUTOMATED | $52.44 | $76.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City · Jackson, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $56.99 | $139.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley · Oxford, MS SED RATE AUTO | $60.55 | $86.50 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Attala Kosciusko · Kosciusko, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $61.16 | $139.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake Carthage · Carthage, MS SEDIMENTATION RATE AUTO | $62.55 | $139.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS ESRA | $66.57 | $317.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Natchez Natchez · Natchez, MS-LA SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $73.89 | $410.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg, MS SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $80.06 | $381.24 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS ESRA | $80.28 | $446.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health River Region Vicksburg · Vicksburg, MS SED RATE, AUTOMATED | $81.90 | $455.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| South central regional medical center Laurel · Laurel, MS HC RBC Sed Rate, Auto - Sedimentation Rate, Automated | $106.00 | $106.00 | Jul 20, 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.
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 | 9 | $24.00 | $47.88 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 3 | $35.80 | $50.40 |
| Columbus, MS | 2 | $26.25 | $30.12 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 2 | $8.14 | $23.17 |
| Meridian, MS | 2 | $6.82 | $28.87 |
| Oxford, MS | 2 | $35.19 | $47.87 |
| Tupelo, MS | 2 | $9.03 | $24.08 |
| Aberdeen, MS | 1 | $10.75 | $10.75 |
| Amory, MS | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
| Calhoun City, MS | 1 | $14.56 | $14.56 |
| Carthage, MS | 1 | $62.55 | $62.55 |
| DeKalb, MS | 1 | $52.44 | $52.44 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 1 | $80.06 | $80.06 |
| Iuka, MS | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
| Kosciusko, MS | 1 | $61.16 | $61.16 |
| Laurel, MS | 1 | $106.00 | $106.00 |
| New Albany, MS | 1 | $39.12 | $39.12 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 1 | $73.89 | $73.89 |
| Pontotoc, MS | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
| Ripley, MS | 1 | $8.00 | $8.00 |
| Starkville, MS | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
| Union, MS | 1 | $46.36 | $46.36 |
| Vicksburg, MS | 1 | $81.90 | $81.90 |
| West Point, MS | 1 | $9.03 | $9.03 |
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 sed rate (ESR) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Sed rate (ESR) explained.
Sed rate (ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate) in other states
- Alabama$23.64
- Alaska$64.00
- Arizona$63.18
- Arkansas$22.80
- California$56.00
- Colorado$58.30
- Connecticut$28.90
- Delaware$37.00
- District of Columbia$23.14, 2 hospitals
- Florida$110.24
- Georgia$33.06
- Hawaii$52.50
- Idaho$20.15
- Illinois$48.40
- Indiana$38.98
- Iowa$36.83
- Kansas$32.40
- Kentucky$38.40
- Louisiana$18.17
- Maine$29.58
- Maryland$13.48
- Massachusetts$13.06
- Michigan$24.00
- Minnesota$38.94
- Missouri$34.40
- Montana$42.38
- Nebraska$52.50
- Nevada$55.00
- New Hampshire$36.27
- New Jersey$15.50
- New Mexico$43.50
- New York$24.77
- North Carolina$75.65
- North Dakota$30.85
- Ohio$37.93
- Oklahoma$24.57
- Oregon$28.08
- Pennsylvania$21.63
- Puerto Rico$140.00, 3 hospitals
- Rhode Island$19.95, 3 hospitals
- South Carolina$54.50
- South Dakota$69.60
- Tennessee$17.68
- Texas$61.80
- Utah$55.76
- Vermont$42.00
- Virginia$57.50
- Washington$35.75
- West Virginia$16.75
- Wisconsin$41.60
- Wyoming$31.70
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.