COVID-19 PCR test cost in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 57 hospitals publish a cash price for COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test): from $18.91 to $500.00, with a median of $44.64. The lowest price is at Ochsner Rush Hospital (Meridian). The highest price is 26.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $44.64, is 55% below the US median of $98.92.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($51.31).
- Mississippi has the lowest median of 50 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- 6 of 57 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 87635. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$18.91Ochsner Rush Hospital
Median$44.64half of hospitals charge less
Highest$500.00in Mississippi
Lowest saves$25.73vs the median
Hospitals in Mississippi, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ochsner Rush Hospital lowest Meridian · Meridian, MS HC SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $18.91 | $61.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Singing River Gulfport Gulfport · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMP PRB | $23.80 | $119.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center Meridian · Meridian, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $23.98 | $109.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Crossgates River Oaks Hospital Brandon · Jackson, MS COVID-19 PCR | $25.65 | $171.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Central Jackson · Jackson, MS COVID-19 NAA (LC) | $25.65 | $171.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| River Oaks Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS COVID-19 PCR | $30.06 | $167.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Womans Hospital Flowood · Jackson, MS COVID-19 PCR | $32.34 | $154.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Olive Branch Hospital one side Olive Branch · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Iadna Sars-Cov-2 Covid-19 Amplified Probe Tq - Sars-Cov-2 Rt Pcr | $33.00 | $150.00 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Natchez Natchez · Natchez, MS-LA COVID19 PRB | $33.17 | $184.25 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health Wesley Hattiesburg · Hattiesburg, MS COVID19 PRB | $35.72 | $170.10 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto Southaven · Memphis, TN-MS-AR SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $37.20 | $186.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Laird Hospital Union · Union, MS HC SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $37.21 | $61.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Clay County Medical one side West Point · West Point, MS HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $37.41 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center one side Tupelo · Tupelo, MS HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $37.41 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore Amory one side Amory · Amory, MS HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $37.41 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pontotoc Health Service INC Cah one side Pontotoc · Pontotoc, MS HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $37.41 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Tishomingo Health Services one side Iuka · Iuka, MS HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $37.41 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Webster General Hospital/ Swing Bed one side Eupora · Starkville, MS HC IADNA SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE TQ - SARS-COV-2 RT PCR | $37.41 | $87.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Scott Regional Morton · Jackson, MS HC SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $38.43 | $61.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mississippi Baptist Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $39.06 | $186.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Merit Health River Region Vicksburg · Vicksburg, MS L139900 COVID19 NAA | $40.32 | $224.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kings Daughters Medical Center Brookhaven · Brookhaven, MS AMPLIFED DNA OR RNA PROBE DETECTION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 (COVID-19) ANTIGEN | $40.50 | $135.00 | Mar 5, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Watkins Hospital Quitman · Meridian, MS HC SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $40.87 | $61.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital DeKalb · DeKalb, MS HC SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $42.09 | $61.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi Oxford · Oxford, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $42.78 | $186.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Ocean Springs Hospital Ocean Springs · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMP PRB | $42.90 | $143.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Pascagoula Hospital Pascagoula · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMP PRB | $42.90 | $143.00 | Feb 24, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center-South Meridian · Meridian, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $43.60 | $109.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville Booneville · Tupelo, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $44.64 | $186.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County New Albany · New Albany, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $44.64 | $186.00 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Columbus · Columbus, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $46.50 | $186.00 | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Neshoba County General Hospital Philadelphia · Philadelphia, MS Amplifed DNA or RNA probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19) antigen | $52.50 | $75.00 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| North Sunflower Medical Center Ruleville · Ruleville, MS Amplifed DNA or RNA probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19) antigen | $69.00 | $138.00 | Oct 19, 2026 source file |
| Ochsner Medical Center – Hancock Bay St. Louis · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS HC SARS-COV-2 COVID-19 AMPLIFIED PROBE | $70.30 | $185.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo Yazoo City · Jackson, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $76.26 | $186.00 | Feb 17, 2026 source file |
| Tyler Holmes Memorial Hospital Winona · Grenada, MS Amplifed DNA or RNA probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19) antigen | $78.75 | $105.00 | Jul 28, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Medical Center-Attala Kosciusko · Kosciusko, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $81.84 | $186.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake Carthage · Carthage, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $83.70 | $186.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| Yalobusha General Hospital Water Valley · Oxford, MS COVID 19 AMPPROBE | $87.50 | $125.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Tallahatchie General Hospital Charleston · Charleston, MS COVID SEND OUT | $91.00 | $130.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center McComb · McComb, MS Sars-cov-2 covid-19 amp prb | $92.40 | $154.00 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Field Memorial Community Hospital Centreville · Centreville, MS INHOUSE COVID-19 TEST | $96.21 | $128.28 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Calhoun Calhoun City · Calhoun City, MS SARS-COV-2-COVID-19 AMP PRB | $96.72 | $186.00 | Feb 20, 2026 source file |
| UMMC Madison Canton · Jackson, MS SARS COV2 RNA INFECTIOUS AGENT DETECTION BY NUCLEIC ACID HIGH THROUGHPU | $100.00 | $250.00 | Sep 21, 2026 source file |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson · Jackson, MS SARS COV2 RNA INFECTIOUS AGENT DETECTION BY NUCLEIC ACID HIGH THROUGHPU | $100.00 | $250.00 | Sep 8, 2026 source file |
| Tippah County Hospital Ripley · Ripley, MS Sars Cov 2 Pcr, High Risk | $111.00 | $148.00 | — source file |
| Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County one side Starkville · Starkville, MS COVID19 SARS-COV-2 BY RT-PCR AEL | $115.20 | $180.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Franklin County Memorial Hospital Meadville · Meadville, MS SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION/COLLECTION | $116.00 | $116.00 | May 10, 2026 source file |
| Winston County Medical Foundation Louisville · Louisville, MS Amplifed DNA or RNA probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19) antigen | $119.65 | $153.00 | Sep 18, 2026 source file |
| Simpson General Hospital Cah Mendenhall · Jackson, MS Amplifed DNA or RNA probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19) antigen | $122.50 | $175.00 | Apr 30, 2025 source file |
| South central regional medical center one side Laurel · Laurel, MS HC Iadna Sars-Cov-2 Covid-19 Amplified Probe Tq - Sars-Cov-2 Rt Pcr | $125.00 | $125.00 | Jul 20, 2026 source file |
| Choctaw Regional Medical Center Ackerman · Ackerman, MS COVID19 SEND OUT TEST | $126.00 | $180.00 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Noxubee General Hospital Macon · Columbus, MS CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 (IN-PATIENT ONLY) | $176.25 | $235.00 | Nov 1, 2024 source file |
| Monroe Regional Hospital Aberdeen · Aberdeen, MS SARS-COVID-19 | $205.25 | $205.25 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| S E Lackey Memorial Hospital Forest · Jackson, MS Amplifed DNA or RNA probe detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Covid-19) antigen | $223.00 | $223.00 | May 27, 2026 source file |
| Covington county hospital one side Collins · Collins, MS HC Iadna Sars-Cov-2 Covid-19 Amplified Probe Tq - Sars-Cov-2 Rt Pcr | $250.00 | $250.00 | Jul 21, 2026 source file |
| Magee general hospital one side Magee · Jackson, MS HC Iadna Sars-Cov-2 Covid-19 Amplified Probe Tq - Sars-Cov-2 Rt Pcr | $500.00 | $500.00 | Aug 13, 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 | 12 | $25.65 | $57.66 |
| Gulfport-Biloxi, MS | 4 | $23.80 | $42.90 |
| Meridian, MS | 4 | $18.91 | $32.42 |
| Columbus, MS | 2 | $46.50 | $111.38 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 2 | $33.00 | $35.10 |
| Oxford, MS | 2 | $42.78 | $65.14 |
| Starkville, MS | 2 | $37.41 | $76.30 |
| Tupelo, MS | 2 | $37.41 | $41.02 |
| Aberdeen, MS | 1 | $205.25 | $205.25 |
| Ackerman, MS | 1 | $126.00 | $126.00 |
| Amory, MS | 1 | $37.41 | $37.41 |
| Brookhaven, MS | 1 | $40.50 | $40.50 |
| Calhoun City, MS | 1 | $96.72 | $96.72 |
| Carthage, MS | 1 | $83.70 | $83.70 |
| Centreville, MS | 1 | $96.21 | $96.21 |
| Charleston, MS | 1 | $91.00 | $91.00 |
| Collins, MS | 1 | $250.00 | $250.00 |
| DeKalb, MS | 1 | $42.09 | $42.09 |
| Grenada, MS | 1 | $78.75 | $78.75 |
| Hattiesburg, MS | 1 | $35.72 | $35.72 |
| Iuka, MS | 1 | $37.41 | $37.41 |
| Kosciusko, MS | 1 | $81.84 | $81.84 |
| Louisville, MS | 1 | $119.65 | $119.65 |
| Laurel, MS | 1 | $125.00 | $125.00 |
| Meadville, MS | 1 | $116.00 | $116.00 |
| McComb, MS | 1 | $92.40 | $92.40 |
| New Albany, MS | 1 | $44.64 | $44.64 |
| Natchez, MS-LA | 1 | $33.17 | $33.17 |
| Philadelphia, MS | 1 | $52.50 | $52.50 |
| Pontotoc, MS | 1 | $37.41 | $37.41 |
| Ripley, MS | 1 | $111.00 | $111.00 |
| Ruleville, MS | 1 | $69.00 | $69.00 |
| Union, MS | 1 | $37.21 | $37.21 |
| Vicksburg, MS | 1 | $40.32 | $40.32 |
| West Point, MS | 1 | $37.41 | $37.41 |
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
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COVID-19 PCR test (SARS-CoV-2 lab test) in other states
- Alabama$58.70
- Alaska$103.70
- Arizona$64.80
- Arkansas$97.28
- California$94.62
- Colorado$118.63
- Connecticut$123.00
- Delaware$226.80
- District of Columbia$43.78, 3 hospitals
- Florida$87.69
- Georgia$86.25
- Hawaii$75.00
- Idaho$93.75
- Illinois$115.50
- Indiana$105.75
- Iowa$119.20
- Kansas$135.85
- Kentucky$68.39
- Louisiana$74.10
- Maine$88.40
- Maryland$256.67
- Massachusetts$165.03
- Michigan$108.10
- Minnesota$119.46
- Missouri$97.03
- Montana$121.00
- Nebraska$133.50
- Nevada$74.04
- New Hampshire$125.00
- New Jersey$56.44
- New Mexico$111.90
- New York$98.00
- North Carolina$89.00
- North Dakota$124.80
- Ohio$141.00
- Oklahoma$81.00
- Oregon$119.63
- Pennsylvania$91.20
- Puerto Rico$304.16, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$150.40
- South Carolina$81.75
- South Dakota$124.80
- Tennessee$55.46
- Texas$95.00
- Utah$76.41
- Vermont$105.00
- Virginia$77.00
- Washington$105.30
- West Virginia$107.75
- Wisconsin$135.00
- Wyoming$108.57
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.