DRG 186 · Respiratory

Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Mississippi — Compare All Hospitals

A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.

State average
$51,954
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$7,002 – $98,654
low to high
Lowest $7,002 Highest $98,654

8 Mississippi hospitals publish gross charges for fluid around the lung (DRG 186). Prices range from $7,002 to $98,654 — roughly $91,652 apart. The cheapest is Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Greenwood; the most expensive is Ochsner Stennis Hospital in De Kalb. The state average sits at $51,954.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists fluid around the lung at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent fluid around the lung admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Mississippi hospitals missing from the list either don't perform fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Greenwood Leflore Hospital

    Greenwood, MS

    Gross charge $7,002
    Cash pay $5,601
  2. 2
    Gross charge $10,296
    Cash pay $7,207
  3. 3

    Wayne General Hospital

    Waynesboro, MS

    Gross charge $12,931
  4. 4

    Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital

    Olive Branch, MS

    Gross charge $44,259
    Cash pay $9,737
  5. 5

    South Central Reg Medical Center

    Laurel, MS

    Gross charge $45,183
    Cash pay $18,977
  6. 6
    Gross charge $98,654
    Cash pay $29,596
  7. 7
    Gross charge $98,654
    Cash pay $29,596
  8. 8
    Gross charge $98,654
    Cash pay $29,596
  9. 9

    Memorial Hospital at Gulfport

    Gulfport, MS

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  10. 10

    Merit Health River Region

    Vicksburg, MS

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  12. 12

    Pascagoula Hospital - Singing River Health System

    Pascagoula, MS

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  13. 13

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville

    Booneville, MS

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  14. 14

    King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven

    Brookhaven, MS

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  15. 15

    Merit Health Central

    Jackson, MS

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    Merit Health Natchez (Acute Care)

    Natchez, MS

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    Merit Health Wesley

    Hattiesburg, MS

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    Crossgates River Oaks Hospital

    Brandon, MS

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  20. 20

    Bmh-Golden Triangle

    Columbus, MS

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  21. 21

    Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center

    Meridian, MS

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  22. 22

    Singing River Gulfport

    Gulfport, MS

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  24. 24

    Merit Health River Oaks

    Flowood, MS

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  25. 25

    Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto

    Southaven, MS

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  26. 26

    Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock

    Bay Saint Louis, MS

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $153,947
  27. 27

    Baptist Medical Center Leake

    Carthage, MS

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  28. 28

    Bmh-Calhoun

    Calhoun City, MS

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  29. 29
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    Memorial Hospital Biloxi

    Biloxi, MS

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  31. 31

    Bolivar Medical Center

    Cleveland, MS

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  32. 32
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