Pneumonia Cost in Mississippi — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home
Water Valley, MS
Gross charge $5,324Cash pay $3,727 - 2
Winston Medical Center
Louisville, MS
Gross charge $11,042Cash pay $8,634Medicare pays (avg) $7,302 - 3
Wayne General Hospital
Waynesboro, MS
Gross charge $14,307 - 4
South Central Reg Medical Center
Laurel, MS
Gross charge $14,529Cash pay $6,102Medicare pays (avg) $4,381 - 5
South Sunflower County Hospital
Indianola, MS
Gross charge $16,445 - 6
George Regional Health System
Lucedale, MS
Gross charge $16,602Cash pay $10,791Medicare pays (avg) $6,292 - 7
Southwest Ms Regional Medical Center
Mccomb, MS
Gross charge $17,650Cash pay $10,590Medicare pays (avg) $4,357 - 8
Lawrence County Hospital
Monticello, MS
Gross charge $17,650Cash pay $10,590 - 9
Ochsner Scott Regional
Morton, MS
Gross charge $19,100Cash pay $12,033 - 10
Ochsner Stennis Hospital
De Kalb, MS
Gross charge $19,328Cash pay $13,336 - 11
Simpson General Hospital
Mendenhall, MS
Gross charge $21,298Cash pay $14,908 - 12
North Sunflower Medical Center
Ruleville, MS
Gross charge $22,023Cash pay $11,012 - 13
Magee General Hospital
Magee, MS
Gross charge $24,091Cash pay $8,360 - 14
Ochsner Laird Hospital
Union, MS
Gross charge $24,967Cash pay $15,230 - 15
Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock
Bay Saint Louis, MS
Gross charge $25,732Cash pay $9,778 - 16
Greenwood Leflore Hospital
Greenwood, MS
Gross charge $28,100Cash pay $22,480Medicare pays (avg) $6,168 - 17
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital
Olive Branch, MS
Gross charge $30,050Cash pay $6,611 - 18
Marion General Hospital
Columbia, MS
Gross charge $33,439Cash pay $20,063 - 19
Delta Health System - the Medical Center
Greenville, MS
Gross charge $37,503Medicare pays (avg) $5,671 - 20
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,950 - 21
Merit Health River Region
Vicksburg, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,110 - 22Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,580
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Pascagoula Hospital - Singing River Health System
Pascagoula, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,627 - 24
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville
Booneville, MS
Gross charge — - 25
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven
Brookhaven, MS
Gross charge — - 26
Merit Health Central
Jackson, MS
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center- South
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 28
Merit Health Natchez (Acute Care)
Natchez, MS
Gross charge — - 29
Merit Health Wesley
Hattiesburg, MS
Gross charge — - 30
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital
Brandon, MS
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center
Meridian, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,178 - 32
Merit Health Woman's Hospital
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 33
Merit Health River Oaks
Flowood, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,720 - 34
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
Southaven, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,785 - 35
Baptist Medical Center Leake
Carthage, MS
Gross charge — - 36
Bmh-Calhoun
Calhoun City, MS
Gross charge — - 37
Memorial Hospital Biloxi
Biloxi, MS
Gross charge — - 38
Bolivar Medical Center
Cleveland, MS
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,148 - 39
Singing River Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge — - 40
Bmh-Golden Triangle
Columbus, MS
Gross charge —
19 Mississippi hospitals publish gross charges for pneumonia (DRG 194). Prices range from $5,324 to $37,503 — roughly $32,179 apart. The cheapest is Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home in Water Valley; the most expensive is Delta Health System - the Medical Center in Greenville. The state average sits at $21,009.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.