Premature Newborn Cost in Mississippi — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$36,135
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$2,496 – $163,876
low to high
Data notes for Mississippi
- The lowest published charge ($2,496 at South Sunflower County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
South Sunflower County Hospital
Indianola, MS
Gross charge $2,496Cash pay $156,253 - 2
South Central Reg Medical Center
Laurel, MS
Gross charge $2,505Cash pay $1,052 - 3
Marion General Hospital
Columbia, MS
Gross charge $3,669Cash pay $2,201 - 4
George Regional Health System
Lucedale, MS
Gross charge $5,252Cash pay $3,414 - 5
Wayne General Hospital
Waynesboro, MS
Gross charge $5,565 - 6
Delta Health System - the Medical Center
Greenville, MS
Gross charge $12,589Cash pay $6,294 - 7
Highland Hills Medical Center
Senatobia, MS
Gross charge $12,589Cash pay $6,294 - 8
Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical Center
Clarksdale, MS
Gross charge $12,589Cash pay $6,294 - 9
Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home
Water Valley, MS
Gross charge $26,816Cash pay $18,771 - 10
Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock
Bay Saint Louis, MS
Gross charge $149,542Cash pay $34,395 - 11
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital
Olive Branch, MS
Gross charge $163,876Cash pay $36,053 - 12
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge — - 13
Merit Health River Region
Vicksburg, MS
Gross charge — - 14Gross charge —
- 15
Pascagoula Hospital - Singing River Health System
Pascagoula, MS
Gross charge — - 16
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville
Booneville, MS
Gross charge — - 17
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven
Brookhaven, MS
Gross charge — - 18
Merit Health Central
Jackson, MS
Gross charge — - 19
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center- South
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 20
Merit Health Natchez (Acute Care)
Natchez, MS
Gross charge — - 21
Merit Health Wesley
Hattiesburg, MS
Gross charge — - 22
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital
Brandon, MS
Gross charge — - 23
Bmh-Golden Triangle
Columbus, MS
Gross charge — - 24
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 25
Singing River Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge — - 26
Merit Health Woman's Hospital
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 27
Merit Health River Oaks
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
Southaven, MS
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Medical Center Leake
Carthage, MS
Gross charge — - 30
Ochsner Laird Hospital
Union, MS
Gross charge — - 31
Ochsner Scott Regional
Morton, MS
Gross charge — - 32
Bmh-Calhoun
Calhoun City, MS
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner Stennis Hospital
De Kalb, MS
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Medical Center Attala
Kosciusko, MS
Gross charge — - 35
Memorial Hospital Biloxi
Biloxi, MS
Gross charge — - 36
Bolivar Medical Center
Cleveland, MS
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Yazoo City, MS
Gross charge —
11 Mississippi hospitals publish gross charges for premature newborn (DRG 791). Prices range from $2,496 to $163,876 — roughly 66×. The cheapest is South Sunflower County Hospital in Indianola; the most expensive is Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital in Olive Branch. The state average sits at $36,135.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Mississippi, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.