Vaginal Delivery Cost in Mississippi — Compare All Hospitals
Vaginal delivery without sterilization, dilatation, or curettage — the most common inpatient procedure in the United States.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for vaginal delivery. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–2 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Labor and delivery room
- Nursing and routine medications during labor and recovery
- Postpartum mother and baby room
- Routine newborn care (Apgar, vitamin K, eye prophylaxis, hearing screen)
- Standard lab work for mother and baby
Usually billed separately
- Obstetrician, midwife, and any anesthesiologist (epidural) professional fees
- Neonatologist or pediatrician fees
- Lactation consultant (sometimes included, sometimes not)
- Postpartum follow-up visits
- Circumcision (often a separate facility fee)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does vaginal delivery 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:
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication during labor, nursing responsiveness, and discharge planning shape the whole birth experience.
Birthing-Friendly Hospital designation
CMS marks hospitals committed to evidence-based maternal care and support of physiologic birth.
C-Section Rate (NTSV)
For low-risk first-time mothers, an unusually high C-section rate may signal a hospital quick to escalate to surgical delivery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For vaginal delivery, 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 high-risk pregnancies (multiples, prior C-section, preeclampsia, diabetes), a hospital with a Level III or IV NICU is generally the safer setting regardless of price.
- For a specific birth plan (water birth, midwife-led, doula support), matching the hospital's protocols and amenities is usually more important than the price gap.
- When an obstetrician only delivers at certain hospitals, provider continuity usually matters more than price differences across facilities.
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:
- Are both my obstetrician and the anesthesiologist (if I want an epidural) in-network?
- Is the pediatrician/neonatologist who will see my baby in-network?
- Is there a separate facility fee for the labor room versus the postpartum room?
- Does this estimate include a lactation consultant visit?
Data notes for Mississippi
- The lowest published charge ($4,376 at South Central Reg Medical Center) 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 Central Reg Medical Center
Laurel, MS
Gross charge $4,376Cash pay $1,838 - 2
Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home
Water Valley, MS
Gross charge $4,454Cash pay $3,118 - 3
South Sunflower County Hospital
Indianola, MS
Gross charge $5,212 - 4
Wayne General Hospital
Waynesboro, MS
Gross charge $6,675 - 5
Delta Health System - the Medical Center
Greenville, MS
Gross charge $7,593 - 6
Southwest Ms Regional Medical Center
Mccomb, MS
Gross charge $7,665Cash pay $4,599 - 7
Lawrence County Hospital
Monticello, MS
Gross charge $7,665Cash pay $4,599 - 8
Marion General Hospital
Columbia, MS
Gross charge $9,014Cash pay $5,408 - 9
George Regional Health System
Lucedale, MS
Gross charge $12,047Cash pay $7,831 - 10
University of Mississippi Med Center
Jackson, MS
Gross charge $19,458Cash pay $7,783 - 11
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital
Olive Branch, MS
Gross charge $23,013Cash pay $5,063 - 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
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 24
Merit Health Woman's Hospital
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 25
Merit Health River Oaks
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
Southaven, MS
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Medical Center Leake
Carthage, MS
Gross charge — - 28
Bmh-Calhoun
Calhoun City, MS
Gross charge — - 29
Memorial Hospital Biloxi
Biloxi, MS
Gross charge — - 30
Bolivar Medical Center
Cleveland, MS
Gross charge — - 31
Singing River Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge — - 32
Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock
Bay Saint Louis, MS
Gross charge — - 33
Ochsner Laird Hospital
Union, MS
Gross charge — - 34
Ochsner Scott Regional
Morton, MS
Gross charge — - 35
Ochsner Stennis Hospital
De Kalb, MS
Gross charge — - 36
Bmh-Golden Triangle
Columbus, MS
Gross charge —
11 Mississippi hospitals publish gross charges for vaginal delivery (DRG 807). Prices range from $4,376 to $23,013 — roughly $18,638 apart. The cheapest is South Central Reg Medical Center in Laurel; the most expensive is Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital in Olive Branch. The state average sits at $9,743.
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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery 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 vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 807 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.