Viral Illness Cost in Mississippi — Compare All Hospitals
An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.
State average
$10,980
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$2,862 – $21,413
low to high
Data notes for Mississippi
- The lowest published charge ($2,862 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 $2,862Cash pay $1,202 - 2
Yalobusha General Hospital & Nursing Home
Water Valley, MS
Gross charge $5,745Cash pay $4,022 - 3
South Sunflower County Hospital
Indianola, MS
Gross charge $7,308 - 4
Wayne General Hospital
Waynesboro, MS
Gross charge $7,999 - 5
Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital
Olive Branch, MS
Gross charge $20,557Cash pay $4,522 - 6
Marion General Hospital
Columbia, MS
Gross charge $21,413Cash pay $12,848 - 7
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge — - 8
Merit Health River Region
Vicksburg, MS
Gross charge — - 9Gross charge —
- 10
Pascagoula Hospital - Singing River Health System
Pascagoula, MS
Gross charge — - 11
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville
Booneville, MS
Gross charge — - 12
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven
Brookhaven, MS
Gross charge — - 13
Merit Health Central
Jackson, MS
Gross charge — - 14
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center- South
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 15
Merit Health Natchez (Acute Care)
Natchez, MS
Gross charge — - 16
Merit Health Wesley
Hattiesburg, MS
Gross charge — - 17
Crossgates River Oaks Hospital
Brandon, MS
Gross charge — - 18
Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center
Meridian, MS
Gross charge — - 19
Merit Health Woman's Hospital
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 20
Merit Health River Oaks
Flowood, MS
Gross charge — - 21
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto
Southaven, MS
Gross charge — - 22
Baptist Medical Center Leake
Carthage, MS
Gross charge — - 23
Bmh-Calhoun
Calhoun City, MS
Gross charge — - 24
Memorial Hospital Biloxi
Biloxi, MS
Gross charge — - 25
Bolivar Medical Center
Cleveland, MS
Gross charge — - 26
Singing River Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
Gross charge — - 27
Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock
Bay Saint Louis, MS
Gross charge — - 28
Ochsner Laird Hospital
Union, MS
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,617 - 29
Bmh-Golden Triangle
Columbus, MS
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Medical Center-Yazoo
Yazoo City, MS
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Memorial Hospital Union County
New Albany, MS
Gross charge — - 32
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Gross charge —
6 Mississippi hospitals publish gross charges for viral illness (DRG 866). Prices range from $2,862 to $21,413 — roughly $18,551 apart. The cheapest is South Central Reg Medical Center in Laurel; the most expensive is Marion General Hospital in Columbia. The state average sits at $10,980.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 866 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.