Birth control implant insertion cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 12 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $54.50 to $309.00, with a median of $105.35. The lowest listed price is at The Community Hospital of Brazosport — $50.85 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $249.58 at 69 hospitals.
- The median here, $105.35, is 61% below the US median of $271.23.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- Houston, TX has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 7 cities for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Community Hospital of Brazosport lowest Lake Jackson, TX · (979) 297-4411 VANTUS INSERTION ONLY File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $54.50 | $155.70 | $0.40–$3,635.00 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center Houston, TX · (832) 355-1000 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $105.35 | $301.00 | $45.64–$2,700.00 | 65% |
| St Luke's Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4055 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $105.35 | $301.00 | $46.38–$2,749.00 | 65% |
| St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 637-7000 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $105.35 | $301.00 | $46.38–$2,749.00 | 65% |
| St. Lukes Hospital at the Vintage Houston, TX · (832) 534-5000 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $105.35 | $301.00 | $46.38–$2,749.00 | 65% |
| St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4050 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $105.35 | $301.00 | $48.79–$2,749.00 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Springwood Village Spring, TX · (936) 266-4050 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $105.35 | $301.00 | $48.79–$2,749.00 | 65% |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PROC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $123.69 | $193.00 | $40.00–$154.40 | 36% |
| Harris Health Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG EC PROC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT+1 more line at this price File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $123.69 | $193.00 | $40.00–$154.40 | 36% |
| Hsa St. Joseph Houston, TX · (713) 757-1000 INSERT DRUG IMPLANT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $131.51 | $1,805.81 | $126.91–$187.11 | 93% |
| Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC INSERTION DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE+2 more lines at this price File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $142.04 | $212.00 | $46.38–$201.40 | 33% |
| Liberty Dayton Regional Medical Center Liberty, TX · (936) 336-7316 11981 Insertion, Non Bio Drug Delivery Implant source file | $309.00 | $442.00 | $265.00–$420.00 | 30% |
| Hsa St. Joseph Houston, TX · (713) 757-1000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3,520.41 | — | $3,397.20–$5,028.39 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $54.50, median $105.35, highest $309.00 — a 5.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $105.35. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 12 of 12 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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