Breast lump removal cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for removal of a breast lump, open surgery: from $221.22 to $3,870.35, with a median of $3,114.30. The lowest listed price is at Sweeny Community Hospital — $2,893.08 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $4,920.97 at 81 hospitals.
- The median here, $3,114.30, is 26% below the US median of $4,196.40.
- Houston, TX has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 2 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 19120, 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 8, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweeny Community Hospital lowest Sweeny, TX · (979) 548-3311 Removal of growth and tissue of breast, duct, or nipple File of Sep 8, 2026 · source file | $221.22 | $368.70 | $110.61–$425.00 | 40% |
| St Luke's Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4055 HC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $3,114.30 | $8,898.00 | $963.66–$12,465.31 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Springwood Village Spring, TX · (936) 266-4050 HC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $3,114.30 | $8,898.00 | $1,013.77–$12,465.31 | 65% |
| CHI St. Luke's Health Baylor College of Medicine Medical Center Houston, TX · (832) 355-1000 HC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $3,114.30 | $8,898.00 | $1,013.77–$12,465.31 | 65% |
| St Luke's Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 637-7000 HC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $3,114.30 | $8,898.00 | $963.66–$12,465.31 | 65% |
| St Luke's the Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 266-4050 HC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $3,114.30 | $8,898.00 | $1,013.77–$12,465.31 | 65% |
| St. Lukes Hospital at the Vintage Houston, TX · (832) 534-5000 HC REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $3,114.30 | $8,898.00 | $963.66–$12,465.31 | 65% |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PROC EXC BREAST CYST/MASS BENGN OPEN 1/> File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $3,674.42 | $3,255.00 | $40.00–$2,604.00 | -13% |
| Harris Health Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 ECHG PROC EXC BREAST CYST/MASS BENGN OPEN 1/> File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $3,674.42 | $3,255.00 | $40.00–$2,604.00 | -13% |
| Hsa St. Joseph one side Houston, TX · (713) 757-1000 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION LT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3,870.35 | $10,635.21 | $3,734.89–$5,506.59 | 64% |
| Hsa St. Joseph Houston, TX · (713) 757-1000 REMOVAL OF BREAST LESION File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $3,870.35 | — | $3,734.89–$5,506.59 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $221.22, median $3,114.30, highest $3,870.35 — a 17.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $3,114.30. 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 8 of 10 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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