Prenatal blood panel cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for obstetric blood test panel: from $252.96 to $1,244.00, with a median of $252.96. The lowest listed price is at Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park and 6 other hospitals. Across Texas, the median is $253.73 at 101 hospitals.
- The median here, $252.96, is 29% above the US median of $196.04.
- That is 5.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($47.81).
- Austin, TX has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 3 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 7 cities for code 80055, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park lowest Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $50.20–$274.04 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda lowest Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $12.00–$316.20 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville lowest Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $12.00–$379.44 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin lowest Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $12.00–$316.20 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock lowest Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $12.00–$379.44 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor lowest Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 12, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $12.00–$337.28 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway lowest Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $252.96 | $421.60 | $12.00–$379.44 | 40% |
| Cornerstone Specialty Hospitals Round Rock Round Rock, TX OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $942.00 | $942.00 | — | — |
| St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 901-1000 OB PANEL+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,244.00 | $1,244.00 | $47.81–$1,119.60 | — |
| St.davids Surgical Hospital Austin, TX Obstetric panel This panel must include the following: Blood count, complete (CBC), automated and automated differential WBC count (85025 or 85027 and 85004) OR Blood count, complete (CBC), automated +1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,244.00 | $1,244.00 | $47.81–$827.26 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $252.96, median $252.96, highest $1,244.00 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $252.96. 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 7 of 9 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.
What prenatal blood panel is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Prenatal blood panel explained.