Prenatal blood panel cost in Houston, TX
In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 12 hospitals list a cash price for obstetric blood test panel: from $46.85 to $992.16, with a median of $413.00. The lowest listed price is at Hsa St. Joseph — $366.15 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $253.73 at 101 hospitals.
- The median here, $413.00, is 111% above the US median of $196.04.
- That is 8.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($47.81).
- Houston, TX ranks 2nd of 3 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 12 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 80055, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hsa St. Joseph lowest Houston, TX · (713) 757-1000 OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $46.85 | $428.66 | $21.16–$428.66 | 89% |
| The Community Hospital of Brazosport Lake Jackson, TX · (979) 297-4411 OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file | $277.90 | $794.00 | $35.31–$638.38 | 65% |
| Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX · (281) 420-8600 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 270-2000 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 274-8000 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX · (346) 618-1506 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Methodist West Houston Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 522-1000 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX · (281) 333-5503 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX · (281) 477-1000 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $413.00 | $826.00 | — | 50% |
| The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · (713) 790-2221 HC OBSTETRIC PANEL File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $493.50 | $987.00 | — | 50% |
| HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast Pasadena, TX · (713) 359-1000 OB PANEL+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $992.16 | $992.16 | $46.85–$892.94 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $46.85, median $413.00, highest $992.16 — a 21.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $413.00. 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 2 of 3 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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