Lab tests CPT 81025 Outpatient

Urine pregnancy test cost in Houston, TX

In Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 14 hospitals list a cash price for urine pregnancy test, read by color change: from $8.44 to $190.00, with a median of $190.00. The lowest listed price is at Hsa St. Joseph — $181.56 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $90.09 at 97 hospitals.

Cash prices at 14 facilities across 9 cities for code 81025, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 5, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$8.44Hsa St. Joseph
Median$190.00half pay less
Highest$190.00in this market
Difference22.5×highest vs lowest

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.

median
Lowest $8.44Highest $190.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hsa St. Joseph lowest Houston, TX · (713) 757-1000 URINE PREGNANCY VISUAL COLOR $8.44 $122.01 $3.33–$122.01 93% Sep 1, 2026
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Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 URINE DIPSTICK - PREGNANCY TEST IN CLINIC $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Houston, TX URINE PREGNANCY TEST VISUAL COLOR $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 URINE PREGNANCY TEST VISUAL COLOR $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Houston, TX PREGNANCY TEST $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Houston, TX URINE DIPSTICK - PREGNANCY TEST IN CLINIC $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Houston, TX CHG URINE PREGNANCY TEST VISUAL COLOR $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 PREGNANCY TEST $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Harris Health Taub Loop Houston, TX · (713) 873-2000 CHG URINE PREGNANCY TEST VISUAL COLOR $8.61 $16.00 $7.23–$18.94 46% —
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Shriners Childrens Texas Galveston, TX · (409) 770-6600 URINE PREGNANCY TEST $46.30 $46.30 $7.23–$16.53 — —
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The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX · (713) 790-2221 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $80.00 $160.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC URINE PREGNANCY TEST $142.04 $212.00 $8.61–$201.40 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC URINE PREGNANCY TEST $142.04 $212.00 $8.61–$201.40 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC URINE PREGNANCY TEST $142.04 $212.00 $8.61–$201.40 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC URINE PREGNANCY TEST, BY VISUAL COLOR COMPARISON METHODS $150.75 $225.00 $8.61–$213.75 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC PREGNANCY TEST - URINE $150.75 $225.00 $8.61–$213.75 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC URINE PREGNANCY TEST, BY VISUAL COLOR COMPARISON METHODS $150.75 $225.00 $8.61–$213.75 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC PREGNANCY TEST - URINE $150.75 $225.00 $8.61–$213.75 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC URINE PREGNANCY TEST, BY VISUAL COLOR COMPARISON METHODS $150.75 $225.00 $8.61–$213.75 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Texas Children's Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 824-1000 TC PREGNANCY TEST - URINE $150.75 $225.00 $8.61–$213.75 33% Mar 5, 2026
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Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX · (281) 274-8000 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX · (281) 420-8600 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX · (346) 618-1506 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX · (936) 270-2000 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist West Houston Hospital Houston, TX · (832) 522-1000 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX · (281) 333-5503 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX · (281) 477-1000 HC PREGNANCY TEST URINE (POC) $190.00 $380.00 — 50% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $8.44, median $190.00, highest $190.00 — a 22.5× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $190.00. 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 4 of 5 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 it is

A urine pregnancy test checks for the pregnancy hormone hCG in urine and gives a positive or negative result by a visible color change. Clinics and emergency departments use it to confirm pregnancy or rule it out before X-rays, medicines or procedures.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the test only. The visit where it is done is billed separately.