Cheapest hospitals in Austin, TX without insurance
Of 14 hospitals in the Austin, TX area we can compare, Ascension Seton (Round Rock) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 60% below the Texas median across 38 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ascension Seton Round Rock | 60% below | 37 of 38 | 1 of 38 |
| 2. Ascension Seton Smithville | 52% below | 215 of 243 | 27 of 243 |
| 3. Ascension Seton Kyle | 52% below | 222 of 255 | 33 of 255 |
| 4. Ascension Seton Luling | 43% below | 182 of 227 | 41 of 227 |
| 5. Ascension Seton Austin | 38% below | 220 of 258 | 36 of 258 |
| 6. Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 7. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 8. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 9. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 10. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 11. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 12. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor | at median | 108 of 386 | 192 of 386 |
| 13. Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park | 3% above | 113 of 241 | 127 of 241 |
| 14. Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin | 17% above | 101 of 277 | 172 of 277 |
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.