ECT cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 11 hospitals list a cash price for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), one session: from $473.67 to $1,026.59, with a median of $698.32. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton Southwest and 2 other hospitals — $224.65 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $1,052.70 at 70 hospitals.
- The median here, $698.32, is 35% below the US median of $1,074.00.
- That is 0.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($877.34).
- Austin, TX has the lowest median of 3 metro areas in Texas with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 7 cities for code 90870, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 2, 2024 and Oct 30, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascension Seton Southwest lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 ECT THERAPY/TREATMNT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $473.67 | $1,315.75 | $110.54–$383.10 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 ECT THERAPY/TREATMNT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $473.67 | $1,315.75 | $110.54–$383.10 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 ECT THERAPY/TREATMNT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $473.67 | $1,315.75 | $110.54–$383.10 | 64% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $139.66–$1,423.37 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $221.13–$1,423.37 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $232.77–$1,423.37 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $128.02–$1,423.37 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Oct 30, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $221.13–$1,327.77 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $640.12–$905.78 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC ELECTRIC SHOCK THERAPY+1 more line at this price File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $698.32 | $1,163.86 | $232.77–$1,423.37 | 40% |
| The Hospital at Westlake Medical Center Austin, TX · (512) 327-0000 ELECTROCONVULSIVE TH File of Sep 2, 2024 · source file | $1,026.59 | $3,044.83 | $479.43–$2,131.38 | 66% |
Outpatient: lowest $473.67, median $698.32, highest $1,026.59 — a 2.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $698.32. 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 11 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 ECT is, what the price covers and why prices differ: ECT explained.