Quit-smoking counseling cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 18 hospitals list a cash price for quit-smoking counseling, 3 to 10 minutes: from $14.76 to $97.00, with a median of $48.71. The lowest listed price is at Ascension Seton Hays and 1 other hospital — $33.95 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $42.88 at 190 hospitals.
- The median here, $48.71, is 22% above the US median of $39.79.
- That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($38.28).
- Austin, TX ranks 2nd of 3 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 10 cities for code 99406, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 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 Hays lowest Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $14.76 | $41.00 | $12.26–$26.20 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville lowest Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $14.76 | $41.00 | $12.26–$26.20 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $17.37 | $48.25 | $12.26–$47.29 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $28.70 | $41.00 | $12.26–$26.20 | 30% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 TOBACCO-USE COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $29.07 | $80.75 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 TOBACCO-USE COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.48 | $93.00 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 TOBACCO-USE COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.48 | $93.00 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 TOBACCO-USE COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.48 | $93.00 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 TOBACCO-USE COUNSEL 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.48 | $93.00 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Southwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-9000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.93 | $94.25 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Northwest Austin, TX · (512) 324-6000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.93 | $94.25 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 CESSATION COUNSEL 3-10MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.93 | $94.25 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Austin, TX · (512) 324-1000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $33.93 | $94.25 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 SMOKING CESSATION COUNSEL3-10M File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $42.93 | $119.25 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $48.71 | $81.19 | $16.24–$73.07 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $48.71 | $81.19 | $9.74–$71.08 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $48.71 | $81.19 | $16.24–$73.07 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $48.71 | $81.19 | $8.93–$73.07 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $48.71 | $81.19 | $39.52–$52.77 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $48.71 | $81.19 | $15.43–$71.08 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC SMOKING CESSATION >3 UP TO 10 MIN File of Oct 30, 2026 · source file | $50.66 | $84.44 | $16.04–$71.08 | 40% |
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 BEHAV CHNG SMOKING 3-10 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.36 | $151.00 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Edgar B Davis Luling, TX · (830) 875-7000 CESSATION COUNSEL 3-10MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $54.63 | $151.75 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Ascension Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 528-7000 BEHAV CHG SMOKE U 10 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $70.38 | $195.50 | $12.26–$52.33 | 64% |
| Heart Hosp of Austin Austin, TX SMOKECESS 3-10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $97.00 | $97.00 | $4.85–$82.45 | — |
| Heart Hosp of Austin at St. David's Round Rock Round Rock, TX SMOKECESS 3-10 MIN+1 more line at this price File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $97.00 | $97.00 | $4.85–$82.45 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $14.76, median $48.71, highest $97.00 — a 6.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $48.71. 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 13 of 18 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 quit-smoking counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Quit-smoking counseling explained.