Medical Billing and Coding Programs in the Austin area

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

Programs

4 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$48,990

medical records specialists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$2,695

of 5 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS

Medical Billing and Coding Programs in the Austin area at a glance

Open to the public: 6 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 3 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Austin: 4 within 10 miles; nearest 2.3 miles, farthest 25.4 miles
Listed program cost: 5 of 6 list one: $2,695 to $18,450, middle $9,295 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
Program length: 2 colleges list a length: 9 months to 10 months (IPEDS)
Completions, 2023-24: 117 billing and coding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 4 of 6 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 63% of exiters employed in the second quarter (3 report it); middle completion 76% (3 report it)
Pay here: $48,990 median for medical records specialists ($23.55 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $25,890 to $79,700; 1,320 employed in the metro area; Texas median $48,860 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Length	Completions	Miles
Southern Careers Institute-Austin	Austin	Certificate	$18,450	9 months	85	2.3
Central Texas Allied Health InstituteWIOA list	Austin	WIOA list only	$6,000	Not reported		2.7
Austin Community College DistrictWIOA list	Austin	Associate	Not reported	Not reported	11	7.9
The College of Health Care Professions-Austin	Austin	Certificate	$18,400	10 months	21	7.9
AAUL Tech and Career AcademyWIOA list	Austin	WIOA list only	$9,295	Not reported		11.8
Texas State UniversityWIOA list	San Marcos	WIOA list only	$2,695	Not reported		25.4

WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 169 of them Billing and coding.
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