San Antonio guides · Updated November 4, 2026

How much rodent control costs in San Antonio

National cost guides put a typical rat or mouse job in the low to mid hundreds of dollars, with HomeAdvisor's average at $395 and Angi's at $393. Sealing, cleanup, follow-up plans and hard-to-reach rooflines push the total up.

Most rodent jobs land somewhere in the hundreds of dollars, with bigger exclusion and cleanup jobs going higher. HomeAdvisor lists a national average of $395 for rat extermination with a typical range of $189 to $655. Angi lists an average of $393 and a normal range of $176 to $613. None of the major cost guides we checked publish a San Antonio figure, so treat these as national benchmarks.

We don't set prices. The provider you're connected with prices the job after seeing it. What follows is what the cost guides publish and what tends to raise or lower a quote on a San Antonio house.

Published price ranges

Here's what four widely used cost guides list. Their methods and dates differ, so the numbers don't line up perfectly.

• HomeAdvisor (2026 page): national average $395, typical range $189 to $655
• Angi (updated August 2024): average $393, normal range $176 to $613, low end $80, high end $1,500
• Fixr (updated January 2025): national average $600, typical range $500 to $750, low $300, high $3,000
• Thumbtack (updated October 2026): average range $276 to $886, low end $121, high end $2,053

Costs for the parts of a job

A rodent job is usually a few services bundled together. The guides break them out like this:

• Inspection: $100 to $200 (HomeAdvisor and Angi), $100 to $150 if billed separately (Fixr). Angi notes the fee is usually deducted if you hire the company, and Fixr says it's often free when bundled
• Exclusion, sealing entry points: $200 to $600 (HomeAdvisor and Angi), $175 to $500 for professional exclusion (Fixr)
• Cleanup: Fixr lists $200 to $550 for biohazard cleanup and $150 to $250 for dead rat removal
• Follow-up plans: Angi says quarterly follow-up visits start at $500. Fixr lists annual contracts at $500 to $1,000 for quarterly service and $900 to $1,250 for monthly service

What raises the price on a San Antonio house

The cost guides don't adjust for local houses, but the work does. These are the things that tend to make a San Antonio quote higher:

• Roof rats in the attic of a two-story home with a steep or chopped-up roof, which takes ladders, time and more sealing
• Many entry points on an older house: wood soffits, gable vents, additions, open rafter tails
• A pier-and-beam crawl space that needs skirting rebuilt with buried hardware cloth
• Dozens of open weep holes to screen on a brick veneer house
• Attic cleanup with insulation removal and replacement, especially around ductwork
• Outbuildings, barns and sheds on bigger lots out toward the Hill Country
• Emergency, evening or weekend visits

What keeps the price down

Catching it early is the biggest saver, and it's the one most people skip. Droppings in the garage or one night of scratching is the time to act. A few mice in a garage cost less to handle than a roof rat colony that's been in the attic for a year. Trimming limbs off the roof yourself, storing food and feed in metal containers, and fixing door sweeps and garage seals you can reach all cut down on what the technician has to do.

Ask for the quote to be broken out by trapping, sealing and cleanup. Then you can see what each piece costs and decide whether to do some of the low, simple sealing yourself. Fixr lists $50 to $100 for a handyman to fix a small hole and $60 to $125 for an installed steel door sweep.

Typical San Antonio jobs and what sets the scope

Prices follow the work, and the work follows the house. A few common San Antonio situations, from simplest to most involved:

• Mice in an attached garage of a newer slab home: trapping, a new garage door seal, weep hole screens and a follow-up visit
• Roof rats in a one-story ranch house: attic trapping, sealing at the roofline and vents, limb trimming you can often do yourself
• Roof rats in a two-story house with a complex roof: the same work with more height, more seams and more time on ladders
• Rats under a pier-and-beam bungalow: trapping under the house and rebuilding skirting with buried hardware cloth. See crawl space rodent control
• A long-running attic problem: all of the above plus insulation removal and replacement

One-time jobs versus service plans

Most houses need a one-time job: inspect, trap, seal, follow up, done. Once the gaps are closed and the traps stay empty, there's usually no reason to keep paying for monthly visits. Some providers will still offer a plan. Ask what each visit would include and whether you can pay for the job and its follow-ups without signing a contract.

Plans make more sense for restaurants, warehouses, apartment complexes and homes that back onto creeks, greenbelts or brush, where new rodents keep arriving no matter how well the building is sealed. Fixr's published annual contract ranges give a sense of the cost: $250 to $450 for a single annual service, $500 to $1,000 for quarterly and $900 to $1,250 for monthly.

Do-it-yourself costs

Angi lists typical prices for supplies if you want to start on your own: live traps around $5 to $20 each, poison bait stations $5 to $15, poison packs $20 to $30, scent-based repellents about $10 or more, and ultrasonic emitters $40 to $60. Snap traps cost less than any of those. Traps and a few door sweeps are a reasonable first step for a mouse or two. Our traps article covers what works, and do rodent repellents work explains why we'd skip the plug-in gadgets.

Comparing quotes fairly

Two quotes can look far apart because they cover different work. One may include trapping only. Another may include trapping, sealing the roofline, two follow-up visits and a warranty period. Compare scope before price. These questions help:

• How many visits are included?
• Which entry points will be sealed, and with what material?
• Is cleanup included, or priced separately?
• What happens, and what does it cost, if rodents come back?
• Is the inspection fee credited if I hire you?

Why we don't quote on the phone

A price without seeing the house is a guess. A low phone quote can grow once someone is on the roof, and a high one may include things you don't need. The provider who comes out should look at the roofline, attic, garage and yard, then give you a written price. Our inspection page describes what that visit should cover, and the licensing guide explains how to check the company first.

Related reading

• How to verify a licensed pest control company in Texas
• How to get rid of rats in San Antonio
• Why rats come back after an exterminator, and how to stop it

Related services: Rodent Inspection, Sealing and Exclusion, Attic Cleanup