Vaccine Administration (one shot) cost at US hospitals

Administration of one vaccine · CPT 90471

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Vaccine Administration (one shot)

This charge is for the act of giving one vaccine — the nurse's or pharmacist's time, the needle, the paperwork — and not for the vaccine itself, which is billed under its own separate code. It covers a single injected vaccine given at one visit.

$6.75

lowest cash price

$67.70

national median

$537.71

highest cash price

870

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $6.75–$537.71 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$6.75

Waldo County General Hospital — Belfast, ME

Most expensive published cash price

$537.71

UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL — Orlando, FL

Median cash price over time

Aug 1, 2025 ($56.95) → Sep 1, 2026 ($103.20)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $50.70 $96.72 $270.66
Arizona 23 $8.71 $23.31 $153.60
Arkansas 11 $20.15 $20.80 $185.00
California 90 $9.01 $98.87 $352.74
Colorado 17 $16.40 $207.42 $207.42
Florida 80 $53.37 $146.03 $537.71
Georgia 25 $62.79 $137.62 $221.00
Hawaii 2 $40.64 $40.64 $87.75
Illinois 49 $28.75 $62.40 $138.96
Indiana 26 $78.60 $87.00 $161.29
Iowa 31 $39.65 $75.71 $356.68
Kansas 11 $43.20 $59.80 $154.16
Kentucky 21 $32.99 $77.40 $161.29
Louisiana 2 $47.01 $47.01 $47.01
Maine 7 $6.75 $56.15 $134.25
Maryland 1 not published by hospital not published by hospital not published by hospital
Michigan 27 $29.00 $131.00 $148.00
Minnesota 19 $19.21 $64.00 $96.80
Mississippi 11 $27.60 $41.00 $99.84
Missouri 21 $20.25 $76.05 $108.55
Montana 2 $52.00 $52.00 $56.00
Nebraska 13 $38.34 $55.66 $332.83
Nevada 4 $57.23 $70.52 $98.39
New Hampshire 1 $59.40 $59.40 $59.40
New Jersey 21 $22.44 $59.33 $83.81
New Mexico 2 $33.18 $33.18 $33.18
New York 23 $12.00 $84.22 $342.00
North Carolina 15 $59.08 $59.08 $183.00
North Dakota 4 $62.40 $62.40 $95.20
Ohio 54 $24.70 $55.20 $184.73
Oklahoma 17 $29.05 $80.60 $179.40
Oregon 13 $22.50 $37.26 $107.95
Pennsylvania 32 $12.00 $16.00 $205.60
South Carolina 11 $18.00 $84.50 $148.00
South Dakota 7 $40.80 $98.40 $128.00
Tennessee 37 $24.20 $31.90 $342.03
Texas 115 $12.23 $77.50 $215.25
Virginia 34 $20.50 $48.00 $208.50
Washington 33 $11.95 $62.40 $108.00
West Virginia 17 $39.00 $69.00 $181.50
Wisconsin 34 $32.50 $44.00 $133.10
Wyoming 4 $27.11 $44.93 $55.02

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry, IL $70.00 not published
Ascension NE Wisconsin - St. Elizabeth Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Appleton, WI $70.11 $22.16 – $143.68
Ascension NE Wisconsin - Mercy Campus (Ascension NE Wisconsin, Inc.) Oshkosh, WI $70.11 $22.16 – $143.68
Mercy Hospital Tishomingo Tishomingo, OK $70.20 $63.38 – $147.12
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX $70.22 $55.13 – $76.31
San Martin Hospital Las Vegas, NV $70.52 $22.22 – $237.36
Middlesboro ARH Hospital Middlesboro, KY $71.40 $48.78 – $48.78
United Hospital Center Bridgeport, WV $71.50 $12.60 – $129.88
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton, MN $72.00 $4.76 – $17.71
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston, TX $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX $72.80 $44.80 – $208.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring, TX $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX $72.80 $37.00 – $208.00
Sanford Canby Medical Center Canby, MN $73.60 $4.76 – $17.71
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia, WA $73.60 $28.71 – $372.52
OSF Little Company of Mary Medical Center Evergreen Park, IL $73.80 $77.16 – $143.51
Whitesburg ARH Hospital Whitesburg, KY $73.80 $37.79 – $37.79
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton, CA $74.39 $4.46 – $212.52
OSF Saint Clare Medical Center Princeton, IL $74.40 not published
Camden Clark Medical Center Parkersburg, WV $74.50 $12.60 – $48.09
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson, TX $74.90 $32.10 – $115.24
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center Williamson, KY $75.00 $41.15 – $41.15
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena, TX $75.25 $37.00 – $161.25
St Elias Specialty Hospital Anchorage, AK $75.60 $40.69 – $76.31
OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center – Urbana Danville, IL $75.60 $77.16 – $78.70
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf, IA $75.71 $13.83 – $61.25
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Moline Rock Island, IL $75.71 $13.83 – $55.37
UnityPoint Health - Trinity Muscatine Muscatine, IA $75.71 $13.83 – $61.47
Central Medical Center Seattle, WA $76.00 not published
Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter, MO $76.05 $19.54 – $462.70
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA $76.30 not published
Woodland Memorial Hospital Woodland, CA $76.72 $4.46 – $280.00
Mercy San Juan Medical Center Carmichael, CA $76.72 $4.46 – $232.40
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX $76.86 $55.13 – $76.31
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell, IA $77.40 $13.83 – $70.82
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $77.40 $61.37 – $306.81
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard, KY $77.40 $57.84 – $57.84
OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center Rockford, IL $77.40 $17.30 – $270.05
Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $289.31
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital Baytown, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital Nassau Bay, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital The Woodlands, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $144.66
Houston Methodist Continuing Care Hospital Katy, TX $77.50 not published
Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital Cypress, TX $77.50 $72.33 – $141.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas, TX $77.72 $22.02 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco, TX $77.72 $20.73 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth, TX $77.72 $20.73 – $174.51

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