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
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine, TX $77.72 $19.43 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving, TX $77.72 $14.25 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett, TX $77.72 $14.25 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $77.72 $22.02 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY Frisco, TX $77.72 $36.27 – $155.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PLANO Plano, TX $77.72 $15.54 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - DENTON Denton, TX $77.72 $14.25 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE THE HEART HOSPITAL - MCKINNEY McKinney, TX $77.72 $16.63 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $77.72 $19.43 – $174.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART AND VASCULAR HOSPITAL - WAXAHACHIE Waxahachie, TX $77.72 $10.36 – $174.51
Ocean University Medical Center Brick, NJ $77.78 $34.97 – $93.34
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin, NJ $77.78 $34.97 – $93.34
Siena Hospital Henderson, NV $78.09 $22.22 – $237.36
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) Kokomo, IN $78.60 $3.46 – $15.87
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, NJ $78.78 $78.78 – $94.53
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJ $78.78 $34.97 – $94.53
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank, NJ $78.78 $34.97 – $94.53
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, NJ $78.84 $36.65 – $94.61
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison, NJ $78.84 $36.65 – $78.84
Parkview Huntington Hospital Huntington, IN $79.50 $76.18 – $114.27
Parkview Whitley Hospital & Parkview Kosciusko Hospital Columbia City, IN $79.50 $76.18 – $114.27
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC $79.50 $55.08 – $76.96
Ascension St. Vincent Salem (St. Vincent Salem Hospital, Inc.) Salem, IN $79.80 $4.12 – $15.87
HSHS Holy Family Hospital GREENVILLE, IL $79.92 $35.36 – $192.89
CHI Health St. Elizabeth Lincoln, NE $80.00 $4.37 – $17.10
Parkview LaGrange Hospital Lagrange, IN $80.00 not published
Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport, IN $80.00 $76.18 – $152.35
Parkview DeKalb Hospital Auburn, IN $80.50 $76.18 – $114.27
Mercy Hospital Watonga Watonga, OK $80.60 $63.38 – $147.12
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento Sacramento, CA $80.64 $4.46 – $232.40
Parkview Noble Hospital Kendallville, IN $81.00 $76.18 – $114.27
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon San Antonio, TX $81.51 $34.00 – $133.66
Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital Santa Rosa, CA $81.60 $100.19 – $102.23
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo, CA $81.91 $6.75 – $169.34
Parkview Wabash Hospital Wabash, IN $82.00 not published
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $82.40 $8.73 – $74.73
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital Bakersfield, CA $82.58 $5.89 – $177.75
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Fenton Fenton, MO $83.05 $25.75 – $86.54
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis Bridgeton, MO $83.05 $25.75 – $86.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville Wentzville, MO $83.05 $25.75 – $25.75
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles Saint Charles, MO $83.05 $25.75 – $86.54
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis Richmond Heights, MO $83.05 $25.75 – $86.54
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis Lake Saint Louis, MO $83.05 $25.75 – $86.54
Mercy Medical Center Redding Redding, CA $83.15 $4.46 – $109.76
The Unity Hospital of Rochester Rochester, NY $83.37 not published
Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA $83.48 $4.46 – $180.00
Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia Fort Wayne, IN $83.50 $76.18 – $114.27
Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN $83.50 not published
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ $83.81 $11.50 – $88.00
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJ $83.81 $36.65 – $91.36

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