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

$67.74

national median

$537.71

highest cash price

873

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 24 $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 34 $12.00 $25.60 $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
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Alamogordo, NM not published $25.67 – $108.57
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos San Marcos, TX not published $68.97 – $174.49
Ascension SE Wisconsin Hospital - St. Joseph Campus Milwaukee, WI not published $69.11 – $96.75
Ascension St. Francis Hospital, Inc. Milwaukee, WI not published $69.11 – $96.75
MEDICAL CITY ARLINGTON HOSPITAL RED OAK, TX not published $166.29 – $166.29
Ascension Alexian Brothers Rehabilitation Hospital (Alexian Brothers Medical Center) Elk Grove Village, IL not published $36.52 – $120.19
Garrett Regional Medical Center Oakland, MD not published not published
Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital Hoffman Estates, IL not published $37.95 – $38.70
Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Williamsburg, VA not published $71.65 – $73.76
Midwest Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Franklin, WI not published $69.11 – $96.75
Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Centerville, TN not published $42.34 – $52.92
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City, FL not published $71.44 – $132.16
Ascension Sacred Heart Gulf (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Joe, FL not published $76.51 – $141.54
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola, FL not published $71.44 – $132.16
Henry Ford Madison Heights Hospital Madison Heights, MI not published $22.26 – $26.90
Ascension Via Christi Hospital St. Teresa, Inc. Wichita, KS not published $65.82 – $184.30
Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester, MI not published $37.65 – $132.49
Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (Ascension Via Christi Hospitals Wichita, Inc.) Wichita, KS not published $65.82 – $184.30
MEDICAL CITY GREEN OAKS HOSPITAL DALLAS, TX not published $142.43 – $142.43
CHRISTUS Louisiana Surgical Hospital Alexandria, LA not published $19.31 – $159.10
CENTERPOINT MEDICAL CENTER Independence, MO not published $14.72 – $15.31
HCA FLORIDA PASADENA HOSPITAL South Pasadena, FL not published $15.20 – $15.52
Henry J. Carter Specialty Hospital New York, NY not published not published
Ascension Via Christi Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc. Wichita, KS not published $50.92 – $184.30
Ascension Saint Alexius Women And Children's Hospital (Ascension St. Alexius Medical Center) Hoffman Estates, IL not published $36.52 – $120.19

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