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
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH $47.45 $69.42 – $69.42
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH $47.45 $69.42 – $69.42
Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH $47.45 $69.42 – $69.42
Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH $47.45 $70.94 – $70.94
Urbana Hospital Urbana, OH $48.00 not published
Sentara Leigh Hospital Norfolk, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital Virginia Beach, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Sentara Princess Anne Hospital Virginia Beach, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Sentara Obici Hospital Suffolk, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Sentara CarePlex Hospital Hampton, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center Woodbridge, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, VA $48.00 $71.65 – $73.76
Henry Ford River District Hospital China Township, MI $48.16 $22.26 – $132.49
Community Hospital Torrington, WY $48.49 $47.52 – $104.76
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland, CO $48.73 $30.33 – $171.86
Wamego Health Center (Wamego Hospital Association) Wamego, KS $48.80 $10.61 – $39.13
Berkeley Medical Center Martinsburg, WV $49.00 $12.60 – $48.49
Marcum Wallace Hospital Irvine, KY $49.20 not published
OSF Saint Elizabeth Medical Center Ottawa, IL $49.20 $77.16 – $78.70
Arizona General Hospital Mesa Mesa, AZ $49.40 $23.10 – $163.40
WellSpan Evangelical Community Hospital Lewisburg, PA $49.40 $2.15 – $68.74
SSM Health St. Agnes Hospital - Fond du Lac Fond Du Lac, WI $49.50 $53.41 – $137.45
SSM Health Waupun Memorial Hospital Waupun, WI $49.50 not published
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon, WI $49.50 not published
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin, IL $50.00 $29.17 – $142.44
Advocate South Suburban Hospital Hazel Crest, IL $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Advocate Trinity Hospital Chicago, IL $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn, IL $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Advocate Condell Medical Center Libertyville, IL $50.00 $38.18 – $142.44
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove, IL $50.00 $34.90 – $142.44
Sanford Clear Lake Medical Center Clear Lake, SD $50.40 $10.10 – $17.71
Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK $50.70 $202.12 – $202.12
Ascension Providence Waco, TX $51.12 $69.75 – $149.36
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA $51.84 $13.83 – $62.58
Providence St Joseph Medical Center Polson, MT $52.00 $220.15 – $220.15
MercyOne Genesis Davenport Medical Center Davenport, IA $52.80 $57.20 – $68.13
MercyOne Genesis Silvis Medical Center Silvis, IL $52.80 $6.44 – $111.28
MercyOne Genesis DeWitt Medical Center DeWitt, IA $52.80 $5.11 – $28.22
MercyOne Genesis Aledo Medical Center Aledo, IL $52.80 $8.00 – $77.19
Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange, CA $53.02 $78.71 – $171.32
Ascension St. Vincent's St. Johns County (St. Vincent's Health System, Inc.) Saint Johns, FL $53.37 $48.38 – $146.45
Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $53.37 $48.38 – $146.45
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside (St. Luke's-St. Vincent's HealthCare, Inc.) Jacksonville, FL $53.37 $48.38 – $146.45
Ascension St. Vincent's Clay County (St. Vincent's Medical Center, Inc.) Middleburg, FL $53.37 $48.38 – $146.45
CHI St. Vincent North Sherwood, AR $53.39 $61.00 – $227.00
UnityPoint Health - Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa, IA $53.44 $13.83 – $59.25
CHI St. Vincent Morrilton Morrilton, AR $53.49 $43.12 – $227.00
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA $53.76 $2.85 – $16.15

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