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COVID-19 Shot for Children - Pfizer, First Dose

Ohio rates for HCPCS 0071A

Covers giving the first shot of the children's strength of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which contains less vaccine than the version used for teenagers and adults. The visit includes a health check, the injection into the arm muscle, an explanation for the child and caregiver, and a short wait afterward. The vaccine product itself is recorded separately from the work of giving it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does COVID-19 Shot for Children - Pfizer, First Dose cost?

$58.88

Typical facility fee. In Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $42.66 to $85.11.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $36 to $74Professionalmedian $85 · 10th to 90th $59 to $75,858
$100$1K$10Kfacility $43professional $85

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13

Where Ohio sits

The same service costs 2089.3 times more in Indiana than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Ohio· 24th of 31

$58.88

IN $63,096SC $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.