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Pfizer COVID-19 Shot, Smallest Strength - Second Dose

California rates for HCPCS 0082A

Giving the second dose of the smallest-strength preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The appointment is the same as the first: a health check, the injection into the muscle, counseling, and a short wait afterward. The vaccine itself is recorded separately from the work of giving it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Pfizer COVID-19 Shot, Smallest Strength - Second Dose cost?

$245

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $85.11 to $245.

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 $245 · 10th to 90th $245 to $245Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $71 to $398
$100$200facility $245professional $79

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13

Where California 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.

California· 9th of 28

$245

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.