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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Alabama rates for HCPCS 90471

The clinician's work of giving an injected vaccine: checking the patient, preparing and administering the dose, and observing afterwards. It covers the first injected vaccine at a visit, and any further vaccines given the same day are billed separately. The vaccine product itself is charged on its own.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Giving a Vaccine Injection cost?

$56.23

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $56.23 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.91$14.45 to $22.91
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$56.23$56.23 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $56 · 10th to 90th $56 to $56Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $56professional $23

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery + 31 + 55 · Aftercare only + 93 · Audio-only telehealth + 99 · Multiple modifiers
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$25.70
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.29
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.29

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Vermont than in Kansas. 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.

Alabama· 3rd of 51

$56.23

VT $75.86KS $14.13

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.