go back

Giving a Vaccine Injection

Colorado 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$27.54$20.89 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$14.13 to $34.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $47Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $11 to $43
$10$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $28

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
$10.96
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$38.02
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$32.36
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$58.88
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$48.98
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.91
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 18th of 51

$27.54

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.