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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Connecticut 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?

$22.39

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.39 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $57.54 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$18.62 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$57.54$47.86 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $33 to $76Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $17 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $58professional $22

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$44.67
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$61.66
1 more rate 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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SL · State-supplied vaccine
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 34th of 51

$22.39

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.