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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Washington, DC 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?

$23.99

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.78 to $33.11.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $62
$10$20$50facility $25professional $19

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
$10.00
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$61.66
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 27th of 51

$23.99

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.