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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Delaware 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 from a hospital or other facility.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$22.91$12.59 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$26.30 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $10 to $372Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $23

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
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$107.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$371.54
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 20th of 51

$26.30

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.