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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Iowa 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $69.18 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$23.99$13.49 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$69.18$31.62 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $69 · 10th to 90th $17 to $661Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $69professional $24

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
$8.71
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$46.77
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$158.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$35.48
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$58.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 15th of 51

$30.90

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.