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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Illinois 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?

$20.89

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $16.98 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$16.98$15.14 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$18.20 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $10 to $170Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $17

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
$8.51
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$42.66
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.92
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
4 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 39th of 51

$20.89

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.