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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Kentucky 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?

$18.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.62 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 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$18.62$13.49 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$10.00 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $5 to $28
$5$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $19

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
$7.94
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$23.44
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$29.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$23.99

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 45th of 51

$18.62

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.