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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Minnesota 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $40.74 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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$40.74$32.36 to $50.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$38.02 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $22 to $98Professionalmedian $41 · 10th to 90th $17 to $60
$10$20$50$100$200facility $59professional $41

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
$23.99
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$31.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$91.20
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$162.18
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$85.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$75.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$46.77
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.00
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 Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$51.29

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.