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Giving a Vaccine Injection

North Carolina 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $10.23 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$19.95$10.96 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.23$10.00 to $26.30

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $10 to $33Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $10professional $20

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
$10.00
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$38.02
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
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$52.48

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 49th of 51

$18.20

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.