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Giving a Vaccine Injection

New Jersey 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$19.05$15.85 to $23.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$16.98 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $10 to $309Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $35
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $95professional $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
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$3.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$25.12
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.18
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$407.38
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$19.05

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.