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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Ohio 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$23.99$18.62 to $28.84
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$19.95 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $85Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $12 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $37professional $24

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
$27.54
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$43.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$38.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$18.62
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$48.98
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$93.33
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$36.31
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.88
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
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$4.79

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 30th of 51

$23.99

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.