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Giving a Vaccine Injection

Rhode Island 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?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $129 from a hospital or other facility.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$15.14 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$79.43 to $151

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $74 to $158Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $38
$10$20$50$100facility $129professional $21

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$31.62

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 25th of 51

$24.55

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.