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Giving a Vaccine Injection

South 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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$13.80$5.75 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$43.65 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $24 to $158Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $3 to $26
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $79professional $14

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
$12.88
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$33.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$35.48
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$54.95
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$478.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 28th 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.